Gabriel Gold IC's are they really this good?

Well I just got a pair of GG Revelation 2 XLR and they sound very average. Much worst than NBS Master or Marigo 8.8. The sound is way too warm to my taste. Bass becomes muddy. The layer of details become mashed together. Soundstage moved back like 7 ft. I hope somebody could prove me wrong by buying my pair quickly - since no way I am keeping them.

Have used my share of snake oil, "giant-killers", and over-priced cables.  After decades of expensive lessons, I settled on Gabriel Gold for years and still using them.  My power cords / speaker cables / interconnects are mostly Reflection v2 (some v1).

Don't think they made digital, AT&T optical nor toslink cable - I am using Kharma for digital, WireWorld for Toslink.

I love them since they don't get into the way --- what great cables are supposed to behave.   I could switch equipment left and right, yet never a need to swap them out to "compensate" nor "optimize".

Past use:
Audio Note
Siltech
Silnote
Harmonic something something
Audioquest / Audiotruth
Hovland
Anti-Cable
Cardas
Nordost
Virtual Dynamics
Silversmith
MIT
Krell
Mark Levinson
Cello
Red Rose Music
Kimber
NBS (2nd choice after GG)
Morrow
Transparent
Kubala Sosna
Synergistic Research
Audio Art
Purist
Mapleshade
Audio Magic
Ohelbach
Burmester
Crystal
Wireworld (1st choice for toslink)
Van Den Hul
Verrastar
Marigo
Accuphase
......