Love absolutes..... oft absolutely wrong, or at least misleading. @jeffreyw referred to the Mogami XLR, they show up here for sale regularly and are terrific for not much money.
These things depend on several variables, but for not much coin you can experiment. Those Mogamis bested my Wire World Eclipse Silver 8 RCA > XLR in their application. When I got Mogamis with XLR both ends it all changed.
Best of luck on your journey.