Directionality Explained

It's hard to change your ways when it's been working all this time, but change, it will. We are living in interesting times, I dare say. It's surreal watching events unfold in gigantic, historical ways.

Something to tell the grand kids about.

All the best,
Nonoise

If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule? 😬

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p93w7MpbZRw
A favorite movie of mine.

All the best,
Nonoise

As much as I like some of you and really and truly appreciate your insights on most things audio, I must say you've got to stop implying that those who hear a difference are, to put it simply, insane.

No matter how your sugar coat or frame it, it sounds like a last ditch attempt when you've run out of excuses that don't hold up.

How in the hell can two differently made cables sound the same? How can two different recipes for you favorite dish taste the same? 

You seem to be stuck on the concept that we're at the apex of our ability to measure everything, which is pure hubris. Any well made cable will measure differently from another. Just look at the specs for L, C and R, which many are so fond of referring to. Compare them for yourselves and you'll see they vary. Sometimes, a lot.

Yet, they all run within the range of what is considered acceptable but they sure as hell don't sound the same. It's right about here and now when it'll be said that the differences are too small to make a difference and that's where you part company with the reality you've woven, completing a circle.

All the best,
Nonoise

If you can’t hear depth, image, slam and a lot of other cues, then you have crappy hearing, or a crappy system and rely on the old fall back position of "if it can’t be measured....blah, blah, blah" to make up for it.

I still have lots of old cables and they all sound different to anyone with intact, functioning hearing abilities.

All the best,
Nonoise

Instruments cannot capture the entire event in any way approaching how we hear. They can only capture a pre determined aspect of a sound. 

In keeping with the OP's opening link, here's part II of what seems to be an ongoing thread over at Mono & Stereo: https://www.monoandstereo.com/2020/05/wire-directionality-part-2.html#more
Paul openly admits it's just a theory of his but I'm sure it'll provide plenty of ammo for the already entrenched, foxhole crowds. 
Ready, aim, write!

All the best,
Nonoise

This is audio hell equivalent of Groundhog's Day.

I don’t think you will ever guess what the H stands for.

That's an open ended request for abuse.

I remember seeing photos of that chevron shape deformity in copper wires long ago but cannot locate them. However, there is this:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/245161371_Prediction_of_chevron_crack_initiation_in_inclusion_copper_shaped-wire_drawing

It seems the chevrons are a result of the wire being pulled through the die and are a deformity.

All the best,
Nonoise

Could it be the way fuses are made? Are both end caps attached to the wire in the same manner? Is there a little more solder on one end than the other?

And I've always felt that better and purer metals used in a fuse should have an effect on sound quality the same way a better made power cord would.

The crap they use in bog standard fuses are a witch's brew of poorly conductive metals.

All the best,
Nonoise

Oh. I just read the last couple of posts and thought, for once, I can be of service. 😄

Here it is: https://mcru.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hi-Fi-Tuning-Fuses.pdf

I think this is what you're looking for.

All the best,Nonoise