Burning cables in is what I live for
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The pity is - there are no directional SATA cables. My world is in shambles.
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Dreams destroyed and then mainlined in two quickfire posts.
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I find the very notion of cable directionality quite vexing… Short of incorporating diodes into a cable build, I really can’t see how it matters which way round it it is connected 
You’re applying logic again.
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It will only be a matter of time before we see audiophile USB-C cables with “this side up” stamped on them…
After building my own PCs for the past 20 years, it’s heartbreaking to find out I may have installed my SATA cables the wrong way… I need to redo the whole thing, and also do some critical listening after reversing my Ethernet, HDMI and speaker wires. Now, if I could only figure out how to reverse in-wall Ethernet wires…
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If you find that vexing you should check out JCAT’s M12 Switch Gold. Apparently it’s “a complete network solution for EXTREME Audiophiles”.
Arrows man, it’s all about the arrows
Oooh, M12 connectors! Good for up to 500MHz. Cat 8 RJ45s are good to 2 GHz.
Throw in enough technobabble and you’ll have the die-hard audiophools eating out of the palm of your hand…
€3500 for a 
network switch!
@Graeme_Finlayson, before you dismiss it you should watch this review. It’s fascinating stuff.
Disclaimer: I only managed to watch the first two minutes, but I’m sure it’s all good 
That’s easy, just move all your equipment instead
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I just can’t stand the idea a SATA cable is used both ways - reading and writing. Like this the micro crystalline structures in the copper never will reach AUDIOPHILE grade certifiable levels.
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Underrated post!
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That’s why we need audiophile hard drives, with two directional SATA connectors rather than just one. One for reading, one for writing.
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Nice try. But only shifts the problem to the drives. We need to separate further!
Oh my giddy aunt…
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Perhaps we need read-only hard drives
Yeah, but since they go through a switch, it would reverse both cables and it might cancel out… There’s one cable from the router to the switch, then 16 from switch to different rooms; that’s 2^17 = 131,072 combinations to try out.