@freediver I just recently tried Audio Art silver clad copper statement XLR ICs and liked them. So may be worth giving Audio Art cheaper silver clad copper ICs on your list a try with return policy.
I have Neotech NEI 3001 Mk3 in my system now on loan from a friend. They are silver copper hybrid. I find them to be smooth, resolving and natural sounding.
With Audio Art I detected a slight bit exta sparkle in treble that was not terrible but I can do without it. The Neotech cables don’t have this slightly accentuated treble (again nothing major but watch out for it) and they’re easily just as resolving.
The pair I have now are terminated with gold plated neotech connectors.
This is an affordable cable and will handily beat blue jeans and a number of other cables.
here it is. You can build it yourself or have the guys at sonic craft terminate it for you

