For the record, I did end up trying a non-digital pair of balanced cables and they worked great. Yes, I will end up replacing them with a digital pair of balanced cables, but wanted to confirm that everything would perform as reported with the dual digital cables from the upconverting to the DAC.
Thanks for all your input and if anybody has any recommendations on balanced digital cables, please feel free to offer them.
Thanks for all your input and if anybody has any recommendations on balanced digital cables, please feel free to offer them.