Tubulus Argentus I2s


Anyone have any experience with this I2s cable? Got a chance to try one I just bought used to go between my Dinafrips Hermes and Venus II DAC. It's in transit and should be here in a week. Been looking at a lot of HDMI cables lately and this one suddenly popped up. I can always re sell it I guess, I think I got it confused with a Concentus which I have read has gotten good reviews. Anyone own one?

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Showing 2 responses by jaytor

I am currently using this cable between my Denafrips Gaia and Terminator Plus. It works very well, but the improvements are fairly modest compared to a relatively inexpensive hdmi cable that I used temporarily while waiting for this to arrive. 

It is a definite improvement and I've certainly spent more for a less significant difference. But I think the Denafrips DDCs and DACs are not that sensitive to this particular connection.

Switching to i2s (instead of AES or SPDIF) between the Gaia and the DAC was a VERY noticeable improvement - much more so than upgrading from a cheap HDMI cable to the Tubulus cable for this purpose. But since it was an improvement, I've kept it in the system. 

@dcpillai - I haven't tried any other i2s cables. I've been very happy with the sound from my Terminator Plus and haven't had any desire to try any other cables.