Yep, the old "your mileage may vary" comes in to play with a lot of this stuff. On that Canuck Audio Mart forum that was posted earlier in this thread has a guy that owned HiDiamond 9 IC"s. He was so impressed with the Teo Game Changers that he quickly moved up to the Teo Splash which I think is in the same ball park as far as price goes with the HiDiamonds, somewhere around $2400. He said the price was close but the Teo Splash was in another league compared to the HiDiamonds when it came to performance. I think he eventually ended up with the Teo Reference MKii
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
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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