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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Bringing this thread back up as I never seen or heard of it before and just read about the S.M. for the first time when i was looking at the Anticables website and it was mentioned.... I am curious as to the systems of posters who are using this method. Reference? Mid fi?

Is there any chance of damaging very expensive components? Can it overload the circuit or the equipment in let’s say a phono stage to the preamp?
Thank you.
Thanks Doug.
Is this a relatively new method as I don’t think I’ve ever read any cable manufacturer offering their interconnects doubled and soldered into a single connector.

Can expensive interconnects be damaged when disassembling the incorporated connectors and then resoldering 2 cables into a single connector? Is there ANY downside to this method?

How does the changeover work. A person buys their preferred interconnects and ships them off to a person to double them up and put the ends in a connector?
And if I may ask, if this Double IC truly is the bees knees and would make their cables and thus a reference system sound even better, why haven’t cable manufactures hit the ground running with this method....


Doug. Best of luck with your patent!
Is there a limit on how high the quality or expense the interconnects used are. In other words, is what makes the S.M. special is that you can use 2 sets of less expensive cables to get the sonics of a very expensive cable? As some pairs of interconnects are over $2000! Shoot, even $5000!
I imagine that the best option is to use 2 of the same interconnects, whichever you choose.

I like your idea of using Y cables as it is reversible but if I’m going to try this, I think I might look into a company to solder interconnects into one connector on both ends.

Do you have a recommended RCA plug as some use Keith Eichman’s and some use multi layered gold plated connectors...

Your necessary disclaimer still gets me nervous but do you have a link to any reference system reviews of the S.M.? I’m scouring the interwebs to find them. Thanks.