Sound Of Wire Direction

ABX
ABX Posts: 109
edited October 2007 in DIY, Mods & Tweaks
Ever try turning your interconnects around, or your speaker wires, and hear a difference ?
I have done it with interconnects, and heard a difference at exactly the same volume setting.
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited October 2007
    Nope. Never cared to try it. My RCA's are directional anyway and I can't see my speaker wire being any different flipped around either. To each their own, though.
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  • ABX
    ABX Posts: 109
    edited October 2007
    avguytx wrote: »
    Nope. Never cared to try it. My RCA's are directional anyway and I can't see my speaker wire being any different flipped around either. To each their own, though.
    In an ABX test, there was no difference, but when we did it w/o the ABX, I thought there was a slight difference.
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited October 2007
    ABX wrote: »
    In an ABX test, there was no difference, but when we did it w/o the ABX, I thought there was a slight difference.

    Ooops...we are w/o the ABX now......
    The first rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club
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  • read-alot
    read-alot Posts: 812
    edited October 2007
    shadowofnight wrote: »
    Ooops...we are w/o the ABX now......

    At 31 posts a day ol ABX was making enough for him and super K.

    Not that I would ever want to but can you just imagine listening to this guy on a Ham radio, maybe that's why he is trying so hard here, no one can over there.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited October 2007
    shadowofnight wrote: »
    Ooops...we are w/o the ABX now......


    Now he's back! :eek: wtfbbqomg I missed it
    Never Forget
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited October 2007
    read-alot wrote: »
    At 31 posts a day ol ABX was making enough for him and super K.

    Not that I would ever want to but can you just imagine listening to this guy on a Ham radio, maybe that's why he is trying so hard here, no one can over there.

    Hahahahaha....I love that....super k ......that nickname just made me laugh to tears....you guys are rough :D
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  • ka7niq
    ka7niq Posts: 577
    edited October 2007
    read-alot wrote: »
    At 31 posts a day ol ABX was making enough for him and super K.

    Not that I would ever want to but can you just imagine listening to this guy on a Ham radio, maybe that's why he is trying so hard here, no one can over there.
    Ham Radio is a fun hobby:)
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited October 2007
    Hey Hey...glad to see you back ka7niq....just one thing...you better keep this thread on topic...I believe if you do, you and ABX will have a LOT to discuss.
    The first rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club
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  • ka7niq
    ka7niq Posts: 577
    edited October 2007
    shadowofnight wrote: »
    Hey Hey...glad to see you back ka7niq.
    Thanks
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,124
    edited October 2007
    Yep. Cereal is still soggy. Think I'll pass. It was stale anyway.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • ka7niq
    ka7niq Posts: 577
    edited October 2007
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Yep. Cereal is still soggy. Think I'll pass. It was stale anyway.
    Another thinly veiled shot at me.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited October 2007
    ka7niq wrote: »
    Another thinly veiled shot at me.

    Hey man there was nothing thinly veiled about that at all!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,645
    edited October 2007
    Can't you feel the love?

    XOXO,
    Your huckleberry
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited October 2007
    With that kind of love , you would be pushing up daisies....
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited October 2007
    I'm sensing a group hug....
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  • ka7niq
    ka7niq Posts: 577
    edited October 2007
    I could care less :)
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  • read-alot
    read-alot Posts: 812
    edited October 2007
    steveinaz wrote: »
    I'm sensing a group hug....


    I'm not.
    polkaudio SRS (rdo194 x 8)
    Dodd ELP (separate power supply)
    JC 1 blocks ( strapped )
    Rega Apollo
    MIT (speaker cables) Outlaw (ICs)

    polkaudio SDA2(rdo194x4) (front) polkaudio CRS (rdo194x4)(rear) polkaudio 400i (center)
    B&K 505
    Samsung LCD
    VIP 622
    HSU STF-2
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited October 2007
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Hey man there was nothing thinly veiled about that at all!
    F1nut wrote: »
    Can't you feel the love?

    XOXO,
    Your huckleberry


    Man, you guys are too funny.

    Gotta add HI to "don't eff with this guy" list, too.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited October 2007
    Good lord guys, I haven't lost this much respect for long term members in a long time and having mods piling on and flaming people just tops it all off. Looks like one person's learned their lesson and moved on while others feel it's necessary to act like a bunch of 4th graders and pile on. Does he really threaten your knowledge and self esteem that much? Can’t you debate him using facts rather than bad movie quotes? And the fact that people find this “entertaining”, well, that’s just a sad statement about our world.

    Come on guys, grow up and move on.
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,645
    edited October 2007
    Interesting post, James. Good to know where one stands.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited October 2007
    If you read some more threads you'll understand why.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited October 2007
    I have read through most of the threads in question and after his ban (which was justified) I see 1 person getting jumped REGARDLESS of what he says by the same group over, and over, and over again. Am I missing something? I mean, did he rape someones dog and then crap in their cereal or what?

    Here's how I saw it: He brought up points that the majority (or at least the vocal folks) around here do not agree with and he got attacked. At first (and only briefly) it was his ideas, but then it became personal attacks, he responded in kind in an inappropriate manner and was banned temporarily. Now he's back and has, for the most part, eliminated the personal stuff. However the same folks are still going after him personally over and over again.

    So what's there to understand?
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,194
    edited October 2007
    I played "Stairway to Heaven" and when I reversed my cable direction I heard satanic messages, try it!

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited October 2007
    I played "Highway to Hell" and found out Jesus really does love me.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited October 2007
    jdhdiggs wrote: »
    I have read through most of the threads in question and after his ban (which was justified) I see 1 person getting jumped REGARDLESS of what he says by the same group over, and over, and over again. Am I missing something? I mean, did he rape someones dog and then crap in their cereal or what?

    Here's how I saw it: He brought up points that the majority (or at least the vocal folks) around here do not agree with and he got attacked. At first (and only briefly) it was his ideas, but then it became personal attacks, he responded in kind in an inappropriate manner and was banned temporarily. Now he's back and has, for the most part, eliminated the personal stuff. However the same folks are still going after him personally over and over again.

    So what's there to understand?


    Wow how differently we see things.

    I had no problem with the guy before he got banned. Before he got banned I found him annoying but that's all. I know there are people who find me annoying so I never replied back to the guy.

    During his ban as ABX and after his reinstatement he has become not just annoying but absolutely disrespectful and an intolerable, pompous bafoon who just wants to stir up the **** and piss long term and senior members off.

    How you don't see that is beyond me.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited October 2007
    You said "bafoon".

    That made me giggle!

    James, you said "and after his ban (which was justified)". Is anything after that really relevant?
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited October 2007
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    During his ban as ABX and after his reinstatement he has become not just annoying but absolutely disrespectful and an intolerable, pompous bafoon who just wants to stir up the **** and piss long term and senior members off.
    It's not only long term or senior members.
    I love how every other thread he posts in gets sidetracked.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • ka7niq
    ka7niq Posts: 577
    edited October 2007
    Face wrote: »
    It's not only long term or senior members.
    I love how every other thread he posts in gets sidetracked.
    Threads go where threads go sometimes.
    We are all here talking audio, wherever that sometimes leads .....
    As far as long term or senior members being pissed off ?
    I am sorry to shatter their illusion that this is "their own personal forum"
    It belongs to Polk, and is for ALL Polk Customers, not just those "in the click".
    Or those who THINK they are the "Chosen Son's"
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited October 2007
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,194
    edited October 2007
    Ricardo wrote: »
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