directional cables?

Almarg

Yes, it does. That is an excellent explanation, and as far as I am concerned our positions are now converged.

Thank you. I'm glad were were finally able to uh... converge. Was it good for you *he says lighting up a cigarette*? ;-)

I get it now, you have redefined the word flow to suit your purpose. Everybody else in the world defines it as something that is moving forward, progressing. I would say that energy flowed in an AC circuit but the electrons vibrate about a fixed point never making any progress so they are not flowing. You define it at as any movement so electrons that aren't moving away from a central point but merely vibrate back and forth around that point are "flowing." I apologize for not picking up on that but you must forgive me for not knowing you had a different dictionary than the rest of us. It would have helped the discussion if you had told us early on that you you had your own definition for words that differs from everyone else.

I get it now. Case closed.

To flow…….

# move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
# the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
# run: move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"
# the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
# the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
# any uninterrupted stream or discharge
# To move or run smoothly with unbroken continuity, as in the manner characteristic of a fluid.
# To issue in a stream; pour forth: Sap flowed from the gash in the tree.
# To circulate, as the blood in the body.
# To move with a continual shifting of the component particles: wheat flowing into the bin; traffic flowing through the tunnel.
# To proceed steadily and easily: The preparations flowed smoothly.

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Herman,

"Most with any experience in the matter agree that it depends on the design of the cable and how the manufacturer decide to label his cables."

And I guess you would consider yourself one of the most with experience or one with the most experience, which is it?

I actually, during the course of this thread, took the time to call a number of cable manufacturers and presented the question regarding arrows and direction. All agreed it would pretty much be considered an industry standard that the arrow markings on cables point in the direction of the signal flow.

For non directional cables it has been recommended by manufacturers for many years and a rule of thumb among audiophiles that the writing on the cable jacket follows the signal flow for the purpose of orienting cables in the same direction as they were broken-in when cables are disconnected from the system.

Herman

I get it now, you have redefined the word flow to suit your purpose.

I've done no such thing.

Everybody else in the world defines it as something that is moving forward, progressing.

No, they don't.

I would say that energy flowed in an AC circuit but the electrons vibrate about a fixed point never making any progress so they are not flowing.

To even move about a fixed point is to progress as that is precisely what they're being directed to do under AC conditions. They would never make any progress only if they didn't do as directed.

You define it at as any movement so electrons that aren't moving away from a central point but merely vibrate back and forth around that point are "flowing."

No, I don't define it as ANY movement. I define it as DIRECTED movement, as is the case with electric current.

I apologize for not picking up on that but you must forgive me for not knowing you had a different dictionary than the rest of us.

The dictionary I have in front of me right now is Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary. Among its definitions of "flow" is:

"to move with a continual change of place among the constituent particles"

This well describes the electrons in this case, which is why we often refer to it as electric "current."

And under "current" we find:

"a FLOW of electric charge"

You may find further reference to "flow" at Wikipedia under "electric current":

"Electric current means, depending on the context, a FLOW of electric charge..."

And under "alternating current":

"In alternating current (AC, also ac) the movement (or FLOW) of electric charge periodically reverses direction."

It would have helped the discussion if you had told us early on that you you had your own definition for words that differs from everyone else.

I'm afraid you're the one who's out of step with common usage of the word "flow" as it relates to electric current.