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unless you're going to get the spokes custom cut, you'll have to do some rounding. i have the phil wood spoke cutting/ thread rolling machine, and it's difficult to be accurate beyond the decimal point. that being said, in my experience, you want to round down, but not too much that it'll make your wheel build difficult. keep in mind that the synergy's are double walled rims, so you have a little bit of leeway when it comes to spokes protruding from the nipples.
before you choose your spokes, make sure they fit your hubs nicely. it's my understanding that the elbows of DT spokes have been lengthened specifically to fit xtr hub flanges.
definatly go with brass nipples. aluminum ones just ask to be rounded unless you have a 4 sided spoke wrench.
with all that said, if i had to build your wheels, i would cut 32 294 and 32 295 spokes and build the wheels with those lengths. (by the way, i just checked qbp and both wheelsmith and dt spokes are only available in whole sizes)
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