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

I ordered a pair on Thursday. Looking forward to giving them a shot.

Agreed. The return policy is more than fair. I hope your friend will chime in with his impressions. Your write-up was excellent and persuaded me that these were worth trying out. There really is no downside.

Once I get them, I will report back with some thoughts.

Thank you, jayctoy. I just received word today that my cables will ship on Thursday or Friday. I'll get them sometime next week and check in shortly thereafter.

Yes, I have been very happy with my Daedalus speakers. I've built the rest of my system around them. They are not only great-sounding, but very nice to look at as well.

With Teo's return policy, you can always send them back if they don't excel in your system. I look forward to hearing them.

Denon1, no, not directly. I agree with you that the Jade hybrids are outstanding--I had them for several years and sold them as part of a total system overhaul a few years ago. I would love to get another pair to compare to the Cerious, though they rarely come up in the classifieds.

As far as the Cerious speaker cables are concerned, I found them to be a significant upgrade over my previous cables, as well as several others I have heard. I have no experience with the Purist Audio Aqueous cables, though I am not surprised that they are excellent.

As a matter of fact, I received the Teo cables two days ago and have been trying to pin down my impressions. Ken says that the cables will continue to break in for another 80-90 hours or so before they reach their full potential, but I will say that they are already--right out of the box--truly incredible.

I cannot improve very much on what bugredmachine has already said, except to echo his observations about the almost surreal clarity of these cables, along with the sense of dimension, texture, and impact. Give me a few more days with them to be more specific, but let's just say that I have already placed my order for a second pair.

The oldest cliche in high end is that something makes all your recordings sound new and different, but that is just how this feels to me. Like recordings I have known most of my life have been remastered, revealing nuances I have never heard before. For example, I have heard Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" about ten thousand times over the past 35 years or more, but with the Teos installed I was struck immediately by how easy it was to pick out individual instruments in the lead track, "Second Hand News."

I know this sounds like typical audio hyperbole, and I do want more time with them before coming to any definite conclusions. But so far, color me impressed.

Fantastic explanation, Wig! All I can say is that what you expressed is consistent with my experience. I never realized how much I was "hearing" my previous cables (too many to name) until I tried the Teo cables, which completely changed my paradigm about what cables can do in a system. The Game Changers are correctly named. I am eagerly awaiting my second pair.

@1markr 

Hey Mark! Fancy running into you here! You raise a great question, but since I am now running an integrated, the issue for me will be whether the Teos make as profound a difference with my analog rig as they do with my DAC. I will report back once I get them and have some time to compare.

I really couldn't be happier or more excited with the results from buying the first pair. I have never had better sound in my room than I have now.

All tubes here. Tube integrated, tube dac, tube phono stage.

@tommylion -- As I said previously, the CT Graphenes are very good interconnects and I could have lived happily with them---until I heard the Teo Game Changers, which just give a much clearer picture of the music than I have experienced with any other interconnect. The detail, air around the instruments, texture, and impact (especially in the bass) is uncanny. In my system, the Teo cables are truly special. Several others here seem to be having a similar experience.

@lancelock -- I am still waiting on my second pair of Game Changers, which are en route and expected on Friday. They will be installed between my integrated and phono stage, but I can then experiment with my second pair between the phono stage and turntable. I will report back when I have enough time to get a handle on how they sound in this application.