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From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: speaker cable questions
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Date: Fri, 15-Mar-85 14:30:32 EST
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> Apparently it matters which way the wire goes, ie, which end is
> connected to the amp and which end is attached to the speakers. When you
> change the "direction" you change the sound. Is there any truth to this?
> If there is truth, why?
> -- 
> 			Marty Sasaki

I've seen low-level cables (e.g., shielded cables with RCA plugs on
each end) that are direction-marked.  As far as I know, this is
because the shields are connected at only one end of the cable
to prevent ground loops.  I can't imagine any sensitivity in an
ungrounded loop.  Of course, if one side of the high-level output
is ground and the speakers are separately grounded, there may be
a problem.

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