Description
Designed and handcrafted with multiple combinations of 5N OCC silver wire, carefully fine-tuned to achieve the highest sound quality and minimize signal transmission loss.
* Please provide the I2S pinouts of your equipment and direction of cable. For HDMI AV, it will be Standard HDMI Pinout for general Audio video. *
Audiolund HDMI I2S/IIS/AV Cable ~ True Silver Series
– Use 5N OCC silver cables made in Europe, carefully shielded one by one, twisted and then soldered
– Use 24awg 5N OCC silver wire in 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
The HDMI I2S Cable True Silver Series define the new class for pure silver with distinct silky beautiful sound. It is specially built with imported 5N OCC silver wires on all major key pinouts. True Silver Series I2S Cable has a sweet, delicate, powerful, fast dynamics sound, and it also has a stronger tone, warmer with richer full body organic sound. The True Silver Series set a new standard for another category of the pure silver modern sound.
I²S (Inter-IC Sound), is an electrical serial bus interface standard used for connecting digital audio devices together. It is used to communicate PCM audio data between integrated circuits in an electronic device. The I²S bus separates clock and serial data signals, resulting in simpler receivers than those required for asynchronous communications systems that need to recover the clock from the data stream, thus result in much better details and excellent sound quality. I2S is better than S/PDIF or AES/EBU (AES3) because it separates the clock and the data onto separate signals.
The I2S consists of many lines: Bit clock line “continuous serial clock (SCK)”, “bit clock (BCLK)”. Word clock line “word select (WS)”, “left-right clock (LRCLK)”, multiplexed data line “serial data (SD)”, but can be called SDATA, SDIN, SDOUT, DACDAT, ADCDAT, etc. Master clock (typically 256 x LRCLK)
There is NO STANDFRD defined for the I2S pins configurations. Therefore, in order to ensure that I2S cable to function properly, would need to get the I2S layouts from audio equipment manufactures.
I2S pinouts
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
I2S cable will work well, if I2S source to I2S playback device, provided they 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 True 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. **
1) Default: White Strip + Transparent strip on White Background (Better wear resistance for plastic strip)
2) Silver Foil + Transparent Strip on White Background (Weak wear resistance for Silver foil, handle with care)
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.
Thought would share my experience on my purchase of the Audiolund True Silver Series I2S cable.I have no association or received payment for this.
After quite a few e mails with Danny at Audiolund regarding pin configurations with my CD transport and Dac and my current listening sound and what I was looking for.It was decided the True Silver Series would be the best fit.
Upon receiving the cable I was immediately impressed with the thickness and build of the cable.
The first couple of hours the sound stage was quite confined and on the bright side a touch.Once the cable reached double digit hours it was obvious that the sound stage now had width and depth.The sound stage edges have great detail compared to any type of interconnect I have used in the past.The sound is natural and organic but at the same time balanced from top to bottom.
I have used a Nordost SPDIF cable in my current set up which is more than twice the price of the Audiolund and found the Nordost to be a touch more warm but didn’t have the micro resolution and sound stage of the Audiolund True Silver Series I2S cable.
I would recommend Danny at Audiolund Cables and his customer service without hesitation.
I have been using various cables for my HI FI equipment for forty years
I recently came across the company AudioLund Design on the internet and I was interested in an HDMI cable of course I always buy the best model in this case it was the True Silver Series ~ HDMI I2S/IIS/AV Cable (OCC Silver)
From my experience I can say that these are the best HDMI cables I have ever had in my possession and I have had the pleasure of testing all that are possible
In the near future I will buy two more and the best power cable
What else I pay attention to is their very high quality of workmanship and the use of pure silver from probably the best company which is Duelund
I have only had the cable for a week and I can already see a very big improvement in the quality of sound and image on my latest and best model Sony OLED tv
I highly recommend this cable
Follow-up Review:
The cable is fully stabilized after 1,000 hrs. I compared Audiolund i2S and Black Cat digit 75 SPDIF cables with the clock normalised.
