Who makes super quiet XLRs around $1k?

It’s all about how the cable is shielded without hurting the sound. Most shielding closes in the sound even though it makes for less noise. Shielding is there to reduce noise and make a cable “quiet”.

The quietest cable one can hear, based on my experience, is building one with a sort of faraday cage around it that has no sonic degradation properties.

To that end, read about the helix design principe talked about here.....

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/duelund-conversion-to-diy-helix-geometry-cabling


Feel free to contact me if you are open to new ideas.

Thank you @ebm 
I currently have Purist Venustas RCA pair using as reference (to compare with others), and I really like it much.
 Also have Purist Aqueous Aureus RCA and Purist Museus XLR, while they’re  decently good, Venustas keeps them sitting on the sideline. 
Thank you @grannyring . I may look into DIY and your recommendation in the future when I settle down with a good pair for reference and use DIY as trials  and errors 

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