The Schroeder Method of Interconnect Placement

[joeinid]

https://www.dagogo.com/audio-blast-schroeder-method-interconnect-placement/

Has anyone heard of this or tried this method? It looks a little involved but seems to provide benefit.

 

[Hounddog]

Heard of it, but haven’t been able to obtain enough info yet. Lurking on this thread....


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[Speedskater]

A solution in search of a problem and a poor solution at that. Real bad news for a digital cable. Might make some legacy and boutique components unhappy.

 

[joeinid]

I’m a little too lazy to even try this method.

 

[Dizzie]

I’m a little too lazy to even try this method.

I'm a little too lazy to even read the article.

 

[Puma Cat]

I'm a little too lazy to even read the article.

I read it but it seems a real hassle.

Interesting that one of the commenters said that it was not the doubling of the cables that is important, but the geometry that's important.

Seems like it would be easier just upgrade a single interconnect.

 

[audio.bill]

While doubling interconnects in parallel will halve their DC resistance, its effect on impedance (which combines DC resistance with the reactive components of capacitance and inductance) is more complicated. The reactive components of the cable's impedance will double when two cables are run in parallel, which can definitely affect their sonic performance and change it from what the designer intended. The result may be desirable in a given system while it may potentially cause damage in others due to instability into a particular load. I believe you'd be better off trying different types of cable designs independently rather than doubling them up as suggested in that article.

 

[Speedskater]

Yep, the quadrupling of total cable capacitance can make some audiophile components unhappy.

 

[pdub]

https://www.dagogo.com/audio-blast-schroeder-method-interconnect-placement/

Has anyone heard of this or tried this method? It looks a little involved but seems to provide benefit.

PartsConnexion will do all the hard work for you.

Jim Smith turned me on to this, albeit with XLRs. The first one they made for me is Duelund 20awg (DCA20GA), basically a back and forth run of wire between two Duelund gold male RCA's. No splitters/Y-cables necessary (So for a 1 m pair of RCA IC's you order 4m of hookup wire, two plugs, and, for a fee, they'll make the finished cable for you. You need more wire for an XLR IC.)

Then I sort of outsmarted myself and ordered a 4m run of Duelund Dual DCA16GA 2x16. I thought this was the back and forth run all in one tidy package, but I ended up with two runs of 2x16ga for each IC. I also decided to try the more spendy Duelund plastic-free connectors. Well, I connected the DAC to the VIVA integrated and nothing blowed up. In fact sounded pretty good.

Parker

 

[joeinid]

Thank you for the information. I’ve ordered from them before. Great company.

 

[CPP]

When I read this "That also is a “do at your own risk” activity; one mistake in crossing over a connection and you can blow up an amp". I said nope,anic:

 

[joeinid]

When I read this "That also is a “do at your own risk” activity; one mistake in crossing over a connection and you can blow up an amp". I said nope,anic:

That scared me too.

 

[AJ Soundfield]

one mistake in crossing over a connection and you can blow up an amp". I said nope,anic:

But then there could be no denying cables affect sound.

 

[CPP]

I figure, if the amp makers wanted me to do this it would be an option on the amp and noted in the manual. I just always walk the line of caution.