Best speaker cable in the $2,500 range

Some to many (including a reviewer in Stereophile Aug, 03) claim the Audience Au24 speaker cables are superior to the Nordost Valhallas.

It's amazing what the Au24's have done to remove time-smear in the bass regions and to remove grain and hash at the higher frequencies.

I recently purchased the Au24 ic's and find them to provide similar benefits and far exceeded my previous ic's which some others also rated as being superior to the Valhallas.

And the Au24 are priced well below your $2500 range.

-IMO

Audiokinesis is exactly right. But that's also a no-brainer and hopefully goes without saying because system synergy is involved in every other aspect of audio as well i.e. room acoustics, ics, pre-amps, amps, cdps, tts, speakers, line-conditioners, etc..

But there still needs to be a starting point in which to begin one's quest in the attempt to obtain a product of a certain quality. If for no other reason than to hopefully save much time and money while also aquiring the best possible sonics.

-IMO

Without a doubt, a good component is a good component no matter what other equipment is surrounding it. Although inferior equipment surrounding it might easily mask the positive attributes of a good component, it still remains a good component.

Up to that point, I might agree with this Robert Schult in theory (but never with the Psychicanimal).

However, when such theoretical statements as this are made, one must also look at their potential as well as their actual.

I suppose in practice, according to the Psychic and Mr. Schult, it would be perfectly acceptable and welcomed to mate a 12 wpc SET amp with the rather large and power hungry Rockport Hyperion loudspeakers. Assuming, of course, both are designed with competent engineering and a keen ear.

-IMO

You are making lots of sense. However, I believe that those attributes you seek are most frequently found in the amplifier. Not cabling.

I believe if cabling is doing it's job properly, it will for the most part only accentuates what is already there.

But the very common things I've noticed about most cabling is that there seems to be a time-smear and a grain, glare, or hash that many to seem to find acceptable.

-IMO