I2S Recommendation


Mfr. of my new DAC (LAIV Harmony -- grand theft it is so relatively cheap yet so good!) recommends I2S over RCA, so now I am searching for an I2S to hear if it is a step up from the RCA digicable, which I am happy with. Thoughts? Neal

nglazer

And the (interim) winner is: DH Labs 2.1, .75 length. Will burn it in a for a few weeks and see if it beats my LessLoss RCA digicable. If the I2S is a big winner, I may move up the ladder. (Does it ever stop?) Neal

 

Audiostick,

My streamer is a Holo Audio Red streamer. Sounds grand to me, far better than my Bridge II streamer in former PS Audio DSD DAC. And at the time, around $800, and has much more capability than I can use. Cheers. Neal

@nglazer Thank you for the tip on the Red.  I am developing a list of Streamers that can output i2s to my Harmony DAC.  I was looing forward to LAIV's Net2 Streamer but began loosing hope when it was not making appearances at recent shows.  Now LAIV just just changed release date from Q3 2025 to "TBA".  I am not encouraged.