Gabriel Gold IC's are they really this good?

Yes, this is fun! 8-)

I have tried a couple of Don's cords. I find them to be very good values and extremely musical. Not the last word in resolution, and the heaviest and stiffest cords I've ever tried. Someday I will have to see if I can borrow some of the Synergetic Tesla cables though.

I don't really want to hijack this thread anymore from it's designed intent though, so I will leave it at that.

Cheers,
John

I believe Steve will be adjusting his burn-in time estimate
for the Gabriel Gold Revelations.
The cables really take about 250-300 to fully break-in.
The cables do experience sonic changes at about 40/100 and 150,however at about 300 hours you have EUPHORIA

I now have 250 hours on my newest Revelation. With both pairs of Revelations in the system I have noticed more space and airiness, combined with some of the best front-to-back layering my system has ever produced. Quite the 3-D and musical experience IMO. I'm completely happy with these cables. I just wish Steve's bi-wire speaker cables were more affordable as I could definitely envision a completely GG wired system.

Hiernote you are right. 250-300 hours of burning-in is more like it. 150 is not even close. Steve confirmed it.

I just recently bought (1)3m pair and (2)1m pair of GG Revelation.I just tested a 1m pair connected to my work system - B W 602s3,Cambridge Audio 640v2,Audio Note DAC 2 Sig, and PC as transport.
At first i noticed improvements in timbre and vocals (midrange alltogether).Then i noticed brightness and lack of bass.
-After 10 hours, some bass appeared.
-After 50 hours, more bass,less bright.
-After 150 hours,the same improvement, in smaller quantity.

At 220 hours i tested them in three very different systems.
They won over other ICs, but i was NOT satisfied.
In my system, they performed worse than other IC (Ixos).
Ixos had much better bass and tonal balance.I though GG was only for vocal and jazz music.As a heavy metal listener (mainly) i was not very happy with my GG.

-At 230-240 hours,HUGE improvement.No more brightness,no more metalized treble, and bass appeared.Real bass.

After 330 hours i tested them in my system against Ixos again.This time Gabriel won clearly.Even bass was better with Gabriel,GG won by a big margin.

Now my GG Revelation is around 400 hours of playing time.I still feel improvement in bass area, but i am not sure if they are still getting better or i'm just more used to their sound.Now i really like these cables.

Anyway, this is the best IC cable i've heard so far.
I intend to keep these.

audiobb- I concur that the cables do take a bit of time to break-in ,however,I never found them bright or to be light in the bass even in their infancy.I also concur easily the best cables I also ever owned.