Hi Drendon,
I'm familiar with the construction of a few varieties of interconnect and speaker wire that is sold with the little arrows. In every instance I've seen, the cables are totally non-directional, totally symmetrical, and there is absolutely no justification for the little arrows. In fact, I know of one company that sells cables they make from coax they buy from a company that puts the little arrows on to increase audiophile appeal. They don't want to sell the snake oil, so they use a solvent to remove the arrows after they make up the cable. Interestingly, they had to put an additional bit of documentation in with their cables, because they were getting too many calls from concerned customers who were not sure how to use the cables without the arrows. !!! The myth is extremely popular, and some even believe that changing the direction of the cable produces a situation under which that dreaded break-in has to be done all over again.
BTW, at least one golden eared reviewer has reported that the wire with the arrows is directional, while the wire with the arrows removed isn't. He still doesn't know that the only difference was the arrows. You gotta love the way some of the guys make themselves look so silly.
There are times with it is necessary to float the ground at one end of an interconnect, to eliminate ground loops. I have not seen any situation where it made any difference which end was disconnected, but then there are many things I've never seen.
Arrows on speaker wires? No ground to float, so what is the justification in that case?
If a company is selling speaker wire with arrows on it, they are selling myths, and I personally don't do any business with such companies. I try to avoid doing business with crooks whenever possible.
