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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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lak
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I don't have the Matrix speaker cables (yet) had the graphene Extream and thought they were awesome.
I do have Matrix interconnects and Digital cable, a big improvement over the Graphene Extream that is also good!
rgrost
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Yes...I am still here!
The actual gauge of the power cords, as with all of our cables are difficult to specify. Gauge standards are specific to wire based conductors. A pure Graphene conductor, for example, is about 1,000,000,000 gauge, but has lower resistance than a pure Silver wire the diameter of a basketball. We employ wire based backbones of 9 gauge, then add Carbon Fiber, Graphene, and Liquid Ceramic. What does this come out to in wire based terms? No idea. You cannot express composite conductors in terms that do not apply. There simply is no standard for composite conductors because everything is based on data used to computer model materials and cutting edge composites cannot be modeled because they are too radical and no data exists. This is why composites used in commercial airliners are 25 year old, because they can only model materials they have extensive history and data for. I model everything in my head and do no prototypes. The first Matrix cables produced were direct to production. I plugged them in and verified "Yep...that is what they are supposed to perform like." "Let's go..."
As some brilliant Audiophile once said "The proof is in the lisnin..."
Thanks!
Bob
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sadono
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Thanks all for the opinions! 🙂 Any other opinions are still welcomed.

@rgrost 

Is there a reason for the carbon fiber, in addition to the graphene? I know it has vibration damping qualities, and pure carbon cables are supposed to have a gloriously liquid midrange.
toetapaudio
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@t_ramey  and others, what loudspeaker cables did the Matrix LS cables replace? I’m trying to judge just how good they. Thanks.
t_ramey
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@toetapaudio  I had the Cerious Tech Graphene Extreme just before the Matrix. The GE replaced a pair of neotech occ silver/gold speaker cables I was using before and the Matrix far exceed both. I thought the GE sc’s were great but these Matrix are really something. 
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