I think we're now on the wrong discussion thread... time to pile on...
Directionality of wire
Thank you for the excellent question. AudioQuest provided an NRG-10 AC cable for the evaluation. Like all AudioQuest cables, our AC cables use solid conductors that are carefully controlled for low-noise directionality. We see this as a benefit for all applications -- one that becomes especially important when discussing our Niagara units. Because our AC cables use conductors that have been properly controlled for low-noise directionality, they complement the Niagara System’s patented Ground-Noise Dissipation Technology. Other AC cables would work, but may or may not allow the Niagara to reach its full potential. If you'd like more information on our use of directionality to minimize the harmful effects of high-frequency noise, please visit http://www.audioquest.com/directionality-its-all-about-noise/ or the Niagara 1000's owner's manual (available on our website).
Thanks again.
Stephen Mejias
AudioQuest
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muzzleblast 6 posts08-13-2017 8:16am Hog wash!
The signal is not traveling in one directing and then traveling in the other direction. The signal does not travel back and forth from the source to the load. The signal travels down the wire in one direction from the source to the load in the form of an electromagnetic wave. Source >>>>>> load. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/directional-cables . Most of the responses to the thread, you linked, use the falsehood that the signal is traveling back and forth from the source to the load. If this theory is the basis for the for the argument of wire directionality then it is easy to see why, imo, their theory works wire can not be directional. But that is not the actuality of how a signal travels down a wire. If you believe the signal is not traveling back and forth from the source to the the load, (source > < > < > load), but rather in one direction from the source to the load, (source >>>>> load), then the why or how a wire can, could be, directional could be plausible. . |
Even if one wishes to refer to current as the "signal," since current is alternating we only need to worry about the current (signal) when it’s traveling toward the component or, in the case of speaker cables, when the current is traveling toward the speakers. The other half of the time, when the current is traveling in the opposite direction, we can ignore the "signal" since its effects are inaudible. So, obviously fuses located where AC enters the component and where AC enters the speakers, could be directional. As could the cables. If directionality is real. To summarize, the argument that directionality can’t exist in an AC circuit is pure fabrication, a ploy, a nothing burger. 🍔 |
Geoffkait 8-13-2017When "the current" is traveling away from the component in one of the two conductors it is traveling toward the component in the other of the two conductors. And it is **always** traveling through the input circuit of the component in one direction or the other, aside from the brief instant during each cycle at which the applied voltage crosses zero, and the direction changes. I would not press this explanation as being supportive of wire (or fuse) directionality. Regards, -- Al |
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