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daboss593 
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well im green to car audio but im not a total tard. i deal with liq alot and get great deals etc. i got a bunch of 20ft monster cable rcas. problem is the signal path stickers are gone prob why i got the deal lol. ok so is it poss to test these to fig out the way the signal path goes in these rcas.ive seen them packaged with these signal stickers. thanx for any help.
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Signal path stickers? 
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There is no such thing as a "signal path" on an RCA. Audio signals are AC, so even if you connect "according to the path sticker" (i.e. with the arrow pointing toward the processor/amp/etc) half of the signal will still be going "against the grain", as it were.
Use 'em, and be happy with 'em.
Dontcha just LOVE marketing BS?
It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
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Oh, he's talking about directional interconnects?  I have no idea what the Monster marketing machine is up to, but the only thing a directional label indicates (in a properly built fully-shielded cable) is which end the shield is connected to.  Usually , the shield is connected to the indicated source end and lifted from the load end.  But even if that is the case, it really does not matter.  Just use them.
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sorry guys yeah was supposed to ask about the direction. odd indeed i have some new and they have them on them also. i didnt know if this was something new i wasnt aware of etc. hmmmmmm yeah marketing bs thanx for helping pull my head out of my butt on that one. SUPER NOOOOOB AWAY! lol
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I was totally unaware of such an animal, so I asked the installers here if they have ever seen Monster Cable RCA's with a directional arrow on them.  They looked at me as if I was stupid, and replied:  All of the Monster Cable RCA's have directional arrows on them. 

So let me get this straight. My RCA cable transfers an AC signal from my radio to my amp, Nevermind, I can't even think of a way to even make it SOUND legitimate. 

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i am an idiot wrote:

I was totally unaware of such an animal, so I asked the installers here if they have ever seen Monster Cable RCA's with a directional arrow on them.  They looked at me as if I was stupid, and replied:  All of the Monster Cable RCA's have directional arrows on them. 

So let me get this straight. My RCA cable transfers an AC signal from my radio to my amp, Nevermind, I can't even think of a way to even make it SOUND legitimate. 

The directionality of an RCA cable has nothing to do with the actual signal.  It's about the shield in a shielded cable.  A properly designed shielded cable will have the shield lifted at one end, and that's what legitimate "directional" arrows indicate.  The arrow is supposed to point toward the lifted (load) end.

Not saying that's what's happening in those Monster cables, just that's what it is supposed to indicate.

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It has to be a shield that is attached at both ends along with an extra outer shield that is lifted on one end.   If the shield was lifted on one end, wouldn't that make any radio a Pioneer?
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i am an idiot wrote:
It has to be a shield that is attached at both ends along with an extra outer shield that is lifted on one end.   If the shield was lifted on one end, wouldn't that make any radio a Pioneer?

It's a 3-wire system.  Signal, ground, and outer shield.  The outer shield is the one that needs to be lifted at one end.

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