Silver cables

A bit over your budget, but a used pair of Acoustic Zen Silver Reference (I or II) are nicely detailed but also musical. Best of luck.

Nonoise very recently began a thread asking about Tempo Electric cables which I had answered in very high favor of. Had that thread been deleted???
Joseph Levy constructed me a pair of Speaker Cables and Interconnect Cables of which I have been using with two pairs of Wavelength Amplifiers (300B & 45) and Beauhorn Virtuoso Speakers 106db
I am extremely happy with both pairs of cable's performance and Joseph's ultra fine customer service!

Ok, please read my review of Amadi cables. He makes the Maddie Signature which sometimes go up on auction. They are world class and will outperform silver cables costing several thousand. I have heard these vs some of the popular cables listed here and the gap to get to the level of sonic joy of the Maddie is wide, very wide.

You can contact the builder through one of his Agon ads. No doubt they are the best silver cable possible anywhere near your budget. He is humble and just flies under the radar. Philip will let you test and is patient. Good luck.

Hi Grannyring, Would you like to compare with Tempo Electric ICs?
I would happily send you a pair (no Big-Twist WBTs, to be fair)
You may also PM me.

Any other thoughts out there on Soundsilver as Evank's comments seem quite promising. Thank you.

I used Soundsilver's 'harmony' ICs (mix of silver and gold) until recently. Great cables for the price. Sound is tipped up to give a sense of openess. Bass is decent but the harmonic envelope is not dense and rich as it is with my current copper cables. Transparency is good but not great. Stewart is a great guy to deal with and I believe he has a 30 day return policy. If I were you, I'd also try Clear Day's silver IC's. His speaker cables are outstanding and I'd bet his IC's are very good as well. 'Paul has a good return policy as well.