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Re: another cable question

Subject: Re: another cable question
From: "Greg Simmons" simmosonics
Date: Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:36 am ((PDT))
--- In  Lou Judson <> wrote:
>
> Oh dear. Another myth comes to light.
>
> Audio is alternating current, thus it "moves" equally in both
> directions. No wire has directionality. Not even with DC!

My cables are all *extremely* directional: the signal goes in the end
with the female XLR and comes out the end with the male XLR. They
simply don't work the other way around, and trying to force them to do
so would almost certainly result in damage to cables and equipment.

- Greg Simmons





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