So I adopted the DS method about a week ago between my DAC (Audio Alchemy DDP-1) & preamp (Jeff Rowland Consonance) using audioquest yukon cables & 4 well dampened splitters. Since the splitters are new I wanted to wait until I had some time on them before commenting. In my system there is not one drawback from this. The stage is wider & deeper which is a great improvement in and of itself, but what really surprised me is the overall improvement in clarity. This "tweek" is the real deal. Thank you Doug for bringing it to our attention.
The Science of Cables
It seems to me that there is too little scientific, objective evidence for why cables sound the way they do. When I see discussions on cables, physical attributes are discussed; things like shielding, gauge, material, geometry, etc. and rarely are things like resistance, impedance, inductance, capacitance, etc. Why is this? Why aren’t cables discussed in terms of physical measurements very often?
Seems to me like that would increase the customer base. I know several “objectivist” that won’t accept any of your claims unless you have measurements and blind tests. If there were measurements that correlated to what you hear, I think more people would be interested in cables.
I know cables are often system dependent but there are still many generalizations that can be made.
Seems to me like that would increase the customer base. I know several “objectivist” that won’t accept any of your claims unless you have measurements and blind tests. If there were measurements that correlated to what you hear, I think more people would be interested in cables.
I know cables are often system dependent but there are still many generalizations that can be made.