NEWS: Teo Audio Cables with Liquid Metal Conductors to Debut at RMAF
Transcending the Limits of Solid Metal Conductors
September 28th, 2009 -- by Chris MartensSource: AVGuide
Kingston, Ontario-based Teo Audio will introduce the audiophile community to its distinctive range of audio cable products at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2009. Usually when high-end audio companies use the word “liquid” to describe their products the term is applied in a figurative sense—often to describe products thought to offer an unusually mellifluous or “free flowing” sound. But in Teo Audio’s case the word has a much more literal meaning, in that Teo Audio’s cables—unlike any others of which we are aware—use liquid metal conductors made of a proprietary gallium-based metal alloy that, in concept, is similar to the liquid metal substances used in children’s thermometers.
Teo Audio’s offerings include the following five groups of products:
- Single-ended/RCA audio interconnect cables (1-4M)
- Balanced/XLR audio interconnect cables (1-4M)
- RCA-S/PDIF standard digital cables (1-3M)
- XLR-AES/EBU standard digital cables (1-3M)
- Speaker cables in lengths from 1.5-10M
What are the benefits of liquid metal conductors? According to materials presented on the Teo Audio Web site, liquid metal conductors are said to offer the speed, detail, and finesse of typical thin-strand solid conductor cables, plus the body, weight and impact of large-strand solid conductor cables—all with what Teo claims are readily audible qualities of transparency, sonic neutrality, and freedom from typical solid-conductor cable artifacts. Accordingly, the company’s marketing slogan is: “The best cable you’ve never heard.”
In recognition of the innovative design of its Liquid Cable products, Teo Audio has received a particular honor for the upcoming Rocky Mountain Audio Fest; namely, the Al Steifel Legacy Room award.
The late Al Steifel was founder of the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest and was, according to a Teo Audio press release and to many of those fortunate enough to have met Mr. Steifel, a man who “loved to champion the underdog with the great idea and applauded those who had the vision and bravery to take a chance.” In Al Steifel’s honor his wife, Marjorie Baumert, has decided to donate an RMAF exhibit room “to a new manufacturer with an innovative product," with the 2009 award going to Teo Audio.
For more information, visit: www.teoaudio.com
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The text says www.twoaudio.com, but the href goes to www.monitoraudio.com (or something like that).
My apologies for the problematic link as it originally appeared in the article.
The link has since been fixed.
Chris Martens
Editor, Avguide.com/Playback/The Perfect Vision
Neither he nor his story are true. How do we prevent such falsehoods?
Thanks for your support, Chris!
Brian
Well, I'm not sure where these claims are coming from. There's a very slim chance that many have even heard the the cables. "Anonymous" is surely a way to say "I have nothing better to do, so I'll post an unfounded opinion and get some attention cause my mommy didn't breast feed me long enough, I failed science and am bad at math." C'mon, you have no basis whatsoever to call them snake oil. I lived with them for 3 (very, very long) days on some of the world's finest equipment, period. We A-B-ed them against several other "finest cables in the world," and I can say for certain, no one with any sort of hi-fi bearing has ever said anything other than "exceptional" Now, I cannot afford them (yet.) $2K is about all I can justify, at the moment. I suppose it all hinges on the ease of which one acquires such funds; but, the next $20K that I come cross for audio is going directly to TEO. My cable search is over. They are, most definately, the most remarkable interconnects and speaker cables that I, and other acknowledged "golden-eared" reviewers have ever heard. (Although Franck Chang's Livelines are what I will be running as soon as they get here.) I suspect those that are dismissing these as "snake-oil" are pretty happy with their home-depot lamp cord cables. Get a grip and stop smashing things of which you have no clue. Everyone at TEO are truly remarkable, generous, and forthright individuals, as am I. I cannot be responsible for what happens to you for this BS that you are spreading. Instant Karma will certainly bite you in the ass.
- Eric
snake oil...
You know what worries me? The power & signal conductivity of silver wire is 100%. For Copper it is 95%. For Gold AND Aluminium it is 67%...Sooo if you have gold plated connection your conductivity is reduced by 30%....if you're using copper wiring...
What is revolutionary is these will inevitably be seen to leak (ish) and need to be replaced. At last, a confession. Keep it clean, or you'll get dirty palms...
This goes beyond snake oil, I would like to know what matterial they are using.
The name LiquidMetal (one word) is trademarked by LiquidMetal Technologies. The word or words are typically used to describe a metal or metal alloy that has been cooled with sufficient rapidity that it cannot form crystals. The atoms are arranged without long range order (crystalline structure). If this is what is being used for conductors, it is strange. The atomic disorder results in significant scattering of electrons and generally results in higher resistivity than the corresponding crystallline counterpart, even if multiphase. These materials, more appropriately call amorphous metals or metallic glasses, are of great value for other properties, such as high strength and toughness, smoothness, etc.
If you Google for "liquid gallium alloy" you'll find the following in Wikipedia ...
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Galinstan and other liquid alloys
A nearly eutectic alloy of gallium, indium, and tin is a room temperature liquid which is widely available in medical thermometers, replacing problematic mercury. This alloy, with the trade-name Galinstan (with the "-stan" referring to the tin), has a low freezing point of -19 °C (-2.2°F).[21] It has been suggested that this family of alloys could also be used to cool computer chips in place of water.[22] Much research is being devoted to gallium alloys as substitutes for mercury dental amalgams, but these compounds have yet to see wide acceptance.
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So there's nothing miraculous about this one!
What marketing scammer decided now it needs to be "liquid". O maybe the advertising dept invented it. All a crock of S***. The idea is retarded, what dope falls for this BS?
work right when ya click the link, maybe their network is hooked up with LIQUID WIRES? and it scrambles everything.
Is this some kind of joke? $2400/pair 1m for these cables. This company relies on the Bell curve for sales. Very good idea.
These are the worst sounding cables I have ever heard in 30 years of testing cables. I tested them for 3 months and thought they were so bad I have not even tried to resell them as it good effect my reputation. We tried several different systems and they ranged from bad to really bad. Sorry but snake oil again!
We at Teo Audio do not know you, but I am certain that your falsehoods will come back to you someday. What is your real name, where is it exactly that you claim to have heard these cables, and from whom did you supposedly receive them?
Comments like these from liars like you -- unverified identity, etc. -- are what gives sites like these problems to deal with. Personally, I have to get back to taking care of clients who are honest, and honestly LOVE our products.
Sorry, but when I see crap like this I MUST respond.
What next? Wine Filled RCA cables?