Good budget alternative IC's with Shindo preamp


I have a Shindo Aurieges L (linestage). Acquired it just a bit ago and am very happy with the sound. A very 'involving' preamp is a good summation. Shindo, I've read and heard, seems to be more finicky (for lack of a better term) with associated cabling and gear. For cabling, the Auditorium 23 and Shindo brands are all that I've read as endorsments for IC's, however both are too expensive ($795 and $979 per meter respectively). I'm looking for something closer to the $200 range or less. In this price range, used is fine.

I have been obsessively at the audio game for perhaps a couple years now, enjoying the journey, so I would think my rig still a work in progress. Perhaps there is no cabling at this price range that others know of to synergize particularly well with Shindo gear, but thought I'd ask.

So far the system consists of:
Shindo Aurieges-L
Musical Fidelity a308cr cd player
Nuforce 8.02 class D amps
Usher 6381 3-way speakers
Zu Oxyfuels and Julian cabling

Music tastes revolve mostly around the "rock" genre, which is broad and I like all of it: typical rock, but also classical, acoustic, blues, alt-country, male/female, etc.
tholt

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Philjolet, Clio09, Lapierre - are your recommendations based on actual experience with Shindo preamps or are they just regular guesses?

Tholt, I am curious about the same questions. If you re-read the 6moons and Dagogo reviews you will see PHY-HP interconnects, Audience Au24, and some others used with Shindo equipment. Some of the above certainly depend on ancillary equipment. For example the Au24 doesn't work well IMO between a Shindo pre and amp but it worked well with some amps. Almost in all cases the Shindo IC worked better though. Keep in mind - I have very limited experience so far when inserting a friends Shindo into my system and from inserting different cables in his system.