Teo Game-Changer IC's - get on the bus!

Oh, over on AC I am bigredmachine and here I am bugredmachine. A typo when I registered years ago.

Don't know of a US dealer, if any.

Can't lose Walter. You can always return them.

I just had an audiophool here who had been an audio dealer for years and he heard the difference with them.

I am receiving my second set Tuesday per the UPS notification I have. Can't wait. I may spring for some speaker cables if I go mono-blocks.

Does Teo offer XLR ends or only RCA ends for the interconnects?

They will do XLR, but I am pretty sure they will say they do not recommend them (dollars versus performance).

(Note to self)I need to update my systems page.

I would say the second pair so far is more of the same. I only have 90 minutes on them so next week might reveal some changes. I think the thing I keep experiencing is that everything sounds so real. I do feel like things are a little softer but then again as I have stated, these do not congest the sound. I am wondering if my mid-level at best cables just could not keep up being plain ol' wire .

I still think that we have been trained to hear what wire can deliver and take that as our reference and now this slurry of metal changes our paradigm of what to expect. I still get attack from things that are supposed to have leading edges. I find that the music just seems to have so much more soul and body and depth. I have great top end triangles and violins and my bass is off the charts. Midrange is where I see the depth. Instruments sound so meaty. I have some tracks of predominantly drumming and I can easily hear rolls of snare drums of all types. As a drummer I recognize the difference between wood shells and metal shells. And I can easily pick out with the Teos whether the tom tom was struck in the center or near the edge of the head. Cliche coming: now I want to sample everything because listening to music is one more notch funner!

I also have a pair of OTL mono-blocks coming next week so I can see if they light my fire.

I am reading the Reveal thread to see if mixing in HFC speaker cables might be a nice match even though I really love my CT Graphene SC's. But with mono blocks they are stupid long for that set-up. I'll try the graphenes first when the monos show up next week.

I don't believe a GC version of digital has been offered. Give them a call. They are easy to talk with.

I am still using the Graphene speaker cables and searching for something better. The Teo's were significantly better than the Graphene IC's. I preferred the Morrows over the Graphene IC's. Read through the AC post linked at top. My Triniums from Audio Magic are for sale cheap right here.

If I could swing the Teo speaker cables I would.

I knew I wasn't losing my mind!!!

I am happy these are making you happy. I really want the SC's but at $11k for the shortest set I need a raise. 😃

I am very curious if the HFC SC's would work well. I have some mono blocks coming today and a shorter set of SC's would be helpful. I do love me Cerious speaker cables but am paranoid!

I said "personally" geoff. The rest of you I have not met. 

Agon member mantis007 jay, both of his are one meter

He's got me looking at Hidiamond products now. Argh

No. You midunderstand. Of the folks i personally know who have tried them they likevthem. I have no idea about people i dont personally know since i am not conversing directly with them. So in terms of real numbers, maybe 5 audiopools i personally know and of them only one has rejected them. Not anecdoctal.  i cannot speak to others here who i do not know nor converse with. You should go back and read my words where i say personally know (not all who venture here).

Jay, i trust mantis and he gave it a fair shot. No harm, no foul. I agree, it's how it goes with system interaction. 

There is one fellow on AC who PM'd me that his Teo's were just not good for him and he is keeping his much more expensive HiDiamonds. He said they collapsed his soundstage and made him a little dizzy trying to concentrate on what was happening where. Don't know the rest of his system but knowing him it is top notch for sure.
Right now that is the only audiophool I personally know who has rejected them.

Presently use a passive preamp and solid state amp. I have tube OTL amps being unboxed (slowly) to be auditioned.

I'll let you know how that goes.

Glad these are working out for you guys. I need to buy the Splashes but am building a deck right now and it is sucking my cash supply down big time.

I moved on from the Cerious IC's pretty quickly. The Cerious SC's are fantastic for the price.

I added in some HFC Adapters to the ends of my GC's and was pleasantly surprised by the added detail and soul while retaining the GC smoothness. No downside in this combo. Thanks for the tip acman.