Hi Alister,
Thanks for introducing yourself properly. We like to interact with others on friendly first name terms here
I've been using G2000HDs for a while, so allow me to answer your questions:
See the system in my signature.
G1000HDs, and those replaced £850 Transparent References!
Going from the Transparents to the G1000HDs was a revelation, and also a massive learning curve, as it taught me how much bullshit there is in the so-called 'hi-end' cable market, where most of your money goes on paying to own a 'desirable badge'!
The G1000HDs showed how coloured the Transparents were, and how much musical information I had been missing on my favourite recordings. There is basically no 'sound' to these cables; they simply act as a near perfect conduit that transfers the music signal from one component to another within your system, which is *all* a good cable should do.
Basically, they're as near to sonically neutral as you can get and impose almost no character of their own on the sound. Therefore don't buy them if you're the sort who uses cables as tone controls! The G1000HDs act as a veritable 'open window on to the music'. You'll have heard that many times before, but this time it's TRUE!
Absolutely. The G2000HDs behave just like the G1000HDs, only less so! What I mean by this is that they have even less of a sonic signature than the G1000HDs, so that means even more detail and transparency. You will be shocked and stunned at just how good your system sounds (provided no hidden problems were being masked before with your previous cables) and how much (previously unheard) information is on your favourite discs (or files). G2000HDs will reveal the full capabilities of your system.
In effect, G1000HDs, at £65 a pop, outperformed my £850 Transparent Reference interconnects. G2000HDs, take that many steps further, and in my experience I wouldn't hesitate to say that they would compete with, and in some cases outperform,
any interconnect cable on the market you care to name - yes honestly they are, scarily for their competitors, *that* good!
That's an almost impossible question to answer. Cables are very system dependent, so what works well in one system may not work as well in another. However, I'd say that if you have a well put together and set-up system and simply want to hear what it's capable of sonically and musically to maximum effect, then I've yet to hear better cables for the job than G2000HDs...
Buy with confidence
Marco.