Gabriel Gold IC's are they really this good?


Hi-
Any one else out there using these Gabriel Gold IC's?
I need to know if it is me or if anyone else finds them as good as me.
I bought a pair on auction a while back and compared them to my Stealth cables.
After about a week of going back and forth I found the Gabriel Golds to have bettered my Stealths and bought more.
Is it me?
Just wondering what some other folks who bought them think of them.
Thanks for the input.
bobf
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Have used my share of snake oil, "giant-killers", and over-priced cables.  After decades of expensive lessons, I settled on Gabriel Gold for years and still using them.  My power cords / speaker cables / interconnects are mostly Reflection v2 (some v1).

Don't think they made digital, AT&T optical nor toslink cable - I am using Kharma for digital, WireWorld for Toslink.

I love them since they don't get into the way --- what great cables are supposed to behave.   I could switch equipment left and right, yet never a need to swap them out to "compensate" nor "optimize".

Past use:
Audio Note
Siltech
Silnote
Harmonic something something
Audioquest / Audiotruth
Hovland
Anti-Cable
Cardas
Nordost
Virtual Dynamics
Silversmith
MIT
Krell
Mark Levinson
Cello
Red Rose Music
Kimber
NBS (2nd choice after GG)
Morrow
Transparent
Kubala Sosna
Synergistic Research
Audio Art
Purist
Mapleshade
Audio Magic
Ohelbach
Burmester
Crystal
Wireworld (1st choice for toslink)
Van Den Hul
Verrastar
Marigo
Accuphase
......





Gabriel  cables compare to Audio Envy that are excellent , I wonder how much better the GC  to the Audio Envy Cables ?It looks like Gabriel are not that popular, this thread is old.
I have been using GG speaker Reflection v2 and Reflection v2 IC's for six years. They just get out of thecway of the signal. NEUTRAL, transparent, fast and just a shade warm over dead neutral. Highly recommended 👌. 
Most folks who have them keep them - 
1.3 million views on this thread over time is a testament to popularity.

Hi all

I just saw an ad for a nice pair of Gabriel Gold Halo interconnects. I am looking for a nice pair of RCA interconnects for my 2nd system which is in a theater room. I use AQ king cobra interconnects for the center and rear, and a pair of AQ Columbia for the front 2 channels. I just upgraded my front speakers to Vandersteen VLR carbons (an amazing value BTW) and was looking to upgrade those front channel RCAs for 2 channel listening (Classe Sigma SSP AV processor feeding Parasound A51 multichannel amp). So I came upon the aforementioned interconnects and sought out some reviews and fell upon this forum. There is the long winded background - sorry.

In my main rig, with ARC pre and phono pre, an Aurender N10 and Meitner DAC feeding Vandersteen Quatro CTs, I had a full loom of AQ sky interconnects. These are silver. In any case, I had moved to monoblocks, and needed a long pair of XLRs and got a really nice deal on some used demo Tara cables from a dealer in Colorado (name and store withheld based on his opinion that follows). I have previously also used Nordost Frey interconnects. The dealer’s opinion, selling Nordost and other cables, was that the cheaper Tara 0.8 beat the Nordost Valhala, handily - and to beat the 0.8, his opinion was that one would need to get up to the crazy expensive Odin. Of course, that is just one man’s opinion, but with the crazy margins on cables, it would be a bit odd for a dealer to sell a cheaper cable, and say it kicks the snot out of top of the line Nordost cables. Again, just one person’s opinion. So, in any case, I got these 5m Tara 0.8XLRs and inserted them into my system, and the difference was rather noticeable. Since that time, I have been buying up used Tara cables on Audiogon, and have sold all my AQ sky cables.

My experience could be placebo, and I am certainly not saying that Tara cables are the greatest thing since sliced bread, nor am I a Tara fanboy. I am not trying to fan any flames, but rather be informative and respectful. I am just saying, I loved them, and replaced all my stuff with them in that system. They are rather expensive - but I think this is more due to the noise rejection stuff in their "proprietary mix" of Ceralex, which apparently is rather expensive. I would never pay full price for new cables anyway, and have purchased all used. BUT, they did make a huge difference in my system FWIW.

Respectfully to all, I do not think that the amount of money your system is worth translates, in any way, to ones ability to assess cable worth. I have heard many systems worth thousands less destroy expensive systems. I think system synergy and many other factors play a role. Besides that, psychoacoustics and one’s personal preferences play a role in all this as well. I doubt, very much, that Tara pays off reviewers and sites for better reviews- frankly it is difficult to find a review on them in mainstream major audio media and I have never seen them place any ads in these types of magazines or websites-- so it would not seem that they are paying off reviewers for better reviews as one forum participant had previously suggested.

 

I also do not believe that silver, gold, or the metal choice inherently equals better cable performance -- there are many other variables to consider in cable design besides the metal used in their construction.

 

In any case, bottom line is I love what the Tara cables did in my unique system but would never pay full price for them. I am not looking to spend that much on cables in my second system which brings me back, full course, to the original forum topic!

 

I am just looking for anywhere where I can get a bit more information on these Gabriel gold Halo interconnects for the front speakers in my surround rig, to optimize 2 channel listening. The price looks pretty good at $749.

 

Id appreciate any feedback on these Gabriel gold halo cables, background on who designed them and any unbiased reviews anywhere.

Thanks

Best of Health

Brett

You’ve got quite a large thread here to start with. I have a pair of the ICs and they are very good. 

Hi. I am aware of the thread, hence my post in said thread.

I am looking for any further information on the cables beyond this thread, which, while somewhat informative, also has a fair bit of simple bickering that can be found in many of these types of things.

We all have personal bias when we have spent money on something, and like it. We are often excited to tell others about our finds - particularly in the audio world. I am trying to find as unbiased information as possible on these cables prior to purchasing them.

I cannot find any reviews.

Even on the company website there is no information on the Gabriel Gold Halo cable (Gabriel Gold - Music - Audio - Cables (gabrielgoldcables.com))

So, I am intrigued, and interested in the cable, particularly after reading some of the comments in this thread, but it is still a fair bit of money to spend and was just hoping to find a bit more information on it in terms of construction and hopefully an unbiased review or two.

Hopefully that makes sense

Thanks

Gabriel Gold designer is not retired - New designs are in the mix for the near future.

Still "Bringing Your Music To Greater Heights"

cheers.

Team GG