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anyone else daisy chain "jitterboxes"?

After using a Monarchy Super DIP for the past 2 years, I ran across a good deal on another DIP. Hooked it in line after the Super DIP (so I could use the balanced out into my D/A), let it warm up and WOW! Everything the DIP did on its own was again improved with the addition of the second unit. After listening for an hour, I picked a disc and set out to remove and reinsert them into the chain to make sure I wasn't fooling myslef. Easily noticed as they were added and removed. The biggest change was in the amount of space around the instruments and vocalist. Everything opened up. I remember reading a "buzz" sheet that Monarchy packed with my first DIP. The reviewer experimented with daisy chaining and found 1 was good, 2 were great, 3 was a slight slight improvement and the addition of a fourth was not noticable. I held this in the back of my mind and am glad I gave it a try. For a total of $350 including cable, I got a significant improvement in my sound.

Interested in other success or failure stories along this line.

Assoc equip.: Theta Basic -> Super DIP -> DIP -> Monarchy 18B or MSB Link III into passive control -> Krell KSA80B -> Sonus Faber Concertos. Transparent Super cable throughout.

-twylie
twylie
bjack70jr
60 posts
 
Multiple jitter boxes work great and are highly recommended! I was using 75 ohm BNCs and cable between them. Then I removed all of the BNC connectors and hard wired Illuminati Ohm-Aha 75 ohm cable between the TLCs and DIP. This was another great improvement. I then hard wired DH Labs D-110 cable to the output of the DIP and the input to the UJB-1. I bought another TLC that I have not inserted into the chain yet, but I'm tempted.
avguygeorge
2,300 posts
 
Ok, here is where you miss Kelly. Nope, I'm not in his league.
killerpiglet
373 posts
 
Twyle, I'm using 2 DIP's in line to good effect as well.

KP
sean
6,229 posts
 
What do you folks consider to be the main benefit of a jitter box ?

I tried a Monarchy Super Dip quite a while ago and did not really care for it. The most noticeable effects were that it made everything sound very "etched" and "hi-fi". Some might call that more "focused", but i found it un-natural. It also drastically leaned out the bass ( it was definitely quicker and tighter ) but it also took much of the PRAT of the system with it. Didn't mess with it too much or too long, so i'm kind of curious as to others' experiences. Sean
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twylie OP
18 posts
 
Sean, I found almost the exact opposite with my experiences. In my system, separation between instruments improved; I would describe it as only a slight increase in image depth and width, but that the instruments and vocals were better localized. It was almost as if the sounds filled out their respective locations with more authority, but increased air and distance from each other. I know that last comment reads as a physical impossibility, but that's the best way I can describe it. Again, in my system PRAT was improved, but only marginally. Bass was more tuneful, but not deeper. I did not notice any loss of bass fullness. I noticed the midbass definition was improved allowing me to hear notes beginning and end as well as the time in between. Everything I'm attempting to decribe here sounds more "hi-fi" less music, but it's not. My overall system musicality is improved.

I found the BNC out on the Super DIP to sound better than the SPDIF, but I had to find a BNC to RCA cable to make best use of it.

I guess that's what makes this pursuit enjoyable and maddening at the same time. Stuff I've heard sound amazing a friends is only marginal in my system and vice versa.
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