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Directional cables - what does that really mean?

Some (most) cables do sound differently depending on which end is connected to which component. It is asserted that the conductor grain orientation is determining the preferential current flow. That might well be, but in most (all) cases the audio signal is AC (electrons going back and forth in the cable), without a DC component to justify a directional flow. Wouldn't that mean that in the 1st order, a phase change should give the same effect as a cable flip?

I'm curious whether there is a different view on this that I have not considered yet.
cbozdog
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geoffkait
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elizabeth
If they are directional... Are they MARKED North? South East West?
Maybe you bought a cable to use in the South by SouthWest with an elevation to the beginning to end of 27 degrees downslope, only to turn back and rise at an angle 63 degrees to final point due North? What then???

>>>>Always nice to see some more bloviation from the Wicked Witch of the West.
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millercarbon
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If someone doubts that a wire is directional because they don't hear any difference, why don't they just say they don't hear any difference?

Because then we would know.
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