Balanced Cable recommendations for Ayre equipment

>>there are far better alternatives<<

If their speakers, cd player, tonearm, cartridge, and LISTENING PREFERENCES, were identical to yours that might be true.

Undoubtedly they are not.

Cables are system and listener dependent.

Yours are no different.

Thanks everyone - when u say Anti-Cables, since I am asking for interconnect help, u mean the Anti-ICs, right?

Yes, anti-cables interconnects. I parentheses that in my response.

For the record on an XLR, pin 1 is ground and pins 2 and 3 carry signals.

My experience completely mirrors Stringreen's. I auditioned the MX-Rs in my home on W/P8s with both Cardas GR or Transparent Ref XL or Ref MM cabling and came away thinking the MX-Rs were somewhat arid and not for my system at the time.

I later heard the MX-Rs powering some Vandersteen Quattros through Audioquest Sky cabling with astonishing results, causing me to rethink my initially tepid impression of both the MX-Rs and the Vandys.

Simply proving Audiofeil's point once again, but also seconding Stingreen's recommendation that you try Ayre equipment with cables beyond Cardas/Ayre with Audioquest and Anti-Cable topping the trial list.