Re: another cable question

["Lou Judson" inaudio]

HUGE grin! The audiophiles think a single RCA (both ends the same)
need to be pointed in one direction or the other...
Male and female plugs and jacks is another matter... obviously!

But there are bisexual XLR plugs now:
<http://www.neutrik.com/content/home/home.aspx?portal=3Dus&language=3D1>
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Lou Judson =95 Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689


On Sep 11, 2008, at 10:36 AM, Greg Simmons wrote:

>> 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