Gabriel Gold IC's are they really this good?

Sounds like an intersting shoot-out.
Two great cables(big pice difference though)
Once the cables break-in and you do your comparison I will be very interested in your opinion.

Clio09,

Any first impressions to share with us?

Luis

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.