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

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@audiostick Agree, there seems to be a million cable reviews for interconnects and speaker cables. Even other digital cables get lots of coverage. I2S seems ignored for the most part. That's why I had to try a bunch of cables and decide for myself.

@v-fi  Would Veritas Optimus 50 sound better than Optimus 100 because of length?  thx.

@lanx0003 The company (Veritas Cables) claims the two cables sound identical although they each have a different cable design of some sort.

"Thus we end up with the Optimus 50 - a 50cm cable (aka .5 meters), and the Optimus 100 - a 100cm version (aka 1 meter). Different looks, different internals, but the same performance and the same price". 

Veritas has surely left the door open for debate on this.  In their own words "...We've never encountered another cable type where length impacts performance to such a large degree. After trying many different ideas and mostly failing to achieve the goal, our solution was to use two completely different cable designs to overcome those differences. Thus we end up with the Optimus 50 - a 50cm cable (aka .5 meters), and the Optimus 100 - a 100cm version (aka 1 meter). Different looks, different internals, but the same performance and the same price."  Hmmm, I bet somebody will hear a difference, but until someone lake v-fi steps-up to test them back-to-back, we won't know.

Everyone says shorter is better, but it would be hard to turn down a longer length for the same money if they indeed sound identical.