Recent content by Shaddersx

Hi, I understand how exasperating and frustrating it is trying to discuss the science behind it. Chord who make excellent DAC's also sell cables with their directional statement a follows : Almost all speaker cables, in fact almost all audio cables, be they for digital or analogue are, in our...

Hi, Yes - the cable manufacturers put arrows on the cable. If you examine hifi cables from vendors - there is a lot of suggestion, but no explanation. They know nothing more than anyone else - it is what hifi is about, suggestion and placebo effect. Here is an example ...

Hi, This may be a possibility, but the people are discussing new cables just terminated etc., so i think that this is not the case. The cables they are talking about will have arrows on them for the direction to be used. Thanks for the reply, and to all others too. Regards, Shaddersx.

Hi All, Many thanks for the replies - you confirmed what i thought. Regards, Shaddersx.

Hi, A question has arisen an a hifi forum (sorry) that cables can be directional. I dispute this, as the proposed mechanism is diodes in the crystal structure etc. or the drawing process to crate the strands. Assume that it is 99.9% pure copper (CW004A (was C101)) and forms part of a cable with...