Blue Jeans Cable Series - FE HDMI is what I use in a 1 foot length.
You won’t be disappointed. I will be trying some more expensive silver cables but the builders typically only wire for i2S using less wire to keep costs down but it sounds like these won’t work in your situation.
You don’t want the eArc version.
Looking for a Short High Quality HDMI Cable
I recently picked up a SACD player and am routing the signal into an external DAC. Transport signal out via HDMI to a D.Bob then DOP64 via coax to the DAC. True HDMI, not configured as I2S. I'm looking for a short good quality HDMI cable of less than a meter. For now I picked up a .6M Pangea off Amazon but looking for better. Audioquest makes .6 meter but for the Asian market only, and an eBay search comes up empty. The Cable Company has a couple I wasn't sure about them, brand unknown, etc. Any recommendations?
Also, many HDMI cables are labeled eARC, is this something I need to avoid for this application?