I've always done it the way Hotrod recommends. I try to avoid any variable the something like a Y adapter might introduce. I also think I get a better feel for each cable when absorbing a long listening session with each component change as opposed to jumping back and forth. Not that I ignore the fine details, I'm just more interested in the overall experience each cable portrays.
A/B test of interconnects - Will this work???
I have some spare time on my hands over the next couple of weeks and thought I'd sit down and try to figure out whether I can "really" hear differences between interconnects that I have accumulated. My thought was to put a Y-adapter on my cd player output and run one set of interconnects to the cd input on my integrated amp and another set of interconnects to another input. Then I can sit in one place and use the remote to flip between the two inputs while playing a cd.
I don't think this should blow anything up (let me know if you know otherwise) but will it work for what I intend? Or will the mere existence of another interconnect hanging off the Y taint whatever results I get?
Thanks for any thoughts.
Bill
I don't think this should blow anything up (let me know if you know otherwise) but will it work for what I intend? Or will the mere existence of another interconnect hanging off the Y taint whatever results I get?
Thanks for any thoughts.
Bill