witchdoctorism? Actually, I think some cable brands ground their cable only at one end. That may be the instructional reason, even if sonically it makes no diff for us sane people. pcanis
directional cable?
Recently, a hi-fi store loaned me a certain speaker cable and indicated that the cable should be installed in one direction only. When I mentioned this instruction to a friend of mine who is an electronics engineer he laughed for an uncharacteristically long time and then wondered aloud why someone would apply directional bias to a signal that should move equally in either direction. If that were not the case he said you would have some form of diode. Reversing the cable made no audible difference but I have no idea what sonic traits I should listen for. Can anyone shine some light on this?