My method is very simple. I put in the new IC or cable and leave it in for a week or so, making no other changes to the system. Then I take the cable out and put in the old cable. If there is a difference, this is the time you should hear it. Often, when I put in a new cable I think I hear a difference, but after I remove it and re-install the old cable I hear no change whatsoever. Same drill with most tweaks.
Best way to hear sonic signature of a cable?
For all the cable-heads out there: can someone suggest a way to test cables? the best way i've come up with so far is using only a headphone amp (with a volume control) and a cdp and listening through a set of cans. this keeps only one set of interconnects in the system. but it still doesn't tell me what the interconnects will do once a preamp is added, etc.
what do you folks do when you don't have enough resources to swap out an entire system with difference interconnects?
what do you folks do when you don't have enough resources to swap out an entire system with difference interconnects?