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Recommendations for HDMI cables specifically for audio quality

I want to replace the analogue cables from my OPPO Blu ray 203 to a Denon AVC X8500 with an HDMI cable and improve or equal the SQ. Suggestions would be welcome. I have checked previous posts and most of them are a few years old now and an update may be required Please and Thank you
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ebm
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DH Labs great sounding cable I'm using on my OPPO.
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twoleftears
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Wireworld will see you right.  
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lalitk
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If you want absolutely the best, go with Wireworld Platinum Starlight 7.  
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nonoise
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Check the forum search engine for a recent talk on HDMI cables. Auxiput had some good advice.
auxinput
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lol, I was just going to jump in.  Make sure you get a 2 meter HDMI cable.  You can get longer, but never get something under 2 meters.  Basically, it comes down to:

1 - Nordost Valhalla 2 HDMI
2 - Wire World Silver Starlight 5-2
3 - Wire World Starlight 5-2 or 6
4 - Nordost Heimdall 2
5 - Wire World Ultraviolet (any generation)
6 - Neotech NEHH-4200 cryo-treated from Audio Sensibility in Canada


Even though some of these cables are really old and are "certified" only for HDMI 1.4, they still outperform many newer cables.

Cables I have tested and rejected:

Wire World Silver Starlight 7 (and any HDMI cable using DNA Helix design).
Wire World Chroma
Audioquest Vodka
Furutech HDMI-xv1.3
Purist Audio Design HDMI (previous generation)
Transparent Audio
Wire World Sphere
Tributaries Titan UHDT
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