Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!water!watdcsu!herbie From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Interconnect cables Message-ID: <1535@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 16:44:43 EDT Article-I.D.: watdcsu.1535 Posted: Sat Jul 13 16:44:43 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Jul-85 08:33:33 EDT References: <691@charm.UUCP> Reply-To: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) Organization: U of Waterloo Lines: 28 Summary: In article <691@charm.UUCP> prk@charm.UUCP (Paul Kolodner) writes: >After talking to audio salesmen today, I ran out and bought Monster >Cable Interlink 4 cables for my preamp, amp, etc. I'm skeptical >about this crap, but I'm hopelessly compulsive, with money to burn, >so who cares? I noticed a little arrow on the cable to tell you >which way the signal should flow. This leads to a question: >Can anyone out there tell me how an electrical current can flow >differently down a cable in one direction than in the other >without violating the symmetry properties of Maxwell's equations? >I was too embarrassed to asked the salesman, cause he seemed pretty >smart... first, in an AC circuit, current flows in both directions. only if your cable is a diode will this make any difference. the intra-cable diode effects are neglible compared to the contact effects, which are totally neglible unless you deliberately grow an oxide coat on the contacts of sizable thickness. what you should be paying for are heavily gold plated connectors for reliable contacts, good shielding, low resistance, inductance, and capacitance. Herb Chong... I'm user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble.... UUCP: {decvax|utzoo|ihnp4|allegra|clyde}!watmath!water!watdcsu!herbie CSNET: herbie%watdcsu@waterloo.csnet ARPA: herbie%watdcsu%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa NETNORTH, BITNET, EARN: herbie@watdcs, herbie@watdcsu