Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic

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Just out of box, GCII gave nice impression of excellent dynamics and bloom.

But when I played Eva Cassidy I got somewhat disappointed with lack of details compared with silver cables.

Most cables need burn in and with time going by they sound more refined and organic.

But they rarely get more detail with burn in.

Liquid metal cable may have advantage in  balanced sound with bloom.

But it may not be for detail freak like me.

I will keep burning it for another week to see what happen.

But I am not optimistic.

Thomas

After getting more Y splitters,

I am running three IC cables(Audio Note, Crystal Audio, Teo GCII) together.

Now I am getting nice details, definition deep bass and transparency.

The only downside is that triple combo sound a little bit heavier and slower than combination of Crystal Audio and Teo which sound very fast with clean decay.

I inquired Ken about availability of Teo Ultra RCA cable.

But if this combination work well, I may go this way.

I will listen to this combination for several hours before deciding on order of Ultra.

Update on Triple Combo after 8 hours of playing.

It sounds much better with clear focus.

Maybe Y splitter also need burn in.

Audio Note(silver plated) and Crystal Cable(pure silver) IC are 20 years old.

I paid 2K$ for Audio Note and 1K$ for Crystal Cable (I am original owner).


Before trying triple combo,

Zenwave D4 and Crystal Cable double gave most balanced sound with pristine treble and nice details.

Teo GCII and Crystal Cable double gave very exciting sound with fast transient and nice decays but fall short of Zenwave in details.

Teo GCII and Audio Note double gave nice details back but somewhat confused sound.


By adding Crystal Cable to Teo GCII and Audio Note double I get ultimate sound with nice details, transparency, deep bass and nice transients.

Soundstage is deep and wide for all the above combination without much difference.

I will update the result  of triple combo after one week(around 50 hours of listening).

Thanks a lot Doug for introducing this technique.

Thomas

Thomas, I am very happy that you like Schroeder Method; it's quite powerful. You are showing others that a person has to try different things in order to find the best result. That is how I go about tuning systems. When the right combination is found the experience is enthralling.