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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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01-20-11   Defride, i heard them at ces. they sounded quite good, but t ...   Tbg

01-20-11   Tbg, the parahelios (aka reference) cables are very expensiv ...   Essentialaudio

02-02-11   Defride, i am hearing the same type things with my liquid ca ...   Dmailer

02-10-12   I have both am clairvoyant and teo std ic's. the teo is a fa ...   Glory

02-12-12   If comparing rcas, then one might expect a big difference be ...   Fiddler

02-13-12   Sorry for the typo ralph ---- karsten.   Fiddler

02-13-12   To compare anti cables to teo would be like comparing a niss ...   Musicxyz

02-18-12   Xyz, so what sounded better than the teo?   Glory

02-19-12   I believe the cable xyz is referring to is hidiamond cables.   Fiddler

02-19-12   In my opinion there really needs to be some technology behin ...   Musicxyz

02-19-12   So am and teo was head but what was the model of each cable? ...   Glory

02-19-12   Xyz, what model am/ teo cable did you have/listen to? just ...   Glory

02-20-12   Hi for the pass year i've been using hidiamond xlr 2 in my s ...   Audionewfie

02-20-12   After over 30 years of testing cables we do not spend much t ...   Musicxyz

02-20-12   Is it just me or are their others who noticed virtually ever ...   Fiddler

02-20-12   What i noticed is if you have a definitive opinion on this f ...   Musicxyz

02-20-12   And it's only my opinion that when someone comes into the fo ...   Fiddler

02-20-12   I am also one of the people that is involved in the blind te ...   Audionewfie

02-20-12   I did some dick tracy and xyz is not a dealer but has found ...   Glory

02-21-12   Fiddler, according to your logic, everyone who prefers one c ...   Sabai

02-20-12   Xyz, big difference from 7 to 9 with the ic? 10% better the ...   Glory

02-21-12   Sabai, if you know the history of shills around here it's ea ...   Fiddler

02-21-12   Glory, could you enlighten us to your detective work. no of ...   Fiddler

02-21-12   Does any of this really matter? who buys cabling on the basi ...   Tbg

02-21-12   Xyz last but certainly not least; are they being built in ...   Glory

02-21-12   Fiddler all i can say is “wow”; “live and let live”. sorry b ...   Musicxyz

02-21-12   Glory, i do agree with you that you can build a very good ca ...   Musicxyz

02-21-12   Fiddler, according to your logic anyone who holds a strong o ...   Sabai

02-21-12   Sabai, anyone who holds a strong opinion can certainly post ...   Fiddler

02-21-12   Xyz says i have owned several brands of “liquid cables”. th ...   Glory

02-22-12   Glory wrote:not actually so. they all use the same patent-pe ...   Essentialaudio

02-22-12   Hey glor, you writing the rule book here?   Sabai

02-22-12   dick tracy work exposed. spoke with the distributer named ...   Glory

02-22-12   So xyz the distributor bob in canada says he knows you but y ...   Glory

02-22-12   From what i now understand the same store that i purchased m ...   Musicxyz

02-22-12   The plot thickens :)   Fiddler

02-23-12: Defride
Good to see this tread revived, I'll be interested to hear HiDiamond properly.

Funnily enough someone I know through a UK forum lives close and worked for as far as I'm aware the last UK distributor for HiDiamond. I heard two of his systems which were in all likelyhood hooked up with their stuff. He's an arch cable sceptic and when I asked about the cables he basically shrugged his shoulders - good if you're interested in that sort of thing...

My system has evolved, the Muse has been replaced with Kharma MP150 mono's and an Aesthetix Calypso. I'm thrilled with what I hear here now.

Further back in the thread someone suggested comparing Teo with Anticable is a nonsense. I don't agree, from what I've seen price is not always a great indicator of quality. I tried a fair few midrange cables, Supra, Siltech etc next to the Anticables and Teo. In my system the Anticables were more transparent and got me closer to the music than all but Teo. I tried them next to a couple of highend cables, Siltech Forbes Lake and top end Acrolink. In my system there was little in it next to the Anticable, the other two seemed to offer very slightly greater transparency and a more forward presentation. I suspect I'd find it difficult to chose between those three blind.

I suppose you could call me a shill now, the distributor here has been very kind in letting me try some pieces that I'd not otherwise have had the opportunity to hear since I bought the XLR.

Teo is an awful lot of money, I find it hard to justify the sums involved when looking at it from a material content standpoint, however I am contemplating another purchase. I notice and miss it when I take it out of my system...

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02-24-12   Ride writes about teo i notice and miss it when i take it ...   Glory

03-04-12   Could you explain what the design difference is and what liq ...   Musicxyz

03-04-12   Musicxyz, check out the reviews. they have a very thorough d ...   Tbg

03-04-12   It is a proprietary patent pending alloy of gallium, indium, ...   Essentialaudio

03-14-12   Has anyone actually cut open a teo cable to see what is insi ...   Musicxyz

03-14-12   Musicxyz, if you're adventurous enough to cut one open, be p ...   Essentialaudio

03-14-12   No need to do that as hearing on the outside is what counts. ...   Glory

03-16-12   I never actually had a bad experience with the owner; i had ...   Musicxyz

03-17-12   Xyz, i never said you did have a run in with teo but the ex ...   Glory

03-18-12   I find the only thing toxic is that you are not allowed to h ...   Musicxyz

03-18-12   Wow pride comes before a fall my friend. 30 years of your ...   Glory

03-18-12   Musicxyz, i know for a fact that glory owns the teo audio ca ...   Essentialaudio

03-19-12   Read it much closer; i bought the hidiamond cables from the ...   Musicxyz


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