Gabriel Gold IC's are they really this good?

I've been reading and reading till early morning hours; what a great thread! I'm rather new to Audiogon but definitely understand the need for speed, dynamics, imaging, depth etc. and it sounds like Steve's GG effect has made music much more enjoyable to many. I call a toast to the man:)

The best tweak was when I installed a matched pair of 1958 Mullard Ecc82 long plate tubes into my preamp for the first time and was escorted straight to nirvana. Wow!

I don't even have a power conditioner (don't laugh); everything is plugged in to the walls directly (one circuit with premium 12 gauge wire to the meter). My IC's are Audioquest King Cobras and a pair of custom silver plated IC's for the mains.

My question is, if I go with a GG Reflection power cord (for starters; I can't afford to buy one for each component) and connect it from the wall to a multi plug power strip to feed all other components, would that impart the GG sound characteristics I've read about to ALL my gear?

Or should I get the Reflection IC's as a first tweak?

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Thanks Tvad. I've got the dedicated line, hospital grade outlets and am looking for any phase issues. I will assume from your seasoned experience that the EP2050 (or 2000 also?) will be a great tweak with minimal effect on dynamics (I have good power supplies) and most importantly help protect everything.

Getting back to the thread (sort of), can you imagine Steve's GG Gabriel Gold Reflection lines from the meter to the outlets? Better yet, upgrade all internal component wiring to his alloys? Forgive the craziness; I think I need another eggnog.

To all who have discovered Steve's products, thank you for posting. I just pulled the trigger for a pair of Reflection IC's and also a pair of Revelation speaker cables! That oughtta make some difference in my system.

Where is the most critical place to connect the IC's? I'm assuming it would be from preamp to amps. If I can ever get a second pair, they'd go from my DAC to preamp.

I won't ask you where I should put the speaker cables.8))

Philjolet,

Makes perfect sense. I find myself taking the lazy man's way and listening to Pandora radio, fed through a (soon to be gotten) Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 and on to my Candela tube preamp. I also will play an occasional CD on the Meridian. So, the IC's will go from pre to amps.

I can't wait until the GG's get here! I think I'll try the speaker cables first and then add the IC's.