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....
jayctoy
stringreen, you have a beautiful system, kudos. 

It is a do at your own risk activity, as I'm sure you are aware. I have had no complications in about ten systems I have set up so far with both RCA and XLR. 


Ok, I just connected double Cerious Technologies Matrix XLR cables using splitters made from Hosa Technology. They claim to be made using oxygen free copper. I’m not sure how these would compare to the Audio Sensibility but they are a lot cheaper! I have them connected from my PS Direct Stream Dac to my BSG QOL.

So far, everything seems to sound about the same as when I just used the single XLR interconnect.
I’m also going to contact Cerious to see if Bob can make some.

ozzy
I may have posted my results prematurely. 
The Matrix Cerious Technologies cable do take some time to resettle after being moved and sure enough a few hours later and I am really liking the sound of the dual interconnects.

ozzy
Ozzy, excellent! I'm glad you like the effect.  You are using what seem to be very inexpensive XLR Y cables. The change with superior Y cables is noticeable, and I am told that the difference between an assembled set with splitters/Y cables and a manufactured set is profound. Taras from TEO Audio has said the manufactured double set has another quite discernible level of improvement. 
Awaiting (not so patiently) for my cables to arrive from Audio Sensibility. I only ordered 1 pair, but if the DS system works, I’ll get all the cables. The longest one is about 4 meters.....preamp to amp. The others are 1 meter. ..just thinking....My speakers are Vandersteen 5A’s which have high pass (maybe low pass) filters. The preamp is connected to the filters which then go into the seperate amps in each speaker. The filters roll off the lows at a specific rate which goes to the mids/highs section of the speaker, whereas the woofer amps increase the lows at the appropriate level to balance the rest of the speaker....actually it sounds complicated, but it works well. My amp is freed of the task of powering the low end and kind of loafs amplifying the mids/highs. I don’t want anything untoward to happen to my over 100 lb amp, so I’ll first put the new D/S cables into my dedicated headphone amp. If that one blows up, it might be easier to repair. We’ll see how it all goes.