Contrary to some reviews I read that said the Shunyata Sigma sounded great straight out of box with marginal improvement over weeks and month, it only blossomed many times over the Oyaide with at least overnight continued playing .. it made a obvious improvement as you had described. Put it aside and the whole process of continued play is again required.
No worry ... I bought into Denafrips with absolutely no regret and now having the Avatar transport, Hermes/Gaia ddc and Terminator Plus+ with a barrage of RJ45 i2s connectivity in addition to the usual hmdi i2s as seen in enclosed photos.
In addition, all these i2s connections in my setup are without clocking since suitable Denafrips products setup allows the preferred usage of having all synced to a single oxco clock (there are 2 for 44.1 & 48khz) via separate BNC connection/cabling in my Terminator dac mm away from its FGPA electronics.
Loads of i2s and usually uber expensive master clocking to dac are what I love about Denafrips approach to sound quality.
Hope your audition with even the older version of idefender turns out positive with Antipodes usb output to dac as I did and using it for the last 2 yrs.
Do note that new version of idefender+ at usd50 from local ifi distros will gives even darker background and music "pops" even more which I feel best describe any obvious and significant improvement in any tweaking ... without any demerit to my ears in my system.
Await your sharing and hope this finding benefits more Antipodes users ..
Did not find any used Shunyata Sigma rj45 for i2s from cdp to dac and struck me that I should use something similar to existing hdmi i2s from ddc to dac of Tubulus Argentus instead .... do not believe Shunyata sigma rj45 cable was developed or voiced specifically for i2s.
Decided to upgrade to Tubulus Concentus and will be receiving them in both hdmi i2s and rj45 i2s in about 3-4 weeks instead for a more competitive pricing than usual Shunyata products.
Decided to upgrade to Tubulus Concentus and will be receiving them in both hdmi i2s and rj45 i2s in about 3-4 weeks instead for a more competitive pricing than usual Shunyata products.
@Triode User Do you ever go bnc only from your K50 to M-scaler? I know you typically use USB with the Innuos PhoenixUSB. I do the same, but I've been curious about going bnc straight from the K50 because I want to hear what the internal reclocker sounds like. Since you're the bnc cables guy, I thought you might have some insight here. Are there any sound quality improvements or decreases by going bnc vs usb?
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