Description
Designed and handcrafted with multiple combinations of 5N OCC silver wires mixed with Duelund tinned copper wires, carefully fine-tuned to achieve the highest sound quality.
* Please provide the I2S pinouts of your equipment and direction of cable. *
Audiolund HDMI I2S/IIS/AV Cable ~ Flagship Series
- Use 7 solid cores (24GA+26GA+28GA+29GA+29GA+32GA+32A) of 5N OCC silver wires mixed with 20GA Duelund tinned copper wires in all the various pins, DATA+/-, BCL+/-, LRCK+/-, MLCK+/-, SCL and SDA
- Built with audiophile grade solder, carefully fine-tuned and added pin connections for all grounding too
- Use various types and multiple layers of shielding materials for shielding to reduce noise and RFI/EMI interference
- With unique damping design, use various types of anti-vibration/damping materials to suppress vibration and isolation
- 1.0m standard length with other length options
We aim to have a balance and best sound with vintage Western Electric sound reproduced by Duelund Tinned Copper wires and modern Pure Silver sound reproduced by 5N OCC Silver wires. Flagship Series HDMI I2S/IIS cable will have the best of both Duelund tinned copper wires and 5N OCC Silver wires with very comprehensive sound, natural, smooth and musical with quiet background. It also has the sweet, delicate, powerful and fast dynamic of pure silver sounds. It is designed for owners with super high-end system and for those who demand for utmost best sounds of HDMI I2S/IIS Cable.
Flagship HDMI I2S cable series is based on Xtreme Series I2S Cable where it is built with Duelund tinned copper wires mixed with Ultimate Silver series built with 7 solid cores of (24GA+26GA+28GA+29GA+29GA+32GA+32A) of 5N OCC silver wires. We believe that the Flagship series HDMI I2S/AV cable, together with Ultimate Silver series HDMI I2S cable, should be the top two ultimate design of HDMI I2S cable in the current market.
My Humble Comments: If you like both the Western Electric sounds and the Pure Silver sounds equally, mostly for musicality and tonality, Flagship series is your ultimate choice. However, if you prefer the fully organic and fast dynamic sounds of pure 5N OCC silver wires, the Ultimate Silver series is a better choice. My personal favorites are both the Ultimate Silver series (built with 7* small solid cores OCC Silver wires) and the Flagship series (built with a mixture of Duelund tinned copper wires and 5N OCC silver wires). It is my utmost recommendation for audiophiles with the utmost system setup using HDMI I2S cable. This Flagship series HDMI I2S cable, together with Ultimate Silver series, are the top two series of our Audiolund HDMI I2S cables.
Please provide the I2S pinouts of your equipment and direction of cable. There are generally 2 definitions, A and B. Alternatively, please provide your equipment brand names, such streamer, Transport, DDC and DAC etc. and I could find it online.
A-Definition vs B-Definition:
HDMI I2S A Definition: Pink Faun, Wyred4Sound, Audiobyte, Wadia, Rockna, SMSL, LKS, Gustard, JAVS, Singxer
HDMI I2S B Definition: Sonore, PS Audio, Mola Mola, M2 Tech, Aune, Holo Audio, Empirical Audio, K&K Audio, Channel Islands Audio, Musica Pristina, Stahl~Tek, Matrix, DiDiT, HiFime, X-Sabre, Soundaware, Audio-gd, Denafrips, Jay’s Audio
The I2S cable will work well, if I2S source to I2S playback device, both adhere to the same signal configuration. So, it would be better if you know the pin configuration of your CD/Transport/Streamer, as well as your DAC. If you match signal configuration correctly, the I2S Cable Ultimate Silver Series performs exceptionally well, well beyond expectations.
Note: Generally, HDMI I2S performs better than RJ45 I2S. If the I2S cable does not function properly in your system, it may be due to the wrong I2S pin layout. Customer could request for a full refund.
HDMI AV (HDMI 2.0):
For standard AV applications, it will be built as per standard HDMI Pinouts for general audio video. Noted that this HDMI AV supports HDMI 2.0/1.4/1.3 only. It could support the highest quality up to 4K of video resolution, with full 18Gbps bandwidth from the HDMI 2.0b specification. This HDMI AV 2.0 cable is not supported 8K resolution becasue 8K resolution will require a HDMI 2.1 plug.
HDMI Plug Orientations:
Please provide the orientation of HDMI plugs connected to equipment, so that the HDMI plug could be plugged in without twisting.
Example:
** HDMI plug is relatively weak and fragile due to its 19-pins PCA, please be careful when plug-in. Audiolund I2S cable is thick and heavy too. So, it may require cable support or wooden block below HDMI plug to support the weight. Highly recommended to use with cable support. **
OPTION: Select Cable Sleeve Color:
1) Default: Gold Foil + Black Strip on Black Background (Weak wear resistance for Gold Foil, handle with care)
2) Gold Foil + Transparent Strip on White Background (Weak wear resistance for Gold Foil, handle with care)
3) Red Copper + White Strip on Black Background (Better wear resistance for Red Copper and plastic strips)
4) Black + Grey Strip on White Background (Better wear resistance for this plastic strips sleeve)
Cable Run-In: Audiolund cables are mostly multi-core design with various combinations of wires. Thus, all Audiolund cables will require a long time to run in. OCC Silver wires are thick solid core wires, will take even longer time to run in than Duelund tinned copper multi-strands of parallel thin core wires. The general guideline for run-in time, estimated 100 – 200 hours. Flagship series will need to run in more hours.
A quick look back at the i2s Flagship HDMI cable: it’s validated on my system, everything is there, the voices are sublime, beautiful cut of presence, density and speed. The sound is very analog.
On the other hand, it took a good month and a half for it to deliver its full potential. You have to be very patient and be wary of hasty conclusions.
Good choice for me.
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