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NEW Cerious Technologies Upgrade - Graphene Matrix Cables

CT Graphene Matrix Cables:

I have been using the CT GE cables for almost two years.
I recently traded up for a full loom of CT Graphene Matrix cables, including speaker, interconnect and PCs, and I wanted to share my experience. I started by replacing only the ICs to try and hear the differences.

The new Matrix interconnects sounded better than the GE immediately after install. I found the original Graphene Extreme ICs to be good but not on the same level as the outstanding GE speaker cables. As break-in started to clear things up, I can hear more clarity and detail not heard before. The ICs are incredible on their own and at the 30 hour mark, I can hear a clear superiority over the GE ICs. I recently started using the Teo Game Changer ICs and preferred them over GE but the Teo has now fallen to the new Graphene Matrix ICs. My Teo’s were and are great, and it is stunning to experience Cerious Technologies commitment to making great technology better.

On the third day of listening to the GM ICs. I couldn’t wait anymore, Having too much fun. I then installed the speaker cables and power cords once I had a pretty good feel for the sound of the GM ICs.

With the full loom of GM cables running in they are going through some strange changes and definitely need time to settle down before realizing what they can really do and very important Bob says to not move them. Since I have a home office I can let them run in all day. I’m at around 120 hours now and they are still improving. Here’s what I’m hearing:

Extended highs and tighter lows.
More detail and better low level listening
Drums are tighter, more clearly defined. So real is the snap of the snare drum. The bass has more depth, seemingly goes deeper, lower. This aspect stands out the most.

I am not in the industry, I’m not an engineer, I don’t work for Cerious Technologies, but I am a fan of the cables and am enjoying what my system is capable of.

I’m closer to my own pinnacle of sound reproduction than ever before.

Lance

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thezaks
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Agreed - calloway mentioned the GE PC, not the Matrix; hence, the reason for the comment originally.

In looking  at the SS website, a 2M Signature PC goes for either $1550 or $1790 (high current version), whereas Bob's Graphene Matrix goes for $1049.  I could see a Signature used for around the price of the GM.

However, the SS Music Reference PC goes for either $2985 or $3375 (high current version).  That's three times the price of Bob's GM PC's.

Comparing the ~$3K SS Music Reference PC to the ~$300 GE PC - well, if it's not significantly better (or at least somewhat better) at 10X the price.....

Dave

 
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lak
4,545 posts
 
One has to pay a lot more dollars for a little bit of improvement.
Of course, I admit that I've been guilty of that.
Just saying... ;-)
calloway
870 posts
 
thezaks...correct..i was comparing the SS 'reference' pc to the GE CT pc..not the Matrix...as I could not get that to fit. The SS 'reference' IS much better then the CT GE..as it should be...It may be that the Matrix pc is even better but I will never know that..I am sure Bob's Matrix cord is very good..
gwng8
99 posts
 
So the new graphene matrix (1m) costs $1449 (XLR), while the original graphene extreme (1m) costs $349.  That is one hell of a price jump!  Like 4 TIMES AS MUCH!  There is no way, NO WAY, the performance can be 4 times as good as the original.
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ozzy
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gwng8,

I hear ya, but the Matrix does sound substantially better. In addition, the interconnects use the (more expensive) shadow XLR connectors.

ozzy
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