I was impressed by the attention to detail in the way the cables were packaged. The cables are substantial yet fairly flexible and beautiful to the eye. Everything that I could see and feel was perfectly constructed and exactly as I had ordered. I replaced my current cables with the GE and the good vibes kept a coming. The cables were clear and open with good spatial definition right out of the box. If you have tried several different cables you will know that most cables do not sound so good straight from the box, usually sounding either dark or thin and closed in spatially. The GE sounded unusually good right away.
I have had the GE speaker cables running in for 24 hours now and they sound good enough that I have had no urge to put my 4x more expensive reference cables back in.