Doug onother success from my Yamaha sacd 1000 to my viva integrated, I use Cerious tech graphene ic and Teo GC ic, this combo is musical, fast, transient is there too, I use Audioquest adapters, one has tails, one doesn’t .this is my fourth success , on double ic...
Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic
I think this topic deserves its own thread , where use double ic through y adapters , from source to preamp, Can’t connect it from Preamp to Amp...For me the result is huge, I can’t go back to single ic....
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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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