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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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shkong78, it's obvious you are taking this very seriously, and you will get very serious results, the kind of results that do not come to casual audiophiles.

dgarretson, No surprise that the connectors make a big difference. It also makes perfect sense that the line-level EQ would be influenced dramatically by the Schroeder Method. To my ear there is not a tonal shift by moving to dual ICs, but instead a deepening, or intensifying of the tonal character, like a deeper shade of a color of paint. Absolutely it sounds far more real. Of course, the tonality would shift with every different pair of Schroeder Method ICs. I do that consistently in my rig.

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celander
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One can always pm Teo_Audio (Ken) or taras22 (Taras) and inquire about pricing on their products not listed on the market site. I strongly suspect their prices, risk-free audition period and warranty are the same as list previously on the market site. Or just pm them via one of their listed ads on the market site. 
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shkong78
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@ douglas_schroeder

Thanks for  your kind word.

I have a serious system with Lansche 4.1 speaker driven by either Silbatone 300B SET or Line Magnetic 508 SET amp.

Eva Cassidy’s voice is a good test for details and clean treble of cable.

Through Audio Note and Zenwave D4, her voice is mesmerizing.

But through Teo GCii, I do not get enough details or air.

On the other hand, I prefer Teo GCii to either Audio Note or Zenwave D4 in playing Mahler’s Symphony with nice definition and decay.

Can I get such detail or air through Ultra?

Or I need to go for Kronon to get such details?

But I am not willing to spend more than 2K$ on IC cable now.


douglas_schroeder
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shkong78, you are encountering the questions that happen when you upgrade and mix cables; some of the results may sound superior with a part of your collection, and some results may sound relatively inferior. I say "relatively�" because the result is far better than previously with one interconnect. We tend to get increasingly picky, even with fantastic improvements in the system. I know that even when the rig gets an amazing improvement, my ability to nit-pick details if I wish is almost unlimited.  :)

I would presume that as is the case with most cable brands, when a person moves up the line in a product the performance will improve. Whether the precise detail of sound quality you wish for will materialize given any particular interconnect, no one can say. It is possible that pairing two of the GC2 or two Kronon would be better than any mixed set. There is no way to know, and no way to predict accurately. One simply must conduct comparisons to know. 


teo_audio
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I’m not sure the GCII is burned in yet..and, importantly... do not burn it in with any form of burn in hardware. Do. not.

It takes a good 100 hrs to burn in. Burn it in via listening at line levels.

We do indeed have regular GC Ultra RCA cables, yes.

Advertising costs on the audiogon forum ----regardless if the item sells or not.

So ....we simply do not list all of the seven different versions of RCA cables we sell, the two new Balanced cables, the digital cables (AES & RCA), nor the two speaker cables.
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