One of the best HDMI cable?

Recently I purchased a used wireworld Patinum 7.  The high is extremely high n mid is not as clear.  I suspect I might have purchased a counterfeit power cable!  Any idea? Usually how long does it take a used cable to settle in the system? Thanks

I’m on my third brand of digital components utilizing 12s though my current server’s 12s output pin layout isn’t compatible with my new digital stack .
A few years ago prior to purchasing any 12s cable to use in my stereo I pulled a HDMI cable from my video to use until I purchased a high end 12s cable . The HDMI cables for my video were a random choice from Bluejean website, Tarton brand .
  I later purchased WireWorld’s Platinum Starlight ran it in well plugged into my cable receiver.
Remarkably the inexpensive Tarton cable equaled the Platinum Starlight in every way and with further comparison we found the Tarton cable to have a more full bodied presentation which was readily notable.

In the four years I’ve used components with 12s outputs and input’s I haven’t had the urge to replace the inexpensive Tarton cable , who knows why it’s performance is so good .

You have to have really good eyes and ears to determine differences between HDMI cables because a lot of the time they are subtle.  However, there are differences between HDMI cables.  It can also be that your system is not able to reveal the differences.  If you are running a warming sounding system it is likely that you will never be able to tell the differences in sound between HDMI cables.  The same goes for the quality of the video display.

Auxinput , could be , though Ive never tried any other generic HDMI cables against the Tartan brand and WireWorld , it turned out we preferred the Tartan having more body . As I went though changes of digital front ends the WireWorld Platinum Starlight was eventually sold by the time I purchased Rockna and now the AudioByte Vox stack he same Tartan HDMI cable will be used in the AudioByte streamer once its released on the market.However I do understand HDMI cables are licensed to manufacture by a handful of producers though maybe calling it 12s gets around licensing fees, could be , maybe , I don’t know .

Could be just one of those things .

ahhh, ok I get what you're saying.  And it's not "12S", it is "i2s".  (not one two s).  i2s is a way of transmitting raw 2-channel PCM data without having to encode it into an s/pdif data format.  It basically skips that step.  It is a prioprietary transfer method and the connections are different between manufactureres.  Some manufacturers use HDMI cable to connect this, but it is NOT an HDMI interface.  It only uses the cable to transmit a different type of signal.

In this situation, I can totally see where you would like the Tartan better.  It has two advantages here - it is made from pure copper (cheap copper, but still copper).  The Wire World Platinum has two problems.  1 - it is pure silver (which will affect the sound). 2 - it uses DNA Helix configuration, which is 2 x 26awg twisted wires to transmit each HDMI data pin.  This causes small timing problems because the two 26awg conductors are never going to be exactly the same length.  It could affect data and waveform timing / rise time.

The Tartan will definitely sound warmer because of these two characteristics.  If you are looking for a better HDMI cable for i2s that shares the Tartan approach, try a Purist Audio Design HDMI.  It uses much better copper - 24awg long grain copper conductors that are triple-shielded.