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Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic
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 ... 
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Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic
Yes, the Red Dragon is class D; I reviewed it for Dagogo.com and it sounds like they tried the Double Double with it.  
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Current demo list is 739 selections. 
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Keith Don't Go   LOL  
Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic
shkong78, I am not surprised at your conclusion that it is better than 15 brands and 40 years of trials. Congratulations on trying it! You are demonstrating that Schroeder Method works not simply because of doubling a single brand of cables, but b... 
Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic
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 adapte... 
Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic
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... 
Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic
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 cab... 
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Stock jumpers are often junk. The first  Audiophile Law I wrote, published at Dagogo.com many years ago, was  about replacing jumpers. One of the first things I did when I bought Magnepan speakers was get rid of the horrid jumpers.  High quality j... 
Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic
I will add that I do not find your result surprising, as you have made an extreme double IC. Schroeder Method seems to be efficacious with all ICs, regardless of quality, but the pedigree of the IC makes a pronounced difference in the rend result.... 
Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic
dgarretson, thank you for putting the faith in me to try it. I'm glad that you are finding it worthwhile.  
Most Recent ROON Upgrade Quite Nice
My sound quality for digital in the past five years has soared far beyond what I thought possible. The advancement in sound quality of both streaming and file playback is exhilarating!  
Most Recent ROON Upgrade Quite Nice
When all of the sub-functions of the ROON DSP Engine of 1.5 were Off I heard no difference between toggling between enable/disable DSP Engine. I would anticipate a similar result with the 1.6I found that with the DSP Engine disabled the software u... 
Most Recent ROON Upgrade Quite Nice
cymbop, I expected an answer along those lines. Had I not been in the middle of a listening session when I upgraded and replayed the track listing I likely would not have assurance of a change. Perceptions are notoriously difficult to substantiate...