USB reclocker vs DDC?

Thanks.

I think you’re potentially getting more benefit out of a DDC especially if it allows you to take advantage if your DAC’s i2S or AES/EBU input that often provide significant sonic advantages. Especially if the DDC also re-clocks the data and using the i2S connection I’d think the clock becomes less of an issue, but I could be wrong on that. I bought a used Denafrips Iris DDC and was pretty shocked at the improvement I got switching from the SPDIF to i2S input on my DAC.  Just my $0.02 FWIW.

Thank you, soix.

To what DAC is the Iris attached?

Musician Pegasus.  The other surprising thing is I’m hearing these significant benefits from the Iris and i2S through a very cheap 6” HDMI cable from Monoprice…

https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=13578

So, I’m thinking either the HDMI cable doesn’t have much impact on sound with i2S (as long as it’s short) or I’ve got further improvements in store when I upgrade my HDMI cable to something from DH Labs, etc.  

I'm guessing the latter. If you don't mind, let me know what you find if/when you upgrade your HDMI cable. That'll be very interesting.