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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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douglas_schroeder
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celander, no, you are not missing anything. You said, "But I’m less certain that a SM assembly having a mixed set of IC’s would be terribly revealing as to which IC was responsible for the effect in SQ. " It won't. He's just having fun. Mixing cables is fun because the results are fairly unpredictable, but it does not allow for an efficient way to propel the system toward a given set of sound attributes. 

Tonight I am putting in a different set of double ICs, even though the system sounds wonderful. One simply does not know the limits of change with gear on hand until all permutations are tried. I just did a comparison once again between using the software volume control on ROON versus the digital volume control of the Exogal Comet. No comparison; the Comet's vol. control quality destroys that of Roon. Anyone using Roon with the software's vol. control is giving up a LOT of sound quality. The only time I would use it was in a config. with a dedicated DAC direct to amp. And, frankly, putting in a dedicated pramp and another set of Interconnects might still be preferable; that's how poor the Roon software volume control is. 
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maplegrovemusic
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When is someone going to try a 3 way splitter ? Or have you already done that Douglas ?
douglas_schroeder
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maplegrovemusic, Schroeder Method allows for a limitless number of separate interconnects conjoined. I have not tried a triple. Theoretically� one might cobble together piggy-backed splitters or Y cables; I'm not suggesting you do this. A reminder that this is a do at your own risk activity. 




douglas_schroeder
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atmasphere, I'm thinking about what you said, "My surmise about what is happening here is that the connection is what is important- it would be interesting to try just running dual connectors into a single cable (sort of the opposite of a Y adapter) and see what happens."


I'm wondering what you mean. Are you simply suggesting use of Y cables for XLR applications versus splitters? That has already been done, and I have reported on it. I have been using a few different brands of "reducing" Y cable for XLR in order to do Schroeder Method with them. There is a very noticeable difference in sound quality between the Y cables, as there is between splitters and Y cables. The highest quality Y cable I have used to date for splitting and then reducing XLR interconnects is from Audio Sensibility. I just finished a brief review of them which should be published soon.

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atmasphere
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I'm wondering what you mean. Are you simply suggesting use of Y cables for XLR applications versus splitters? That has already been done, and I have reported on it.
I was thinking of dual input connections... Another thing to try would be if running single ended, to put the signal through one cable and the ground through the other, with the shields only connected at the source end.

The additional capacitance of the extra cable seems counter-intuitive, so my musing was looking for a different explanation.
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