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Streamer to Denafrips Iris to Pontus need cable suggestions please

I’ve got a Iris on the way to mate to a Pontus and have no idea of the type or brand or the quality/price cable I will need. It’s coming from Auralic g2 which has usb, coax, aes,  tos, lan. L-link. 
 

What type and brand/ model do I go from Auralic to Iris. Then what type cable and then brand/ model do I use fro Auralic to Pontus.

 

There will be a HiDiamond RCA’s going from Pontus to Audio Hungary a50i. Audience au24 se and TG Audio speaker cables going to Joseph audio Pulsar and Reference 3a towers. 
 

I know this is a lot to ask but I am not familiar with digital cables. Only digital cable I ever owned is a spdif. I’m using a JPS Labs superconductor true digital coax from streamer to Pontus now. Can I get away without spending a lot of money since some say it’s just digital, probably not, sure hope so. 
 

 

paulcreed

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soix
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DH Labs makes good, high-value cables that don’t break the bank.  Here is a good USB cable you can use from the Aurender to the Iris and an HDMI cable you can use from the Iris to the Pontus to take advantage of its i2S connection.  BTW, you want the HDMI cable to be as short as possible as i2S degrades rapidly with distance.  I also have an Iris running i2S into my DAC and noticed a very big improvement over SPDIF. 

https://silversonic.com/products/digital-cables/mirage-usb/

https://silversonic.com/products/digital-cables/hdmi-2-1/

Hope this helps, and best of luck. 

soix
8,775 posts
 

Yes, go with the 0.5m cable if at all possible and that’s the shortest they offer. 

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