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HELP: Identify Monster IC directivity

Maybe someone here can help: I have a pair of Monster M950 interconnects where all the lettering is worn off. These cables once had directional stickers and lettering on the cables itself which is all gone. I unscrewed the termination sleeves and all soldering terminations look the same to me.

I'm wondering if directional arrows are just there to establish a set route or is cable orientation crucial?
Can anyone help?
theduke
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jedinite24
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IME I really wouldn't worry about the directionality of Monster ICs. I have a bunch of Monster THX I100 analog ICs and Digital coax cables and when I mixed up the directions I heard no difference in sound quality. Gear used at the time was Emotiva ERC-1 CDP, Marantz CD-5003 CDP, then a McCormack DAC-1 connected to a McCormack TLC-1 preamp.

On a different note when I had a pair of Tice Audio speaker wire that had arrows showing the direction of the signal flow but the instructions said the proper direction is the one that sounds good to you.
qdrone
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The lettering on the interconnect should follow the music flow. In other words if you use them for a power amp the music is going into the amp so hook the interconects to where you can read the lettering as it is going into the back of the amp.On a source CD/Tuner/phono hook them up so that you can read the lettering going into the back of the pre.
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marakanetz
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If you unscrew RCA, you'll se weather the shield soldered onto the chassis(ground) or not. If that's the case than its out of component.
No difference in sound though.
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