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Thread: Speaker Wire...Direcitonal? |
    
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 10:46 pm: |
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Are all speaker wire directional meaning that you need to hook up the wire with the writing on it toward the speaker? I have Acoustic Research 16 gauge wire and I never knew anything about this. If all my wire is not hooked up this way, does it matter? Any help is appreciated.
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Silver Member Username: Devils_advocate
Post Number: 287
Registered: Jul-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 10:59 pm: |
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"If all my wire is not hooked up this way, does it matter?"
No.
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Gold Member Username: Petergalbraith
Rimouski,
Quebec
Canada
Post Number: 1391
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 11:42 pm: |
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The only way an AC cable is directional is when it's shielded and only one side is grounded. Speaker wire is not shielded and the current flows half the time in each direction (AC), so this is no direction. AFAIK. |
Silver Member Username: Stu_pitt
NYC,
NY
Post Number: 473
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 11:42 pm: |
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The only "direction" that makes any difference is that + or red goes to + or red, and - or black goes to - or black. |
Gold Member Username: Petergalbraith
Rimouski,
Quebec
Canada
Post Number: 1392
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 11:42 pm: |
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Opps. "so there is no direction" |
Silver Member Username: Stu_pitt
NYC,
NY
Post Number: 475
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 11:47 pm: |
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I meant their is no 'direction' for speaker cables, not AC cables. |
Gold Member Username: Petergalbraith
Rimouski,
Quebec
Canada
Post Number: 1393
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 11:49 pm: |
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Stu, I was correcting my own error... nothing to do with your post at all. |
Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 5513
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, September 07, 2005 - 02:29 am: |
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Who's on first? |
Gold Member Username: Petergalbraith
Rimouski,
Quebec
Canada
Post Number: 1396
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, September 07, 2005 - 09:26 am: |
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No, Stu's on first.
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New member Username: Radone
Sydney,
NSW
Australia
Post Number: 5
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 08:42 am: |
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The whole unidirectional speaker wire is snake oil. I was talking to an electrical engineer who said he was a sceptic and couldn't believe he could hear the difference. I think he was just trying to defend his $200 purchase. Check out this speaker cable face-off. Very intriguing,
http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/setup/interconnects/DIYSpeakerCablesp1.html |
