Quick hdmi question.

Out of curiosity, I did a search for your dac and some of the components I used to have. The i2s connectors are different. Yours has the hdmi and the older components used a small din. i2s standard must allow for different types of connectors. It actually makes sense, if you think about it. There's no shortage of expensive hdmi cable you can now obsess over and spend lots of money on. lol.

Not sure zd542 just going off what they told me to use for best Audio performance.

They use an hdmi cable for i2s? i2s has been around a lot longer than hdmi. If I remember correctly, any components I had that supported i2s used some type of din connector. But it was a long time ago, so I could be wrong.

Thanks Effischer.
Zd542 ps audio uses a connection called I2s which they recommend from dac to transport.

Why would you use an hdmi cable on those components? As far as I know, there's no video. Maybe there's something better about the SQ with an hdmi cable? Just curious.

Engineering arrows always point downstream, so transport -> DAC.