Sound quality with trigger cable

[hardcore]

Agree that there is a modest improvement without the trigger cable.  I find there is slightly better definition of the soundstage boundaries, along with a blacker background. YMMV.

Another thing to try is - no trigger cable - but connect a short, decent wire between the grounding posts (the one near the phono input) of the master & companion amplifiers. This ties their grounds together - it may sound better or worse. In my system it sounds a bit brighter, soundstage is farther back, but less punchy.

Also experimenting with putting a ferrite on the ground cable between master & companion - this seems to improve detail and soundstage (with ground cable).