Gabriel Gold IC's are they really this good?

Fiddler. Sorry I’ve been away from this post for some time. My GA-0’s had the upgraded top of the line Nex Gen RCAs that AM offered. I believed they almost doubled the cost of the cable when I won the auction.

Jim

So, I thought I would post my impressions of the Rapture I/C's, but Steve beat me to it and posted them on his new ad. Pretty much all the comments on his ad are mine and they pretty much sum it up. They are the best cables I have heard. I have not heard the indra or high end transparent, but I have heard stealth metacarbon and GS50/50, high end gen3 siltech, analysis plus golden oval, etc. (a more extensive list of my cable exposure is posted earlier in this thread). And, the rapture is really, really good....heads and shoulders better than anything I have heard. Dead neutral. Super revealing yet silk on bare skin. Goosebump stuff. See my comments on the ad....

As a matter of course; I am not associated with marketing Gabriel Gold cables beyond being a bigbigbig fan....I have never even met Steve, but we have exchanged a lot of emails...I am not a shill for him, but do consider him a friend.

I also use the rapture pc's on my pre and amp. I'll try to post more thorough comments about them later. And, I am, for the first time in a decade, really feeling finished with cabling.....except, i am upgrading my sound app xe-12 to a reference level and will try the stealth m-5000, elrod eps3s, and dream state lucid on it....then finito, bandito.....again....

My system is posted and up to date here on audiogon if you care...

Enjoy the tunes!
Budburma

budburma-read your comments and couldn't agree with you more, only wish I could have said it.
bobf

How would you Rapture owners characterize the difference between them and the Revelations? If there is a sonic difference is it a significant difference and is it worth the additional cost? I know this is all subjective but I'd like to hear your opinions. I'm currently using the Revelation balanced ICs and bi-wire speaker cables.

Bobf- I'm kinda sorta thinkin' you sorta kinda just did!

And, while I'm at the thinkin' thing, I thought would reprint and edit my yammering a bit, so my thoughts on the Rapture I/C's would be more easily accessed right here on this thread. No need to use that channel changer, surf about...front row, ba-baby.

The soundstage is mesmerizing; it has released the grandeur of my bmi pc's whose stage is up to this point unbeatable in my experience. The black silence between well defined placement of 3d images is bible black and starless....with the deep stage set behind my speakers and extending well beyond my speakers side to side. Great fun.

Exciting, transporting, and relaxing, it actually feels like an environment is created rather than a room recreated. No grain, flawless pace and wide extension with shimmering highs and deep natural taut bass. The midrange is natural and inviting, liquid and rich without being syrupy. Singer's breaths are promises whispered in your ear.

The micro dynamics and revealing of inner detail is astonishing. And, with the detail revealed so astutely and naturally combined with the head bobbing and toe-tapping macrodynamics, they seem to make bare the composer's intent.
Since you mentioned jazz, I use Coltrane's Ballads as one of my test cd's....you can hear the spittle on the reed...and there is a tremolo at the very end of each note on the first cut i have never heard before. Breathtaking. The piano is across half the stage and the whisper and control of the brushes gets my goofy grin cemented in place.

The attack/decay and sustain is perfect on emphasis and without exaggeration. Really, I was perfectly satisfied with the Extremes and Revelations, but now they're a bit spoiled for me as the rapture is upon us! Make me a mormon and save my ancestors, they are without compare in my experience.

They are the BEST, period. I have no idea how to put a price on them....they're priceless.

Thththththat's All Folks!

Enjoy the tunes!