Looking for a Giant Killer Digital cable

This is a subject I am naive to and up until now my understanding was that data transfer using I2s and USB are the bases for superior data performance.
Currently I use I2s output from a PS Audio Direct Stream Memory Player to a Denafrips Terminator dac and speaking for myself to date I am experiencing the best most enjoyable digital playback in my home so far .

The I2s cable I use is WireWorlds platinum starlight their top HDMI cable which I found to outperform by a good margin PS Audios supplied Kimbercable I2s cable , is the WireWorld cable worth $700.00 I couldn’t say .

Anyway I find this cable subject interesting especially Audioengr comments and test results which got me to order his reference coax cable .

I found I2S when used with PS Audio devices to be superior to all...S/PDIF, USB, Optical. With I2S. the power and data stream travel thru different conductors thereby reducing noise and interference.
USB is susceptible to noise since the data and power source are combined and travel thru the same conductor. Noise may be from a computer, the type of power supply, or grounding issue. That's why some sort of decrapifier like the Schiit Wyrd or an Empirical Audio device is needed.

in_shore, let us know how that ref coax performs.

A variable cap and variable resistor on the input termination of the dac, and then use a scope to look..and tune a perfect edge on the input waveform.

I used to do that in hardwired video installs for custom built CRT projection systems. tuned both ends of the transmission line. cheap as all get out, best signal quality.

slightly outside of the capabilities of most but definitely doable.

other than that, it is the liquid metal cables, where the impedance is not a set aspect and dynamically adjusts to the signal and the termination in all given potential points of the line itself, in any given microsecond. Besides being capable of handling DC to MHz-GHz range signals. No other digital S/PDIF cable can come close to those specs.

It's a honey badger cable ---as honey badger doesn't care.

Although, not so inexpensive. Jim will need something extra.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL-3eU67wOc

@auxinput

Impressive.
Certainly appreciated. Thanks.
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@in_shore > Anyway I find this cable subject interesting especially Audioengr comments and test results which got me to order his reference coax cable .

Blindjim > I’ll echo the need for you to clue us in on your subjective appraisals of the reference wire.
Plese. Thanks.
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@lowrider57

Thoughtful.
Many Thanks.
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@teo_audio
Thanks for the input.

Jim will need something else….

10 – 4!
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Yep. I’m still here.

I’ve decided to get a couple wires and some BNC to RCA adapters for my Oyaide BNC cable and do a wee comparison test among the three. One of the new wires is decided. The other one is still a question mark, but the dust is settling.

Although the Oyaide BNC on site is a 1.3M (4.27ft) cable, I’ll shoot for lengths of 1.5M (4.92ft). the application in this case simply does not warrant more investment IMHO.

Stay tuned for feedback on things going forward. Hopefully this will not turn out to be a matter of preferred differences, rather than improved performance given the constraints of the associated gear at this interval. We’ll see.