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RE: Questions 2 and 5 are related

That's a good answer about why the direction of horse hairs in a violin bow makes a difference, but I'm confused about the direction of wire in an analog interconnect. The analog audio signal is alternating so I can't see why the wire direction would make a difference. The horse-hair analogy doesn't seem to apply to an audio interconnect since the audio signal is alternating back-and-forth.

If wire direction actually makes a difference, it would make more sense to construct both conductors of an audio interconnect with stranded wire in which half of the strands go in one direction and the other half go in the other direction. This way the alternating audio signal would be conducted by half the strands during the positive cycle and the other half during the negative cycle.

What am I missing?

Thanks!
John Elison

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