GG Rev. MK1 Vs. Rev. MK2

I came across the Gabriel Gold Rev. by reading all the posts of the happy campers who heard and bought the original MK1 interconnect. We are talking $3000.00 + here.

When comparing it to my Kondo KSL-LP and Audio Note Sogon it made both sound conjested and veiled.

One of it's weakness was a narrow soundstage from front to back. It keep the music in between the speakers. Still it did smoke the Kondo/Audio Note cable in so many areas that I sold both to pursue this fine sounding cable.

I have had the MK2 in my system for some time and I borrowed my friends MK1 for a shoot out.

Having both cables for A/B comparison and having my wife evaluating with me is alot of fun. She has never "missed it" and can pick out the strengths and weaknesses of the cables she hears.

It seems to me that in the ad on the Rev. MK2 that the designer have stated the truth behind the cable. It has some of the flavor of the Rapture ( which I own) in the 3d area. It is wider and deeper front to back.

The MK1 seems to through more clarity at you but it my be
that you are getting more to listen to with the MK2 so it my not be doing that at all, it just seems that way.

I would say it is a few large steps up from the MK1 being better in depth and staging than the MK1. Those are the two areas that I would say are easiest to hear as being different. I have never heard drums and cymbals with such clarity and realism. To me it is better all across the board. What the MK1 lacked the MK2 supplies.

The MK1 is still one heck of a cable for the money but the
MK2 would be my choice to have if I had to live with one or the other. Is it worth the extra money to upgrade from the MK1 to the MK2? Yes, to me it would be. At say $700.00 for a MK2 vs. $3000.00 + for the BIG name companies I would say that they are well worth every penny.

I now have the Rapture (3 of them) in my system. Thanks to all the members who have shared their thoughts about this hidden gem in the rough.