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As you say James that can help in a balanced setup where the two wires carry the signal rather than the shield. In unbalanced hifi systems the ground is usually the signal return path as we know. Lucas' first post mentioned 2 wires which sounds like a "pseudo balanced" (a manufacturer's phrase*) cable with the second wire being the return necessarily connected to ground at both ends.

*I assumed the cable manufacturer did this in order to use two identical wires offering the same high conductivity or they thought running the signal through the shield risked interference being added, or they just wanted to be distinctive.

Lucas is right to surmise the directionality is usually associated with the wires inside rather than floating one end of the cable's shield.


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Hello Jon,

My comments were only meant to apply to the 2W+shield 'microphone'  cable construction mentioned in the original post and obviously wouldn't work on a coax construction where the shield forms the return path.

I can't comment on the directionality of cable as any blind testing that I done hasn't shown up any difference so have just used the van den Hul cables I have with the grounded end connected to the equipment with a decent ground.

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I agree James and respect your experience. I wondered why the cable manufacturer had used a balanced microphone cable for an unbalanced interconnect?
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