Gabriel Gold IC's are they really this good?

La45, not yet Steve should be shipping mine today or tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be able to post something late next week after they settle in for 100 hours or so.

Put in my new Gabriel Revelations last night. Right out of the box, just a hair closed in and bass, while there, was a bit fuzzy. These are just preliminary impressions that don't really mean much at this point, just thought I'd report. I have owned the Gabriel Golds and liked them a lot but I've been using Virtual Dynamics Revelation v1 with great satisfaction for about a year now. All the cables mentioned were balanced. I'll try to get back to this thread after the Gabriels get more time, maybe a week or two.
BTW: I really enjoyed dealing with Steve B.

rja-I have been following this thread and partipating as you have, and I don't get the "fuzzy" comment.
It is though the first of it's kind in this thread.
Even new out of the box I have not read such a description yet.
All of my GG's and other members have commented that the cable sounds great out of the box and just gets better(150 break-in time).You may want to let them break -in a bit and see if the sound changes as it should and then repost your findings.
These cables seem to have great synergy in all of the systems I have heard they were installed in.

I want to clarify my statement about the Gabriel being a hair closed in and bass a bit fuzzy.
1. This was my impression of the cable right out of the box.
2. The qualities I was describing were extremely slight.
3. This was my impression compared to the well broken-in VD Revelation.
4. In retrospect it was such a worthless statement that perhaps I shouldn't have made it. My apologies.
On a more postiteve note,the Gabriel Revelations have been in my system for two days now and are opening quite nicely and the bass has gained definition.

i would like to know more re;gabriel. iwas told to look for MIT 750 music hose circa 1980-85--to get the fuzzy, bass heavy out of the old martin logan cls speakers i'm using. can't find them---so looking for a substitute that is affordable. Any advice out there? cheers,mb*