Gabriel Gold IC's are they really this good?

I've also noticed not many, if any, ads for pre-owned Gabriels, so there must be a lot of satisfied current customers out there. (o:

Looks like Steve is back and up and running with a website.....gabrielgoldcables dot com. Looks good and has some new goodies to boot!

Thanks Budburma, I'll check it out.

The dog got his knee and is running like his little inner puppy is set free. My chrysalis is parting and I am emerging ready to take wing with the new year. Thanks for your thoughts, John, they helped for sure.

So, the AMR CD77 took the Ayon CD2 to the mat and the Ayon never got back up. A great player for all the reasons above, but the AMR has all the dynamics, micro detail, spacing, staging, etc that the Ayon offers (which is substantial) but also adds a bit warmth to the sound and more 3-d roundness to the images into the mix that I personally REALLY like! It is, in short, and IMHO, a more human and lifelike presentation. Absolutely thrilling.

And, the USB input is reclocked right away to remove jitter and sounds pretty much indistinguishable from the CDP itself.

More details and in depth description later. The chrysalis, she calls.

I await reports on the new Reflection ICs. Should be interesting!