How much money on speaker cable?


I am having trouble deciding how much money to spend on speaker cables. I am building a modest system (around $5000) I have been considering spending up to 600 dollars on used Kimber Kable or Transparents. Does anyone think this is to much for just a Classe/Totem set up? Would I noticed the difference if I only spent 250 on some Audioquests? Thanks
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Paul Speltz anti cables ,should fit you nicely..With money left over ..One of the best low cost wires around...
To put things in perspetive - $600 is probably way more than the cost of the components (drivers and crossover) in your speakers. There is actually a greater length of wire in your speaker voice coils than your speaker cables anyway.
For example, $600 will buy you a world class pair of studio headphones (including the wires to the headphones).
Also check out JPS Labs, and, Analysis Plus cables. Both outstanding cables for the money although I prefer the JPS by a wide margin.
Spend as much as you possibly can on components.

Address cable requirements last.

Good components and average cables will outperform the reverse in most systems.
Your going to get alot of responses like....cables don't matter...or here is s cheap alternative...do not spend too much...When In fact it does matter. I'd look at some used or closeout Audioquest DBS cables and if you could get silver interconnect...and maybe speaker cable. Your safest bet for Neutral, detailed but coherent cables. First time I listened to AQ cheetah with Kilimanjaro I could not believe how organic and real the music sounded.