The overall music quality is close with the i2S presenting a wider stage and more details. The wider stage was always there, however previously the left and right end were fuzzy. Now is a clear and vertical.
The music signature for both cables are similar. No adulteration just straight out transparent.
The Black Cat has the special quality of somehow separating the vocals and music with a dark band making it easy to listen to complex songs like Dire Strait “money for nothing”.
Now my cable options is i2S for classicals and “Live” recording and Black Cat for all others.
Your i2S cable is actually very good for it’s price, Just need lots of patient for it to develop full potential.
Danny had been very helpful helping me make my decision promptly and cable was delivered after 2 days.
Upon installation, the musical stage became wider and deeper. And general music separation improves and you’re hearing more things.
The i2s cable really started opening up around 400 hours of burning in and the result is “wow”. It’s absolutely wonderful for classical and instrumental music, however complex it may be. All other type of music sounds wonderful, including heavy metals and nostalgic 60s music.
Very obvious and distinctive improvement is the wider and deeper stage, especially the nuances and clear vocal and music separation (Dire Straits – money for nothing).
I think to fully benefit from it, the system should be at least quite transparent. I’m hooked.
The notable characteristics of these cables, includes elevated sound-staging, airiness, speed, and transient response, all indicative of their ability to create a spacious and well-defined sonic image. The increased airiness and speed contribute to a more open and transparent sound, allowing for a clearer and more detailed presentation of the music’s subtle nuances and textures.
Non-fatiguing nature of the cables enables extended listening .
Excellent build quality too.
Following the break in of this cable it is by far the best sounding cable I have used in my system. The True Silver connects my Esoteric Grandioso P1X to the mono DACs Esoteric Grandioso D1X. The cables are easy on the eye, solidly built and sound fabulous… what more could you need! I had tried Wireworld, Audioquest, Nordost Valhalla 2 (£3,000 each). you will not go wrong with “True Silver”.
I am using the True Silver HDMI x 2 on my Esoteric Grandioso P1X and Grandioso D1X (mono blocks) and I have never been happier with the sound I am getting once the cables reached break in. They are gorgeous cables and seriously well built and sound fabulous…..what more do you need! I had tried Wireworld, Audioquest, Nordost Valhalla 2 (Cost £3,000 each). Pick True Silver and you will be more than happy.
Grateful that Danny allows home demo of his cables which is quite rare (unfortunately) in the local audio scene. Tried the xtreme and true silver series I2S cables. Much prefer the latter out of the 2 and no prizes for guessing, I made the purchase.
Cable is of excellent build quality albeit a little thick and not as flexible as I would like. But when it comes to audio, I could immediately hear an audible difference. Everything sounds much clearer, akin to lifting of the veils. More details and nuances of the music could be heard, soundstage is further enlarged with greater depths.
This deserves more attention among the audiophiles and look forward to more reviews from others as well!
Purchased this beautiful cable to connect an Audio-GD DI20HE DDC to a Gustard R26 DAC. Danny provided a custom pinouts and direction of the cable since Audio-gd uses type B standard and Gustard type A. The cable is thick, heavy and quite stiff and Danny adviced me to me use some form of support under the termination (wooden blocks in my case). You need to be patient because the cable requires quite a break in time to perform at its best, but then you are rewarded with a natural tone, excellent microdynamic, huge soundstage with tiny ambience sounds retrieval. Highly recommended to make the most from your H2S connection.
I’ve previously found high purity silver (as used here) to give the best results in audio. Beautifully made, finished, & very promptly delivered, this cable from Audiolund confirms it! Silver has the lowest resistance of all & gives the most detail, which in turn gives warmth and speed. Using it as a digital audio interconnect the sound is brilliant – pure, warm, fast & as close as I’ve ever heard to the sound I’ve experienced daily over 40 years as a member of a professional symphony orchestra! Thank you Danny!