What next after Audience AU24 and Siltech G3?

Philojet,
The Au24 may sound "thin and lifeless" in your system but I find it to be very full and liquid sounding and very good tonally in my system.

I did not mean to be harsh and maybe it should be noted my setup is all vacuum tubes, fwiw at the time we compared the AU24 with Audio Note AN-V on an all ss system and could not tell the difference.

Maybe a good disclaimer is that the AU 24 may be system dependant - or maybe it was the AN-V or both!

Tghooper - same here, the AU24 is very dynamic in my system - ss amps and Thiel speakers. I have tried alot of SC and haven't found one to better them.

Philojet,
No offense taken. Yes, the Au24 may not be a good match for all tube system...too much of a good thing if you will.

I am going to have to go with Philojet and the Gabriel Gold recommendation...I would keep an eye out for a used pair of Rev II's...or talk to Steve about the new entry level Radiance. You would get what you're looking for. I went down a long list of cables in that range and much higher and replaced them early on with Gabriel Gold Extreme's I still use the GG's....but now the Reflections. They are a whole different ball game and absolutely astounding, but beyond your range. Stretching as far as you can up the GG line for you IC's would be a good option.

That said, I yam what I yam and have had a lot of cables, and I thought the Analysis Plus Solo Crystal offers a lot of bang for the buck. Their Oval 9's are also good.....but best bang for buck went the Bear Labs Silver Thunder. And, if you can strecth a tiny bit, Stealth Hybrid MLT's are hard to beat at around 1k.

I have the GG's Rapture r and the sonic improvement over the non-revised version coupled with the Reflections just breathes life's musical essence into my intracellular spaces....happhappyjoyjoy.

Enjoy the tunes!