Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site moncol.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!petsd!moncol!ben From: ben@moncol.UUCP (Bennett Broder) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Interconnect cables Message-ID: <422@moncol.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 13:38:16 EDT Article-I.D.: moncol.422 Posted: Sat Jul 13 13:38:16 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Jul-85 01:35:32 EDT References: <691@charm.UUCP> Organization: Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ 07764 Lines: 20 >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... The arrows on the cable have nothing to do with the direction of current flow. On high end cables like the Monster, the shield is only connected on one end; the arrows insure that it is grounded to the correct component. Ben Broder ..ihnp4!princeton!moncol!ben ..vax135!petsd!moncol!ben