Interconnects, some have directional indicators, why?

GS5556 says:

To state that wire has "directionality" is to toss aside the laws of quantum physics. First. the conductivity is proportional to current density and electric field, irrespective of the physical dimensions of the conductor. Second, the net drift velocity of the electrons is zero. If one direction in the material favored the other, there would be a net change in velocity in that direction and every wire would have an electric charge.

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I personally was talking about micro changes or differences in how transients are expressed (when a dynamic force is applied, to a lattice arrangement like many of the wires we use in audio) depending on polarity. ie delta and polarity. Complex harmonics, which music is ...and wide band, through the ’native’ skin effect range, all this complicates the matter but exacerbates the ’transient interference’ issue.

Physics has no laws, just theory and exploration. Engineers have laws and dogma. Quantum physics is especially devoid of laws, it not being anywhere close to being defined.

As for polarity, or a one way, it’s just been done with light. Whod’a thunk it.

http://phys.org/news/2016-11-one-way-street.html

There was only one wire developed years ago 80’s for audio that I believe was directional. That was Linear Crystal Oxygen Free (LC-OFC) speaker wire from Audio Technica, it was heated up to such a degree it crystalized when it was drawn.

The only problem with it, it could not be bent much at all, otherwise the cystalized copper broke and then created resistance gaps between the crystal gaps. it was like glass, if this happened it became worthy of the bin. I still have some here, sounds like crap because of being abused too much.

http://coregar.c.blog.so-net.ne.jp/_images/blog/_a8b/coregar/LC-OFC_SP.jpg?c=a0

http://auctions.c.yimg.jp/images.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/image/ra115/users/4/5/8/9/aloha7_99-img600x495-1468317494bwpckk2375.jpg

Cheers George

Every cables have directions. The signal behaves differently with wire directions. One direction is cleaner, natural, and more focus than another direction. I test it and use it every day. Every audio companies should know this fact.

The direction of cable is physically made and the sound doesn't change with amount of time.

I prefer a lamp cord IC in right direction over an expensive wire IC in wrong direction.

Even 1 inch long 8 gauge wire has a direction.

Tin, copper, silver, alum. gold, solid core, stranded, thick, thin, etc.. all wires have directions include wires in capacitors, resistors, and coils.

Printed circuit boards don't have direction. It is not wire.

You can't hear the different sound by switching direction of ICs because directions of many wires in your sound system are already mixed up. My sound system is tuned with more (not all) correct direction from a source to speakers. And I can hear clearly when one is in wrong direction.

The fuse direction in power amp is a big deal. I will find the right direction of fuse (cheap or expensive) in your amp if you bring it to my shop.

Alex/Wavetouch Audio

if you cross your eyes while listening the wire needs to be reversed

georgelofi

"There was only one wire developed years ago 80’s for audio that I believe was directional. That was Linear Crystal Oxygen Free (LC-OFC) speaker wire from Audio Technica, it was heated up to such a degree it crystalized when it was drawn."

Getting back down to reality for just a second there waso actually only ONE wire that was NON-DIRECTIONAL - the CARBON wire, Van den Hul’s metal-free The First. The reason carbon wire, i.e., non metal wire, is non-directional is because it is amorphous, whereas ALL metal conductors are by their very nature crystal structures, All metals are crystal structures, and in their free state the crystal structure is symmetrical. but when metal is bent, rolled, hammered or drawn the symmetrical crystal structure of the material is deformed. In reality, a single crystal wire would actually minimize or eliminate the "directionality" from occuring since it’s the *deformation* of the symmetrical crystal structure that causes the directionality in the first place. Van den Hul also produced single crystal wire; I owned single crystal tonearm wire way back when.

geoff kait
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