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Teo XLR

I notice liquid cables are being talked about a bit at the moment so thought I'd share my experience.

I come from a somewhat cable sceptic background. After playing with modest cables I felt there were differences but it was all pretty subtle. The best I came across were Anti-cables which with everything I've seen seemed to offer slightly greater clarity. They've stayed in my system for the past 3 years as it's evolved.

I run an Emm Labs, Muse amp (very underrated)and Kharma speakers with just an XLR between the electronics. I was offered the opportunity to try a Teo XLR in an unfamiliar system a little while ago and was surprised at the difference it made so at the earliest opportunity I tried them in mine.

I've had them for over a week now and have been surprised at just how big a difference they've made. In a system that I've been very happy with the greater decay and body to notes is a revelation. They've added a more natural perspective that I didn't know I was missing. Very impressive.

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01-19-11

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04-01-12 have to agree with tbg that it would be very nice to go bac ... Taras22

04-01-12 Sab, have you ever had/heard the teo cables?? you seem to b ... Glory

04-02-12 Glory, i have never heard teo cables. i understand they are ... Sabai

04-02-12 Taras22, the gentlemen "doth protest too much, methinks ... Sabai

04-02-12 So you see if you were to use chocolate in your cables and a ... Glory

04-02-12 Since raisins contain antioxidants, are they beneficial to s ... Essentialaudio

04-02-12 Glory and essentialaudio, the tone of your posts is duly not ... Sabai

04-03-12 Sab, i don't need to respond to your posts as 22 has done t ... Glory

04-03-12 Sab, by the way i am a freak when it comes to organic. al ... Glory

04-03-12 Glory, please note, in his earlier post taras22 stated that, ... Sabai

04-03-12 And in the "synergistic research - new element cable&qu ... Fiddler

04-03-12 Sorry, my last post was addressed to sabai and i failed to m ... Fiddler

04-03-12 Cue the police: every breath you take and every move you ma ... Essentialaudio

04-03-12 Sab, you fell for the hd cable hype from xyz that ghost has ... Glory

04-03-12 Sab, 22 has given enough info to put one at ease concerning ... Glory

04-03-12 Fiddler, with all due respect, the first part of your reply ... Sabai

04-03-12 "...the word hypocrisy is not appropriate here..." ... Fiddler

04-04-12 Fiddler, with all due respect, i will be glad to give you a ... Sabai

04-04-12 Fiddler and audiofeil, i note the tone of your posts without ... Sabai

04-04-12 Sabai, once again this becomes a circular argument. you sim ... Fiddler

04-04-12 I'd like to preface my thread with ( i've been in this hobby ... Powder

04-04-12 Powder, i 2nd your thoughts on the teo std ic. when you hea ... Glory

04-06-12 Powder and glory, thank you both for getting this thread bac ... Tbg

04-06-12 Tbg, with all due respect, the topic is entitled "teo x ... Sabai

04-06-12 Tbg: i have been listening to "cables" since about ... Powder

06-02-12 I've been an audiogon member for many years, and don't post ... Klinerm

06-03-12 Thank you, klinerm! Tbg

06-03-12 This is one strange and fairly obnoxious thread all around. ... Joncourage

06-03-12 You're welcome,tbg. one thing i forgot to mention, all my ic ... Klinerm

06-03-12 Joncourage: yes, some retailers offer home trials, much as i ... Essentialaudio

06-04-12 Joncourage, a 1m pair of balanced (xlr) standard mk ii inter ... Essentialaudio

06-06-12 Klinerm, you stated: "i'd also like to comment on the t ... Sabai

06-06-12 Sab, you are like a cdp stuck on repeat over this toxic pho ... Glory

06-06-12 Hi gloria, toxicity is not a phobia. toxicology is my part o ... Sabai

06-06-12 Hi gloria, that was a typo. this should read "toxicolog ... Sabai

06-07-12 I've heard the 1m & 3m ics. in many ways the most musically ... Hornguys

06-07-12 Jim (hornguys), the products speak for themselves. that i've ... Essentialaudio

06-11-12 Hornguys, your post raises some questions. - specifically, ... Essentialaudio

06-12-12 You're right - i have no business commenting on the speaker ... Hornguys

06-13-12: Defride
Wow, this thread took on a life!

I had a chance to run a full Teo loom 2 x interconnect and speaker cable a little while back. I own an interconnect and borrowed the other 2 pieces.

The full loom did have a positive impact. Theres a lovely sense of flow and natural tone that these cables impart in my system.

I do struggle when it comes to material value. I can't see where all that money has gone when holding the cables in my hands (in particular the speaker cable).

Having said that one of these days when I can divert some funds from other projects I'll look to buy another interconnect but for me the speaker cable is a step to far.

While the Teo are better I love the way my system sounds without the extra cables, I can live without them and relatively the impact they make seems to me to be modest in the context of some other changes. For instance changing the original tubes for NOS Mullard in my Pre had a greater impact on the way my system conveys music than the cables.

When other avenues for upgraging at the price have been exhausted they're worth a look in my opinion. For me they're an icing on the cake product. Expensive icing to be sure so the cake best be good and the wallet deep.
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