My suggestion is to orient all of the cables so that the signal flows in the same direction. While i have NO background or understanding of metalurgy, i have spoken to others that do, experimented with "break in devices" and read enough to know that there is "something" to how cables settle in and conduct.
By "orientation" of the wire, i'm assuming that you have one long run of solid silver like that taken from a spool. If this is the case, it is quite simple. Think of the signal as starting at the beginning of the wire and then ending at the other end of that same wire. This is how you would want to orient the wires in your interconnects also. I know it is confusing, but let me try to explain.
If the signal originates at the source, travels in one direction to the preamp via the hot and returns in the opposite direction from the preamp to the source, you have made a circuit. As you can see, i made specific point that the signal was travelling in one direction and then the opposite on the return path.
If you cut off one length from the spool to act as your "hot" wire, the next length that you cut should be "flip flopped" or reversed for the ground when building the interconnect. In effect, the wire would be continuing the "flow" that it once had as one continuous long wire. You would form a chain from "beginning to end" for the hot and then on the return trip in the opposite direction the signal would see the wire as being laid out "beginning to end" again. This would make one loop or "cycle" with the cables "crystal structure" oriented in the same direction.
If you can find some way to identify and label which end is which ( call it beginning & end, input & output, A & B, etc..) all of your cables will retain the same "flow pattern" or "crystal structure". This will speed up break-in and minimize listening fatigue.
If you do this, you need to identify your RCA's for each line with A on one end and B on the other. This way, all of the cables will retain the same wiring direction. You can listen with A at the source and B at the preamp and see how you like it for a brief period of time. Then try reversing BOTH cables with B at the source and A at the preamp. One way will probably give you slightly better sound with differences in the soundstage and imaging. Whichever way sounds best is the way that you want to run ALL of the cables made from that spool of wire.
This is a trick that i learned a while ago when playing with solid wire. Stranded is not critical as it is the individual strands may be oriented in different directions, creating kind of a mess. Better invest in a burner if you plan on using a lot of stranded wire for projects. It DOES make a difference.
I would also suggest introducing only ONE stereo pair of cables into a system at a time. It can get way too confusing trying to figure out how they are oriented, which sounds best which way, etc...
Use ONE conductor for each direction. You can experiment with multiple conductor once you get the basics down. I would also suggest spiral wrapping the two conductors, but you obviously have to use some type of insulation between them or they will short out. You did not specificy if the wire was insulated, etc... Don't go crazy in terms of a high quantity of "twists per inch", just do something that is reasonable, easy to work with and repeatable for good consistency.
If someone follows what i'm trying to say in terms of maintaining the "flow" or "orientation" of the wire and can explain it in English better than i did, PLEASE do so. That is, if others find it hard to follow along. Sean
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By "orientation" of the wire, i'm assuming that you have one long run of solid silver like that taken from a spool. If this is the case, it is quite simple. Think of the signal as starting at the beginning of the wire and then ending at the other end of that same wire. This is how you would want to orient the wires in your interconnects also. I know it is confusing, but let me try to explain.
If the signal originates at the source, travels in one direction to the preamp via the hot and returns in the opposite direction from the preamp to the source, you have made a circuit. As you can see, i made specific point that the signal was travelling in one direction and then the opposite on the return path.
If you cut off one length from the spool to act as your "hot" wire, the next length that you cut should be "flip flopped" or reversed for the ground when building the interconnect. In effect, the wire would be continuing the "flow" that it once had as one continuous long wire. You would form a chain from "beginning to end" for the hot and then on the return trip in the opposite direction the signal would see the wire as being laid out "beginning to end" again. This would make one loop or "cycle" with the cables "crystal structure" oriented in the same direction.
If you can find some way to identify and label which end is which ( call it beginning & end, input & output, A & B, etc..) all of your cables will retain the same "flow pattern" or "crystal structure". This will speed up break-in and minimize listening fatigue.
If you do this, you need to identify your RCA's for each line with A on one end and B on the other. This way, all of the cables will retain the same wiring direction. You can listen with A at the source and B at the preamp and see how you like it for a brief period of time. Then try reversing BOTH cables with B at the source and A at the preamp. One way will probably give you slightly better sound with differences in the soundstage and imaging. Whichever way sounds best is the way that you want to run ALL of the cables made from that spool of wire.
This is a trick that i learned a while ago when playing with solid wire. Stranded is not critical as it is the individual strands may be oriented in different directions, creating kind of a mess. Better invest in a burner if you plan on using a lot of stranded wire for projects. It DOES make a difference.
I would also suggest introducing only ONE stereo pair of cables into a system at a time. It can get way too confusing trying to figure out how they are oriented, which sounds best which way, etc...
Use ONE conductor for each direction. You can experiment with multiple conductor once you get the basics down. I would also suggest spiral wrapping the two conductors, but you obviously have to use some type of insulation between them or they will short out. You did not specificy if the wire was insulated, etc... Don't go crazy in terms of a high quantity of "twists per inch", just do something that is reasonable, easy to work with and repeatable for good consistency.
If someone follows what i'm trying to say in terms of maintaining the "flow" or "orientation" of the wire and can explain it in English better than i did, PLEASE do so. That is, if others find it hard to follow along. Sean
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