Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic

grannyring

Good for you.  Whenever you get around to it, it would be nice to know your observations.

I got a double Schroeder balanced interconnect and have been using it for a couple of days now.   What I find really interesting is how it changes as its breaking in.  The first place I put it was between the CD player and the dedicated headphone amp.  I couldn't believe the dynamic contrasts of the music I was hearing.  ...not as to how loud it got, but rather it seemed to allow the after beat from the drummer to really stand out rather than sound "lazy" in comparison.  I have a Purist Audio break in disc and played it through....you can't listen to it...its only noise.  Anyway I got brave and connected the power amp and speakers.  That dynamic that I liked seemed to lesson somewhat, but the speakers absolutely disappeared.  The walls in the front of the room vanished.  The instruments appeared not only with depth that I had with the older cables,  but each instruments was suspended in its own space closer, and farther away.  In a Niel Diamond record, a scratch guarro, sounded like someone was playing it not in the house, but way out to the right on the patio of the pool.  The instruments and singer are now smaller and set in their own space.  The cable just became better and better....the definition increased, so that listening to lyrics is now much easier.  I could understand much of Elton John, but with this new cable I can relax and just let the understanding of what he's saying come through.  As far as tonality is concerned Schroeder's cable sounds very, very similar to my expensive silver interconnects....but its as though a pretty girl has had a pro makeup person bring out the very best for a Robb Report centerfold.  I'll get more cable for the long run from preamp to amp....I'll suppose there will be more to say.   Thanks Doug

So let’s see. We have Teo Audio, HAVE, Audio Sensibility, and perhaps some custom DYI’ers like grannyring who are willing to make paralleled SM IC assemblies without requiring external splitters. The SM movement is gaining some traction. 

...and rightly so......

stringreen, you're welcome! Glad you are having success with the Schroeder Method. It sounds like another happy user. It is a profound change, imo.  

I have been very pleased with how it is going in system development. I have not had in instance yet where Schroeder Method failed to vastly improve a rig. It's astonishing how much components are choked - that's about the best word for it, "choked" - via use of single IC. Performance of components is SO much better with double interconnects. 

One of the most enjoyable aspects of all this is the seeming irrationality of it. Theory does not dictate such a result, which is why it's so much fun. It seems nonsense, or worse. Yet, there it is! The results are anything but funny.  :) 

My guess is there are people quietly trying this in the background who have not come forward yet. We have a lot of people intimidated by conventional wisdom, by nearly bully matches on threads, etc. One of the great things about this is that Schroeder Method is pretty cheap to implement if one wishes, and confers a major change even with affordable ICs. It's a win/win in terms of exploration. (As long as one respects the warnings regarding which equipment and systems it is to be avoided.) 

Stringreen, if things hold to their pattern in my use, the effect will be additive, and you will have additional improvement with another set of double ICs. Don't think for a moment that it could not get any better. All systems can be improved, usually far beyond our expectation. That it can be done relatively cheaply is a big bonus. You may conclude as I have that the Schroeder Method confers change on a level of component upgrades of several thousand of dollars. I have handled a lot of gear, some expensive, and this is not a "cheap" upgrade sonically.  :)