is there a difference?

[Curly Woods]

Originally posted by Javin5
Hi Sy, this is good test, athough many cables have outside printings (manufacturer, cable type, etc.), which will give away the direction.

Kurt

Which makes the user aware of which end has the shield grounded and which is not.

[Face]

I've noticed higher floor noise when a directional cable was installed backwards, usually when one was installed correctly and the other one backwards.

[Wavebourn]

Originally posted by Ron E


The problem with the test is that the original wire you cut up was not broken in and thus it has no direction, or so someone who believes in such nonsense might say. So they will believe your test is invalid and they can go on believing that what they say is objective truth, even if they lost money. You can't win, SY, it is as pointless as arguing religion.

The whole bobbin may be broken in by Bear before cutting and testing.

[stinius]

Originally posted by moray james
Man if you cannnot hear the difference between say a cable on one direction Vs the other get a new hobby. Best regards Moray James.

Get yourself a shrink, and I'm not kidding.

Best regards.

Stinius

[bigwill]

I'd better re-wire my tube amp I didn't pay attention to the direction of the wires the first time

[nigelwright7557]

Originally posted by Face
I've noticed higher floor noise when a directional cable was installed backwards, usually when one was installed correctly and the other one backwards.

How can you have a directional cable when your applying AC to it ?

If it was DC then I might understand.......

[Key]

Haha we couldn't stop talking about cables for a week?

Really this one should be easy to test for. Why don't I just take a CD and re-record it with a loop back on a set of ordinary balanced cables. Take two colors of tape (red and black) and mark both ends. Then re-record a song 3 times (red+red, red+black, and black+black). Then we can use foobars ABX and we'll see who can really hear the difference. Obviously only one combination should be the correct one. Obviously

[poynton]

Originally posted by Face
I've noticed higher floor noise when a directional cable was installed backwards, usually when one was installed correctly and the other one backwards.

Have you tried lifting the cables off the floor?

I believe you can buy purpose made cable stands for this.


Andy

[poynton]

Originally posted by Key
Haha we couldn't stop talking about cables for a week?

Really this one should be easy to test for. Why don't I just take a CD and re-record it with a loop back on a set of ordinary balanced cables. Take two colors of tape (red and black) and mark both ends. Then re-record a song 3 times (red+red, red+black, and black+black). Then we can use foobars ABX and we'll see who can really hear the difference. Obviously only one combination should be the correct one. Obviously

You forgot "Black-red"

It is not the same as red-black


Andy

[Face]

Originally posted by poynton



Have you tried lifting the cables off the floor?

I believe you can buy purpose made cable stands for this.


Andy