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!
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 ordered the GCII and they are currently in route to me and hopefully will have them by Monday and will be able to compare to the original GC. I had the CT GE ic’s and much preferred the GC’s.
T_ramney, no I don’t have the matrix nor the gc2, i will attend the Axpona 2018 , hopefully Teo will bring their G2, Honestly iam super happy to both, I can’t afford the matrix, I think if the G2 is just even a bit improvement of the GC, for the price can’t beat it.
Gwng8 I do have both the ct ic and the Teo GC, very close both good, but the GC has bit more sophistication how it space instrument, it has more air, and transient is a bit better, in my system.The CT speaker cable is super good..
Unfortunately we don't at present have a GC2 based balanced cable....finding a plug has been a big part of the problem....and to be honest we haven't really bought into the need for balanced ( save to simply serve a market )...we also feel that the RCA route still provides the best bang for the buck for audio applications ( as an example, a GC2 balanced cable would be priced within spitting distance of the Ultra, and the Ultra out of gate is a much better sounding cable than the GC2...)...
That's awesome! Their cables really captures that live event and can only imagine that the sensation has been magnified with the tweaks! Definitely a bargain...
My GC II have settled in with constant playback from last week and THEY ARE SENSATIONAL ! '........I apologize for shouting
Now I have a far better idea what my playback components are really capable of including how great many recordings truly are. WOW . One of the very best bang for the buck you could ever find in cables .
I read in the dagogo review you can do a balanced xlr termination. Can you do a balanced gc2 version. Coincidently I am just up the road from you in Belleville. Cheers
Our latest round of cable tinkering was supposed to produce a revised Splash.....well, long story short, the tinkering produced what has become the Kronon, which a friend, upon first listen, called an OMG cable ( which, granted, is a bit over the top, but the Kronon is a very very fine cable....btw my current fave in our lineup... )....unfortunately the input costs required a price significantly higher than the Splash, so we decided to keep the Splash , and expanded our lineup by adding the Kronon ( both use the same WBT 152 RCA plug...).
The Ultra is a GC variant that has some features of the Kronon incorporated into its design ( it has the same KLE plug we use in the GC....) and is a wickedly good sounding cable that has taken the GC sound and dramatically improved on it in much the same way the Kronon improved on the Splash ( see review cited above for a great description of that improvement ).
As for the Kronon being the flagship ?....no, that place is occupied by the Reference, which is now in the final stages of getting a Kronon inspired redesign.... we hope to have it ready for an introduction at Axpona....and we hope a review of same will be coming shortly thereafter.
And almost forgot, there another cable that is the replacement for a cable we called the Standard ( our first cable model )....it will be priced somewhere halfway between the Kronon and the Reference....the first were prototypes were a great success but we are considering doing some Kronon-izing to bring up the performance another notch or two.
Hope that helps give a better picture of our line-up.
Taras22 Im interested in your interconnect line up , as I understand your basic interconnect is the Game Changer II then the Ultra ? next the Splash and your flagship Kronon ,.
So three new interconnects GCII , ultra and Kronon , are there plans for an revised Splash II ? Two of your interconnects interest me , the Ultra and Splash Rs ,.......and possibly the Kronon . Finally are WBT RCAs used on the Ultras ? Thank you
We were thinking of having some of the new Ultra's and the Kronon's at the show....but nothing is set in stone and the situation is still pretty fluid ....will post about any changes as show time approaches. Are you looking for any specific lengths ?
.....very sorry for not getting back to you earlier....the bottom line is the GC was originally conceived as a direct sale product whose main purpose was to introduce TEO Audio to a larger audience and to make this happen we cut our margins very very thin....and what that ultimately means is we cannot take trade-ins towards the purchase of the GC11 ( methinks your best option would be to sell your GC cables privately ).....
t-Ramey I do not have any of thier other interconnects or speaker wire this is my very first experience with Teos interconnects. Right off the bat I was taken by low level resolution that grabbed my attention to things i found difficulty decening what that subtle sound was ,....well I’m a freak for micro dynamics ,,,. Anyway, these interconnects have a tremendous amount going for them , just fabulous . My old FM tuner is going back in service to help settle these interconnects in .
If the GC II was designed with trickle down technology from Teos flagship Kronos , I’m going to have to buy some .
....as a matter of fact we will be there, we'll be sharing a room with Triangle Art and Angel City Audio ( Rm 610 )....please come knocking....looking forward to shaking your hand and having a chat....
Not to worry, the CT Matrix cables are superior sounding in my system.
.....geez, to put this into a proper perspective you are comparing a $1250 cable and a $500 cable straight up ?....well for 2 1/2 times the price it should, at the very least, sound superior, and it maybe should also do the laundry, make a perfect latte, and take out the garbage....
I tried to order the GC, but Teo-Audio didn't like my criticism of there lack of responsive to emails and about taking money first with long wait times for finished product. They cancelled my order.
I have used both the GC and Splash Rs and have found them to sound outstanding and will be trying the GCII soon since they have raised the bar a little higher with their latest techniques garnered from the Kronon...
Taras22 thank you for your reply , the price of the Kronon is more then I want to spend on interconnects However I will be trying out the Splash silver & copper in the next few weeks ,.
@t_ramey ....Much sorries, but the economics of the situation ( the GC is priced as a direct sale item and the margins are quite thin ) really don't allow for a straight-up trade in ( I'm assuming here that a straight-up trade is what you are asking about ).
@in_shore ...Truth be known the Kronon, which is one of our new cables, is the direct result of an attempt to revise the Splash. We started revising and by the time we were done we had created something that sounded much better but unfortunately also had higher associated production costs.
So after thinking about it for a while we decided to keep the Splash as is, and offer the Kronon as a higher priced alternative that provides an increase in performance.
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