New denafrips DDC (Iris and Gaia)

[richardloh]

Is the tubulus cable really as stiff as previously mentioned? Could it do a tight bend to connect two components stacked on each other?

I'm trying to look for a suitable hdmi i2s cable to compare with the phasure hdmi^2.

Hi Jazz,

It is stiff as compared to most and a huge hdmi connector is used.

Mine is 0.75m and the equipment are just single 10" rack space in between but I wun get 0.5m one.

Cheers.

Richard

 

[jazzbug]

Hi Jazz,

It is stiff as compared to most and a huge hdmi connector is used.

Mine is 0.75m and the equipment are just single 10" rack space in between but I wun get 0.5m one.

Cheers.

Richard

Your Tubulus looks solid & pretty in reallife

 

[BlakeT]

I am listening to the Tubulus Argentus right now, and I can say in no way do I get the impression that the "air" aspect is lacking in any way. Just the opposite- it has lots of air, together with lots of body and detail and a large sound stage. This is a terrific cable!

 

[AlexBPM]

Has anyone tried the Mapleshade Vivilink 3 as an i2s solution? A friend of mine conducted a shootout between a wireworld starlight series cable, the mapleshade and a few others. With his Rockna Wavedream and Revel Salon2 tube setup, he strongly disliked the wireworld. And absolutely loved the Vivilink 3. He absolutely swears by the mapleshade and proclaims it a giant killer at its price point. Would love to compare the Vivilink 3 to the Tubulus Argentus

 

[johnzz4]

Has anyone tried the Mapleshade Vivilink 3 as an i2s solution? A friend of mine conducted a shootout between a wireworld starlight series cable, the mapleshade and a few others. With his Rockna Wavedream and Revel Salon2 tube setup, he strongly disliked the wireworld. And absolutely loved the Vivilink 3. He absolutely swears by the mapleshade and proclaims it a giant killer at its price point. Would love to compare the Vivilink 3 to the Tubulus Argentus

I’ve found the Wireworld takes a long time to settle in. The Tubulus didn’t take nearly as long. The Wireworld has a larger soundstage and sounds more detailed, where the Tubulus has a bit smaller soundstage (not small, just smaller) with more body and a more natural sound. I ended up keeping both since it’s hard to say which is better... they each have their appeal. I have the Kimber D60 clock cable now, and it’s an impressive upgrade from the Canare, Mogami, and Apogee Wade Eye that I had tried. It’s taken almost a week for the D60 to shine, and I’m not sure if there are any more changes coming.

 

[BlakeT]

@johnzz4

Do you normally run in NOS or OS Mode?

I have been running NOS for the entire time of my TPlus ownership but tonight I tried OS and I am finding OS and Argentus is a good combo and seem to compliment each other in that OS Mode seems to bring out more detail and air and more sound stage.

By the same line of thinking I am wondering if your Wireworld which has relatively more detail by less body might combine better with NOS, as NOS seems to have more emphasis on tonal density and seems more full sounding?

I don't have any firm ideas yet as I just started experimenting with OS Mode about an hour ago.

 

[Sage Encore]

I’ve found the Wireworld takes a long time to settle in. The Tubulus didn’t take nearly as long. The Wireworld has a larger soundstage and sounds more detailed, where the Tubulus has a bit smaller soundstage (not small, just smaller) with more body and a more natural sound. I ended up keeping both since it’s hard to say which is better... they each have their appeal. I have the Kimber D60 clock cable now, and it’s an impressive upgrade from the Canare, Mogami, and Apogee Wade Eye that I had tried. It’s taken almost a week for the D60 to shine, and I’m not sure if there are any more changes coming.

Hi John,
That’s what I’ve been preaching from day one, the BNC cables or any cables for that matter make a huge difference. Glad you are finally reaping the true rewards of an upgrade. I’m now looking at some purist design hdmi and BNC cables, but in all likelihood I will go with my tried and tested Tellurium or soTm BNC cables, as for the hdmi I’m waiting on Blake’s FR to see if it’s going to be RAL, Tubulus or Purist design. I’m told the crystal cable will not be a good fit for me.

 

[Roasty]

I've just placed an order for a 1.5m length Tubulus Argentus hdmi. Hope it is good. Will be comparing it with a phasure hdmi^2.

 

[BlakeT]

I've just placed an order for a 1.5m length Tubulus Argentus hdmi. Hope it is good. Will be comparing it with a phasure hdmi^2.

It will be great to have your input so we have another data point. Together we can get this whole HDMI cable thing sorted out!

 

[Roasty]

It will be great to have your input so we have another data point. Together we can get this whole HDMI cable thing sorted out!

Yep agreed. It's always in the back of my mind wondering how another cable would perform in my system..

It'll be at least a month before I get to post my impressions/comparisons. The web dealer informs it'll be about 2 weeks before my cable is ready and gets shipped out, and I'll play it in my system for a while before jotting down my thoughts.

My main irk with the i2s system is there are two form factors ie hdmi and ethernet style plugs. I am thinking of getting the Gaia, but I am running two dacs next to each other and both use the hdmi style ports (no problem with su-6 as it has two hdmi i2s ports). If I get the gaia I need to custom a hdmi/rj45 cable (I saw Pete from Triode Wire Labs has made one recently).

 

[johnzz4]

@johnzz4

Do you normally run in NOS or OS Mode?

I have been running NOS for the entire time of my TPlus ownership but tonight I tried OS and I am finding OS and Argentus is a good combo and seem to compliment each other in that OS Mode seems to bring out more detail and air and more sound stage.

By the same line of thinking I am wondering if your Wireworld which has relatively more detail by less body might combine better with NOS, as NOS seems to have more emphasis on tonal density and seems more full sounding?

I don't have any firm ideas yet as I just started experimenting with OS Mode about an hour ago.

Always OS mode since I primarily run a 44k sampling rate with Tidal, and I don’t like the thought of losing a few dB of treble response with NOS due to the filter curve.

 

[Sage Encore]

I've just placed an order for a 1.5m length Tubulus Argentus hdmi. Hope it is good. Will be comparing it with a phasure hdmi^2.

Hi Roasty,
Is 1.5m an absolute necessary? HDMI is best kept as short as possible and that goes for BNC too.

 

[Roasty]

Hi Roasty,
Is 1.5m an absolute necessary? HDMI is best kept as short as possible and that goes for BNC too.

Yep unfortunately I need that length.

For experimentation, I have two lengths of phasure hdmi^2 cables and I tried both of them to the same dac. One was 0.7m and one was 1.5m, and I couldn't hear any difference.

 

[NoNameNPC]

There is no point to buy they DDC for they Dac's because they all do reclock of all input signals. Not too smart sell DDC with input for external clocks and then do reclock of all input.

 

[richardloh]

Hi,

Hurray ... 2 more of recording studio grade Canare d5.5uhdc01e bnc clock cables arrived from Japan at usd20 each for all 3 required ones to daisy chain avatar and gaia for the T+

https://www.soundhouse.co.jp/products/detail/item/239127/

Apogee wyde eye to be listed locally for sale and more than happy to ship it to oversea buyer here if interested at 30% off and added shipping $.

Cheers.

Richard