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RE: TG Audio speaker cables and directionality

Posted by geoffkait on May 18, 2022 at 16:43:00

In Reply to: RE: TG Audio speaker cables and directionality posted by andyr on May 18, 2022 at 15:55:25:

It almost makes sense. Here are what I think the problems with his theory is.

The two wires of each speaker cables are not signal and return wires. The two + and - wires are both signal and return. Remember the cables are part of an AC circuit, it's the alternating current that makes the speaker diaphragms move back and forth.

So, each wire in the cable provides one half of the entire audio wavelength. But it provides the signal only when the current is traveling in the direction of the speaker. You can ignore the signal when it's traveling in the opposite direction away from the speaker. So, it's this push pull action of the alternating current (moving charges, the electrons) that produces the acoustic audio waveform out into in the room.

Therefore thr best way to control directionality is to ensure that BOTH + and - wires are oriented so that the best direction is toward the speakers. Not as Bob Crump suggested, to have them opposite in direction. Both + and - wires are equal, not as Bob said, which is one is signal and one is return. They are both signal and return.

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