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

Teo Audio is located in my city (Kingston, ON). Ken Hotte is a straight up guy who is incredibly knowledgeable and, more importantly, very curious. He’s also a very nice guy, to boot!

I first tried his Game Changer IC last year, figuring I couldn’t go wrong with his money back guarantee. Prior to trying Tea Audio's cables, the most I had ever spent on a cable was $250. So this was a big upgrade for me. 

I was blown away by the difference his IC’s made. I would echo bugredmachine’s review comments. Since then I have added another pair to my system.

FWIW, my system consists of:

Amp: Golden Tube Audio SE-40 Special Edition monoblocks (modded)
Pre: Don Sachs custom 6SN7
Turntable: Roksan Xerxes
Tonearm: Rega RB300 (w/Incognito wire, Audio Origami SOFC external cable, Michell technoweight)
Phono Cartridge: Decca London Super Gold
Phono Stage: Croft RIAA
CD/SACD: Esoteric DV-50S
DAC: Teac UD-501
Digital: Asus VivoPC (headless PC running JRiver MC21)
Speakers: Martin Logan Spire
Speaker Cable: Grant Fidelity SPC-2.5 5n Copper

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.