I2S Recommendation

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.

Auriostick,

The Holo Red Streamer outputs I2S and the LAIV Dac accepts I2S. If I remember correctly from when I read the DAC manual. it automatically adopts the right pins, which is too complicated for me looking at all those pin charts. Gives me a headache. Neal

OP,  Does Holo Red have native app for Qobuz or it needs to run thru upnp?  I did not see it was supported by Qobuz Connect.  Is the app running smoothly in Red?

Volumio Rivo + is another streamer that has I2s output and Volumio is reported running smoothly.  Pricier though

I just ordered the new Optimus 100 I2S model from Veritas Cables. It is priced just a little higher than the DH Labs and Voodoo models that I enjoy, still way lower than the Audioquest and Wireworld options I have here. I'll update here once I figure out my final ranking, so far DH Labs and Voodoo are in the lead.