Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic

Thanks teo_audio and celander.
The only thing holding me back from trying it is the recovery time from my shoulder surgery. Perhaps in a couple weeks...

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I agree with Doug about not mixing brands, models or lengths of IC’s in a particular paralleled assembly of his method with splitters. It’s just not right. 😂😂

Correction to my post above, which I noticed absentmindedly referred to "integrated preamps". The quote is, "At the same time, David Belles, who I discussed this with in depth while in the Belles Audio ARIA Preamp and Mono Amp review, was quite comfortable with granting permission to try it with his components. I thank him for his contribution to understanding and the go ahead to try between the ARIA preamp and Mono amps! The result? Splendid! Wonderful! Powerful changes along the same lines as when using integrated preamps to amps." 

I was typing quickly and intended to refer to integrated DACs using Schroeder Method to amps. I suppose one could refer to "integrated preamps" as a preamp with a DAC, but that is not intuitive. 

..just wondering if the use of an inexpensive cable (BlueJeans,etc) using Doug Schroeder’s method provides better sound than using expensive top of the line cable. (you can see my insecurity in spending a few hundred dollars in low end cable)

The valid comparator is the Schroeder, parallelled version (whether by using splitters or constructing an assembly without splitters) versus the single-run counterpart. The Schroeder paralleled version trounces the single-run version every time—and by a fair margin. How the Schroeder paralleled version of an inexpensive IC compares to a more expensive, single-run IC is open to interpretation/analysis by the listener/evaluator.

Doug has made numerous comparisons among different configurations from different brand IC’s. Doug might offer his insight on this.

The Teo Audio folks (taras22 and teo_audio) have made versions of the Schroeder assemblies without external splitters, which they dub as “Double Double” IC’s for I believe their GC-Jr IC and their Ultra IC. If memory serves well, they might have compared the SQ’s of their new Double Double IC’s against other single-run counterparts of their IC lineup. See the pages 4-5 of the following forum thread:
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/new-teo-audio-ics-who-has-them