directional cables?

I think a couple of you are not understanding the point that on *some* interconnects the shield is tied to ground at one end only, and on these ICs the arrows printed on the cable point to the end where this is so.

Break-in is not the issue with these interconnects. It's about which end is grounded and which end is not. The correct installation of these cables will reduce noise in a system.

Herman

I never said that to simply Q, I pointed out an error in his statement about current not being the flow of charges.

I never said that.

when you posted "I'm afraid that's incorrect. Current flow is indeed a flow of electrons. Electrons ARE the charge carriers, which is why we call this field "electronics" instead of "protonics." in response to

Nsgarch - electric current is a flow of charge and not a flow of electrons. Electrons move very slow - at about 0.1mm/s (drift velocity)

I took that to mean you disagreed that current was the flow of charges since I don't see any other way to read that statement. If that is not what you meant then I apologize.

Herman, Did I read that right? Did you really say you apologize?

Herman

I took that to mean you disagreed that current was the flow of charges since I don't see any other way to read that statement.

I don't see how you could have taken it that way.

The original poster claimed that current was the flow of charge, not electrons. I said that was incorrect, that current was indeed the flow of electrons and reminded him that electrons were the charge carriers. In other words, in the context here, electrons and charge were one and the same.

If that is not what you meant then I apologize.

No problem.

By the way, what happened to the rest of your post? When I read it the fist time, I recall your saying something about positive charge carriers in materials other than metals.