Kimber 8TC beater?

I don't know the cost of the 8TC, but I just picked up a set of Audioquest CV-8 for about $400 on close out, and blown away by the imaging and placement of instruments.

I've listened to a lot of speaker cables at the 8TC price range. I'm going to say there aren't in fact many that beat the 8TC for imaging, but there are several that are weightier/fuller sounding. I had to go up to the Audience AU24E to get that in my system.

I'm going to go left-field with a cheaper option which is cryo'ed Mogami 3104 (from TakeFiveAudio). It's an absolute bargain; neutral, detailed, solid sounding. Depending on your system, you may also want to try Goertz MI3.

Without knowing the rest of your system, it is impossible to offer any more than heavily biased personal value judgements. Because system synergy matters big time, just because Brand X sounds good in another guy's system, there is no assurance that it will excel in yours.

For the same reasons, there are a myriad of competing offerings in a very crowded $$ market strata capable of meeting and exceeding the performance of the 8TCs ..... Depending on the system they are married up to.