Tubulus Argentus I2s

@fthompson251 - I’ve never used one of these cables, but from what I have read on their web site they know what goes into making a great cable

• close to mono crystal silver silver solid core wire
• air insulation
• individually shielded twisted pairs
• additional overall shielding
• high quality connectors

I think the picture and audio quality will be outstanding with this cable based on their construction

But it is a bit on the pricey side - so it’s good that you got it used

The Concentus i2s is supposed to be a little better - it uses

• Solid core and semi-solid concentric conductors
• Various diameter conductors

So based on that, I would say your cable is at the top end of the HDMI cable performance curve

It would be interesting to observe how they compare with other HDMI cables, because I use very modestly priced HDMI cables (i.e. by comparison) in my home theatre system and they seem to be pretty darn good, from a picture and imaging perspective.

• But all of my other cables use similar techniques and grades of wire as listed above and they are exceptoinal perofrmers

If it does not perform up to your expectation, then I would suggest you look at the other cables in your system .

• The system can only sound as good as it’s weakest link (or cable)
• I do not believe that would be the Tubulus Argentus i2s Cable

Hope that helps - Steve

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. 

@williewonka @jaytor @fthompson251 

I am looking to get a qood quality I2S cable. Any updates to your last posts? Is there any better cable that you have come across?

Many thanks in advance!