As a previous owner of both the original GC and Splash Rs, I have a pair of Ultra's being made; hard going back to traditional wire after hearing a drastic improvement over the best wire I had during that time...
I have a demo'd Ultra Interconnect. I just listened to it last week immediately after Installing in my system. Within a few seconds I could here the difference over my previous cable the TEO Game Changer.....not kidding you will notice immediately a big difference. Only listened to last Saturday night and the following day so far. I plan to listen extensively this weekend. I am not sure how far along my cable was in the breakin process as it was demo'd out to some listeners be for I purchased it. Everything seemed about 2 notches better More details, larger soundstage with beautiful vocal and instrument textures and what I would describe as more layers of sound. Makes me wonder what the Kronon and others must sound like further up the Teo line. Makes you think of moving up there line next time instead of component upgrades...I am not kidding! I would definitely recommend the GC II and if you can afford it or are not that impressed with the GCII then try the Ultra if at all possible. It is a big jump up in performance from the GC....and I really liked the GC as it replaced my $900 Darwin The Truth XLR IC!
Hi t-Ramey, My comparisons were using CTs Damping Squared , MorrowAudio MA- 7 and Teos GC II , whatever worked best would stay however I just traded in GC II on Teos Kronon ,.
I’m looking forward on receiving them and implementing into my system and added detail is always welcomed...I do have some other cables on hand that I could compare to as a reference.
Yes, I’m referring to your patented holes in the connectors. Thanks for confirming. (Not everything that is patented is included in the patent owner’s commercialized embodiment, which is why I asked.)
My GC2 cables are at 175-hr+ burn-in. Sound fabulous, being the best IC in my audio system by far with incredible dynamics, speed, space and timbre. Need to dial in the correct length for a run from my preamp to my powered ATC monitors for a follow up order. I’m a set and forget kind of guy for at least 5 years (not switching products every month). Thanks!
Enjoy and report back. Very happy with my Ultra. Several steps above the already impressive Game Changer. Ultra may be the sweet spot of the Teo line. Although feedback already reported here sounds like the Game Changer II is awesome . .es p ecially for the money.
My very first thoughts trying Teos GC II was these cables were such a departure from the audio cable industry norm I had to have more . That short experience immediately led me to purchasing the Kronon ,...Now if someone asked me to describe what I’m hearing I couldn’t do it ,,....However I’ll attempt a few feeble comments
.Like my experience with the GC 2 I immediately noticed how much more natural and realistic really good recordings sounded and above all , if it’s in the the recording, the out standing low level detail , With the Kronon there seems to be , ,...on a whole entire level of distortion cleaned out of the signal path,
@ in_shore I wonder why the Teo Audio cable products have different performance attributes. They presumably have the same liquid metal fluid ingredients, unless I am missing something. Maybe they differ in construction materials beyond the liquid metal fluid being used.
Celander I couldn’t begin to say however reading member Doug Schroeders reviews mentioned on this thread including comments of Teo Audio on his page Doug covers some of Teos technology and I think coupled with trade secret and some patents I believe there is little through and through information . All I know right now is that whatever they do it works and works very, very well .
Their patent on the liquid metal fluid cables includes additional embodiments having either solid wire or solid particles in the fluid for the purpose of affecting electrical phase coherence properties. The tube geometry holding these goodies (fluid alone or fluid with solid wire or solid particles) also appears important to their performance. Obviously, a lot is going on with their technology.
Received my Teo Audio Ultra's a few days ago and they are definitely better than their previous generation. I am hearing greater detail/air/subtle shading, a more developed soundstage and imaging.
I know these qualities are going to get even better as they settle into my system...
On Friday, I plugged in an order for a 2M run of the GC Ultra interconnects for use with my preamp to powered ATC monitors. Should be a revelatory improvement with respect to my current interconnects for that leg.
I received my Ultra interconnects yesterday and have them in my system, unfortunately, it's going to be a while until I get 150 hours on them because my system is tubed, and I won't leave it on 24/7.
I try to use a usb input on an older ’internet capable’ dvd player. You can load some tunes onto a usb stick and use that..so you don’t wear out the DVD drive mechanism.
There you go , Teo Audios suggestion is even better however in my case the DVD player I used didn’t have that option because of its age , I still have a Panasonic VHS Player and separate automatic tape rewinder ,.
One last question for whomever can answer. What will be the total number of break-in hours for the Ultra Interconnects, 150, 175 hours or what? Thanks, much apprecacited...
Give them 200 hours before placing them into your system and let them settle in for a few days. You will hear the beauty of Liquid Metal immediately. Let us know what you think?
My Ultra's sounded really good right after installation. Clearly about a couple of notches better, I would say, than the already very nice Game Changer. My Ultra's may have been pretty well broken in, as I believe I bought the last prototype and current configuration. I can't tell if they further improved as I applied the TC enhancer to most of my system and that caused, I think, a couple of leaps in sound quality since installation.
@jayctoy ... Hopefully be seeing you at AXPONA. We are teamed with some amazing audio from Triangle Art and Angel City Audio. It should be sounding mighty mighty fine. Really looking forward to a great show and meeting folks we have touched base with here.
Taras, yes I will see you there with my four friends, looking forward to meet you and hear the new models..plenty of good restaurant around that area....
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