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Synergistic Research Tesla series IC users, please help with direction > of cable

I just wanted to be sure all the SR cables I’m using are in the proper direction. Currently I have all the IC’s with the "arrows" pointing towards the sources, dac/transport, phono stage? Basically all the little blue lights are on the rca’s at the back of the preamp? The arrows are also pointing towards the main amp and sub woofer amps, again with blue lights at the back of the preamp? If anyone can please verify this is correct or wrong I would greatly appreciate your help. Thanks 
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The arrows should point "downstream" i.e. from source to pre, or from pre to power. The active conditioning bullets (and LEDs therefore) should therefore be at the sending end, i.e. at the source for the cable running to the pre, or at the pre for the cable running to the power amp

So as far as I can tell from your message you have half your cables (the ones to the power amps and subs) correct but the others (to the DAC and phono stage) should be reversed

This rule (arrow flows from source to destination) is always true for every cable manufacturer that indicates directionality
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