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

I wrote an extremely long review of 4 cables auditioned in my system recently. I pontificated for way too long and it was more an outlet for me to tell a story that cables do matter and how much each design can make your system sound. The last cable through was the Teo GC IC purchased here and it truly was a game-changer in how it shifts our paradigm about what wire gives us as "truth" and what this slurry of Ga-In-Sn can do better (IMO). Not a technical review but an emotional roller coaster through 4 different topologies:

Ribbons
Graphene
Multi-strand
Liquid

I'm happy to re-broadcast that here but it is very long (6+ MSWord pages long). I'll point to it for now and take your advice.

Bottom line is the GC cable is truly stunning in what it can do and for us mere mortals who cannot spend thousands on cabling, I believe it can elevate anyone's system to new heights.

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=148932.0

Pete
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steakster
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Snopro +1 Similar results. The Teo GC’s have been in my system for over 200 hours – between my DAC and preamp. The GC’s were swapped with my WyWires Gold IC’s - which are excellent in their own right. Comparing the two, the WyWires Gold seem to be more ‘accurate’. The GC’s, more ‘romantic’. With the GC’s, vocals and instruments are nominally richer and rounder – more ‘organic’. Tone/timber is very nice – kind of saturated. The trade-off is that the dynamics are slightly diminished – less crisp. Percussion doesn’t stop on a dime – and leave 9 cents change. Much depends on the type of music being listened to.

Using female RCA barrel connectors, I’ve connected both IC’s in series. This blend offers the best of both – with slightly less of each’s character. It has the speed & articulation of the WyWires Gold and the rich flavor of the Teo GC’s. So far, so good. Without the GC’s in my system, on certain recordings, female vocalists were slightly grainy on their high notes. With the combo IC’s, their high notes are smooth and sweet. Yet, the bite of the percussion remained. Curiously, the sound changes depending which IC is positioned first in the combo series. These observations are with my tube preamp and Class A SS amp, If I were to substitute in my Class A tube monoblocks, I’d probably just use the WyWires Golds by themselves.

I definitely recommend trying them. Can’t go wrong with Teo’s generous return policy. Synergy is different for each system. Tommylion - I have Audio Note Lexus speaker cables - but, really can’t compare them to IC’s.




tommylion
563 posts
 
It’s a slurry. Metal cannot be a liquid at room temperature. Well, except for Mercury.

Teo says it’s a "eutectic" blend of Gallium, Indium and Tin, similar to what is used as a replacement for Mercury in thermometers.

eu·tec·tic yo͞oˈtektik/ CHEMISTRY
adjective
1.
relating to or denoting a mixture of substances (in fixed proportions) that melts and solidifies at a single temperature that is lower than the melting points of the separate constituents or of any other mixture of them.
noun
1.
a eutectic mixture.

slurry. /ˈslʌrɪ/ noun (pl) -ries. a suspension of solid particles in a liquid, as in a mixture of cement, clay, coal dust, manure, meat, etc with water.

So you’re saying that one, or more, of the above elements is suspended as solid particles?
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geoffkait
14,147 posts
 
What I’m saying is the Teo cable dude told me a long time ago HE called it a slurry. It’s not my word. It’s obviously not liquid metal. I thought we already covered that.

tommylion
563 posts
 
Obviously, whatever one calls it doesn’t change how it sounds, but it is good to know what to call it properly.

This may shed some light on the subject:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_metal


teo audio,

can you clarify what the proper scientific term is; "slurry", "fluid metal", something else?
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geoffkait
14,147 posts
 
I call it the Slurry with the Bifringence on Top.
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