Cable Current Flow Direction

Poetcatullus,

All wire is directional to some degree. Solid core wire being the most directional.

Is there any writing on the cables as well as the bands?
If there is writing on the cables the flow from the source to the amp is usually in the same direction as reading the writing on the cable.

Example.
CDP >>> The Greatest Cable Company on Earth >>> preamp.

If the cables are new you will need to break them in first.

After break in try reversing the cables and listen to them reversed for a while.

Stick with what ever sounds best to you. Just make sure both ICs are installed in the same direction.
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Many thanks to all of you!!

Tls49, interesting. I'm not one to buy into the b.s.; call me skeptical but... When I had a horrible ground loop hum, I was switching everything around to try to get rid of it and accidently hooked up a pair of audioquest diamond back rca's up in the wrong direction. It actually made the ground loop hum quieter this way. Go figure.

One of the few reasons I know for directionality of a cable is if they only ground the wire internally at one end. They mark the direction so that you put the correct ground in place.

B_limo, I worked in the audio industry for 20 years, and this is what I learned from manufacturers and several technicians. The explanations were always the same. In doing a little research, I did discover another reason that I had forgotten. This is in the second link below.

Read through the “Design Basics” paragraph on this one.

http://www.audioquest.com/pdfs/analog_interconnects/diamondback.pdf

Scroll down to the “Directionally” section.

http://www2.audioquest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DoNoHarm-whitepaper-1222-11-r11.pdf

As far as the experience you had, I think you nailed it, “go figure.”