Regarding cable directionality, my analog electronics teacher a loong time ago taught me the following. In a shielded signal cable, the shield is only connected in one end to avoid a ground loop, which otherwise might result in hum. The best noise suppression is achieved when the shield is connected to the appliance with the most powerful power supply unit, which would often be the amplifier.
This might be an over-simplification. As I've never since worked in the field of analog electronics, there might be more to this than I happen to remember 25 years later. Perhaps someone working in ths field could chime in? However, I've so far never noticed any difference myself with any of my systems. But I guess there might be cases where this actually matters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gandhi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58909 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97950 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
