directional cable?

Yes Sugarbrie - it depends on where it is best to make the ground. Often it is best to make the ground at the preamp, but how do you then make an IC that is good between CD and pre, as well as good between pre and power - given conductor directionality?

I can attest to the fact that the mainline AC cable from the main breaker box to the stereo system is indeed directional as I learned from Redkiwi. When I installed a dedicated AC system last summer, I tried it. In one direction, with my extra heavy 6 gauge stranded wire, music was rather dull, flat, and uninvolving, but when swithed end for end, the music was much more natural, live and involving without being too bright. The effect was not subtle. If the wire were permanently wired in the "dull" direction, I don't know to what extent it may improve over time. Directionality of wire is "really real". Cheers. Craig.

I recently bought a set of silver interconnects with no arrow indicators for directionality.They are high performance 22 gauge 7 conductors with Neutrik RCA's. In this situation,The owner/manufacturer stated it didn't matter which way the power flowed in the cable. Guess I have to trust him.

7671: Once you break them in, keep track or mark which end is which. The direction in which they were broken in is then the direction in which they sound best.

Thanks DeKay... I will mark them prior to taking off.