recommends for interconnects?

Is that even possible?

I will be honest and respond with, No. 

You will get a flood of responses like, "I have been using cable X, and it sounds great", blah blah blah.  Cables in the few hundred $ range will be the entry and low-end models of most cable manufacture lines.  And considering that one has to go several models up from the entry-level to achieve any improvement over the $30 Best Buy model, save your money.

I am not at all a cable denier as will be very clear from my virtual system here.  But so many claimed / praised cables in these forums are downright junk.  Unless you're willing to go significantly up from a few hundred $, put your money elsewhere.

John

DHLabs would be a cost effective and extremely good sounding for the money. Get the highest tier you can. 

DHLabs are my go to. I use them as my standards in between upgrades. They will not get you to the $3k level but probably a good improvement over the old MIT. I've had MIT in the past and well DHLabs are better at most levels. 

Do XLR cables ever get tired?