help identify IC's

They are Cardas. What color is the cable jacket? The shrink tube on the end connectors is probably grey and Neutrik is the brand of connectors. The printing on Cardas wire is notorious for fading away with time and use.

Sounds like an early Cardas XLR cable. The early Cardas cables use to have silent terminators printed on the shrink.

Just stay away from any so called "Gold" interconnects. They produce the worse sound as Jade cables does. Very bright, thinned out, very ear hurting and cheap sounding. Target sells the same gold plated interconnects for about $7.99.

That sounds like Cardas

Probably some kind of Cardas. Color? Look for faint lettering on the cable.