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Best Cables for around $500

I have upgraded to a W4S STI500 and DAC2 along with my Magnepan 1.7s and I am looking for the best cable to connect my W4S DAC2 to my W4S STI500 at or around $500. Would like to hear all thoughts, especially those with W4S equipment. I am looking for XLR Balanced only.

Some cables that I am currently considering:
1. Morrow SP4 at $519 or Morrow MA5 at $790 (I have some existing Morrow cables I would use for trade in)
2. Antipodes Komako $550
3. Wyred 4 Sound C1 Ultra Analog XLR for $119
4. MAC Palladium XLR $539
5. Acoustic Zen Silver Reference XLR $599.00 (sale from $998)
6. Audioquest Columbia XLR $495
7. Cardas Neutral Reference XLR $628

My goal is best reproduction of classical and acoustic music.
ronwills
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rja
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I own a pair of 1.5m xlr Crimson Musiclinks that I put in my system occasionally and they always sound good.
david12
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 Currently, as opposed to the Op date of 2011, I would add Silnote and Wywires. I have interconnects from both and Speaker cables from Wywires and consider them excellent quality and value. The benefits of being a one man band without a massive marketing budget.
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jafant
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Transparent should be added to this list.
wolf_garcia
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I might be the only person who had a pair of balanced Mogamis that didn't work out. Weird, since I've used these as mic cables for years…maybe it was bad Guitar Center karma. I have a Mogami cable in my turntable that works…so there's that. I wound up with AQ Diamondbacks for the 2 balanced runs (DAC to preamp, preamp to amp) and they're perfect.
mikirob
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And and the Belden 8402 microphone cable for a about $80 beat the Mogami and many others handily. Save your bucks. Best, Rob

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