Much hype surrounds audio and video interconnects.  At the end of the day the job of an interconnect is to deliver the signal from one point to another with minimum loss and maximum protection from stray signal ingress (noise). As a rule of thumb the thicker the interconnect the better the quality - but not always! Another rule of thumb is that you should spend around 5% of your home theatre budget on interconnects.

A word on directional cables - these are interconnects that have arrows on them - this is not the direction that the signal travels - rather the end of the interconnect that has the shield wire connected to the shield connector. This is done to eliminate ground loops and the shield end (direction of the arrow) should always be the middle of the system - usually the processor.

Your home theatre consultant will make interconnect suggestions for you and usually arrange the installation of the system - having an AV professional install your system means you will get the best from your investment and means you don't have to worry about which way the arrows are running!

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