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HDMI audiophile cable

I have a Musician Pegasus DAC I’m VERY happy with in my HeadFi rig.  But, it’s got this I2S input I feel the need to use.  So, I’m gonna drop the $ on a Singxer SU-2 to give me the best connection but, and it’s a big but, what HDMI cable is best for audio.  Yeah, I know there have been other threads about this, but this frontier is changing so quickly I want the latest and greatest.  So here we are.  If I’m gonna dump almost 500 bucks on a digital converter, I sure as hell don’t wanna undermine it with a sub-optimal HDMI cable, and I got nuthin’.  Let it fly!

soix
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jasonbourne52
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Save your money - unless you've got a neurotic itch to spend more because of confirmation bias. Any well-made HDMI cable will transfer all those data bits just all well with no loss just as good as an expensive cable.

soix OP
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You mean, just like any digital cable?  Because I’ve heard huge differences between digital cables running between my DAC and preamp.  If you don’t hear differences,  good for you, but I’d get my hearing checked i I was you. 

melm
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If you feel the need to spend money go ahead.  But your DAC already has a circuit to convert from USB to I2S which is exactly what the Singxer does.  In other words, it duplicates exactly what you already have.  Unless you have reason to believe it will do that much better, and noticeably so, there's really no need.

Devices that can transmit the I2S AND eliminate the USB function entirely might be expected, theoretically, to improve SQ.  Typically they have Ethernet input and I2S output.  But that's not what a Singxer SU-2 does.

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