I belong to another audio forum/(cables) and there is a thread started a week or so ago on the Schroeder Method with two members who have actually tryed the Method. The rest are closed minded about it. Some of them seem to think they have all the answers regarding ic's. I feel fortunate I stumbled onto this thread and actually built double ic's and discovered that it works. Keep an opened mind.
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I have evaluated a 6-ft run Dual Canare StarQuad assembly terminated with Canare RCA connectors in place of my 2-meter run of Teo Audio Ultra (single) IC’s between the preamp and powered ATC monitors (see setup below), wherein the assembly includes two paralleled Canare L-4E5C StarQuad audio IC’s spliced together in the assembly (that is, a Shroeder Method paralleled IC assembly without splitters). Here is the Canare spec sheet: http://www.canare.com/ProductItemDisplay.aspx?productItemID=53 The test set-up is as follows: CAL Delta CD Transport (output clock jitter at 50psec); Dual Canare StarQuad digital assemblies connected to relevant digital outputs of the Delta and into inputs of a Theta DS PRO Basic IIIa DAC; Dual Assembly Canare StarQuad audio cable (2-ft length) connecting DAC to Audible Illusions M3A; Dual Canare StarQuad assembly (6-ft length) from AI M3A to powered ATC SCM20-2A’s monitors. Though it’s too early to render a verdict on the Dual Canare assembly, I’m frankly shocked how well it sounds against the outstanding Teo Audio Ultra IC. I’m hearing a lot of the same detail in the complexity of musical presentation, pace and dimensionality with the Dual Canare StarQuad assembly as I enjoy with the Ultra. I would be seriously interested how well a Double Double Ultra sounds by comparison to the Teo Audio Ultra single run IC or this inexpensive Dual Canare StarQuad assembly. |
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