One of the best HDMI cable?

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.

Auxinput , have you actually listened to these cables in a system at all ? if not all of your comment’s are nothing more then assumptions  .....i2s , you felt you had to correct a typo ? LoL

Finally we weren’t using home theatre receiver’s and what have you for evaluating digital front ends . Stick with home theatre ....

He’s still thinking about the question.