XLR cables, worth buying higher end?

AES48 dictates which pins are used for what, how shields are used, and how grounding is connected, and assumes a fully balanced source signal and differential or transformer-coupled input. All good things for sure, and critical for achieving the common mode rejection and prevention of ground loops that balanced cables are known for. But there is more to cable behavior/performance than this. 

Just like with a single ended cable, the sound quality is still influenced by dielectric material, conductor material, impedance vs frequency, propagation delay vs frequency, connector material, termination method, etc. 

You can argue how important these factors are (just as with single ended cables), but they don't become irrelevant just because you are using a balanced connection. 

Mogami gold aes xlr seems to be the clear winner. A very credible player, widely used by pros.  

$65 per cable.  Will try.

abit nutty to spend $500 or more.  

XLR cables with my Atmasphere Amp and preamp won't make too much difference.

Mogami is great, there are 2 types 2549 which I believe is shielded and 2534 unshielded which some say is better than the shielded version.
This guy makes great cables

https://www.ghentaudio.com/part/a18.html
I got a few from him

@jumia --

Any diff between microphone and interconnect xlr cables?

What people use for interconnects is usually mic cable. It’s optimized for transmitting low-level signals faithfully.

Mogami W2549 is shielded twisted pair (STP) -- the usual config for mic cables. Mogami W2534 is a star-quad configuration -- useful where there is a lot of interference, as it rejects noise even better.

BOTH are SHIELDED, as they should be.

I’ve tried both. The STP is very, very slightly more extended in the high end. I would recommend that unless you are in a situation with a lot of EMI/RFI.

is OP in an electrically noisy environment ?1m balanced line is not likely to make any difference.