Gabriel Gold IC's are they really this good?

Has anyone had any experience using them in full-range systems combined with tube SET amps?

Les 3457,

it is possible to get gold to sound "bright".It happened in my system during burning-in period.More than 150 hours.I explained it in my previous posts.

I don't suggest that's what happened to the other guy, but it is possible.

P.S.
I also thought gold will get big soon, when Nordost, Cardas etc. get into it.But i don't anymore.
I don't expect gold to get big in the audio industry, as it not as cost-effective as other cables.Gold = too expensive = highest prices = small quantity sales.
Not that there's anything wrong with gold, GG Rev are the best ICs i've ever heard.But after 300 hours.

Hiernote you are right. 250-300 hours of burning-in is more like it. 150 is not even close. Steve confirmed it.

I just recently bought (1)3m pair and (2)1m pair of GG Revelation.I just tested a 1m pair connected to my work system - B W 602s3,Cambridge Audio 640v2,Audio Note DAC 2 Sig, and PC as transport.
At first i noticed improvements in timbre and vocals (midrange alltogether).Then i noticed brightness and lack of bass.
-After 10 hours, some bass appeared.
-After 50 hours, more bass,less bright.
-After 150 hours,the same improvement, in smaller quantity.

At 220 hours i tested them in three very different systems.
They won over other ICs, but i was NOT satisfied.
In my system, they performed worse than other IC (Ixos).
Ixos had much better bass and tonal balance.I though GG was only for vocal and jazz music.As a heavy metal listener (mainly) i was not very happy with my GG.

-At 230-240 hours,HUGE improvement.No more brightness,no more metalized treble, and bass appeared.Real bass.

After 330 hours i tested them in my system against Ixos again.This time Gabriel won clearly.Even bass was better with Gabriel,GG won by a big margin.

Now my GG Revelation is around 400 hours of playing time.I still feel improvement in bass area, but i am not sure if they are still getting better or i'm just more used to their sound.Now i really like these cables.

Anyway, this is the best IC cable i've heard so far.
I intend to keep these.

It's strange.I am 100% sure about the brightness in the beginning.I mailed Steve about it.It was exactly like i wrote before.
From 0-300 hours the bass got deeper,with bigger punch,and simply more present overall.
High frequencies lost the "metallic hiss" that was there in the beginning.They got more natural.
Midrange was excellent at 0 hours,but also improved with time.
Dimensionality and harmonic structure improved greatly.The whole sound became more musical and coherent.
The biggest changes were from 220- 250 hours.
Soundstage is excellent now.But i haven't kept any record of how it changed as hours passed.

""""A visit by Joe Kubala (Kubala-Sosna) to my home nearly 2 years ago made it very clear that I was guilty of this with a "balancing act" between a pair of ICs and speaker cables. Ultimately both of these cables had to be replaced at once or any cable replacing either of these would be blamed for being a flawed cable. I learned a lot that day.""""

This is so true.I found myself in these thoughts while GG was bright (while burning-in).My speakers have a metal dome tweeter,which are known to be bright.But it is OK now.

I don´t think there is a perfect cable.Nothing is perfect.My system is not high-end,it´s value is around 5 000 - 7 000 $ alltogether.This is a mid-price system,so my results are limited.But i really reported what i heard.

In my system,GG Rev are not "flat".They throw a huge soundstage,they fill the whole office with sound.I checked with Therion´s track "Lemuria",which was recorded with Prague filharmonic orchestra.At 1min 05 sec it gets HUGE.

BUT - speakers are not placed perfectly,because it is an office.This takes its toll on soundstage.
My GG Rev perform excellent.I´m happy to have them,they made the whole system better.But this doesn´t have to be true for everyone.

Eat any ice-cream you want.It´s ok as long as i can choose mine :)
The point is to enjoy ice-cream, and i wish you all a lot of it.

"""""""""Finally, I heard the GG Rev. on my system and was very impressed. These are great cables, I was not surprised with the tonality, in that this is proving to be a common denominator with gold wire. I was most excited to find that we both make very good cables that I feel have raised the bar for interconnects. I think it is important that the early gold cable manufacturers are beyond peoples expectation if the industry is going to join the few pioneers who are trying gold. If we succeed, then the entire industry succeeds because others with much larger R&D budgets can expand on what we are learning.

For me this is not a competition, it is a hobby that many of us are very passionate about. If GG can raise the level of performance, and if I can follow with another excellent product, then I see us all winning."""""""

Jadem6,i must say these words say a lot positive things about you.

I wish i could A/B test your best product against GG rev. in my home system which is still being built.
Silverline Sinfonia speakers,Vallhalla speaker cables,6 monoblocks - all custom made etc.

Unfortunatelly,this is impossible as i live in Croatia.Very far away.

I hope both you and Steve will have a lot of success with your products.And your bears are a great touch :)