dog pecker pink!

Good value IMO would be getting the VDH cable off the roll oneself and doing one's own termination. The only stupid thing about VDH is that finished cables cost a lot more than off-the-roll does, especially since they use regular Neutrik connectors for balanced. Most of their cables are 75 Ohm, so can be used for digital or analogue. This might only be practical if you live in Europe though, as the Euro is high atm.

A little birdie told me that some guy in California who makes some really honkin' big amplifiers with thick aluminum faceplates and massive blue gauges on the front uses these available in terminated form here. SKU you want for 6' XLRs is "GAC-4/1-06NB" (NB = Neutrik gold pin plugs, NS=Neutrik standard, couple bucks cheaper per cable)... you'll need QTY 2 for L/R, total cost will be about US$58 plus shipping...

Stick with what you have, they're fine.

Grawk, I don't know how you did it, but today they actually look red...? I think they were offended by your dogpecker pink comment. Anyway, I am dead serious, they look red today, What the hell happened?

Maybe I was looking at them under weird lighting first time before I connected and forgot about them.