Revelation Audio Labs 'Prophecy' - world’s finest HDMI cable for i2s audio

Description: Most recent unsolicited feedbacks from AudiogoN members (quoted by permission):“Perfect buying experience. Super fast shipping. I let this cable burn-in for 100 hours, before any critical listing. The cable connects my PS Audio Direct Stream DAC and transport. OMG! It's that good. The cable it replaced was quite good, but this is on a whole other level. It does the entire audio spectrum flawlessly. It conveys the most difficult musical passages with stunning resolution. Not sure cables get any better than this.” - AudiogoN member getheleadout"Another amazing transaction and another amazing RAL HDMI cable. Sounded excellent right out of the box and it is improving every day. Shipping was super fast, even during the busiest time of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. BTW, this is my 3rd RAL cable. Both Ethernet and USB were beyond reproach and bested cables from AudioQuest (Diamond) WireWorld (Platinum), Shunyata (Sigma v2), SOtM (dCBL-CAT7), just to mention the few. I have a feeling that HDMI cable will do the same as I2S connection. Highly recommended!" - AudiogoN member arago LATEST DESIGN REVISION0.65-meter (~26 inch) length Revelation Audio Labs ’Prophecy’ CryoSilver™ Reference HDMI i2s Digital Link cable (other lengths available - contact us for pricing). Revelation Audio Labs was recently chosen by Stereophile magazine for their Recommended Components 2023 edition, which makes it NINE (9) consecutive times (also Fall 2022, 2022, Fall 2021, 2021, 2020, Fall 2019, 2019 AND 2018). Revelation Audio Labs was also chosen by The Absolute Sound magazine for the Golden Ear Award, published in Issue #286 (September 2018) - one of only three cable brands to be awarded, the only digital cable in the class, and the only cable under the four thousand dollar (<$4,000.00) price point. Note: since NO CABLE was chosen for the 2019 Golden Ear Award, we currently remain as one of the last handful of cables to receive a Golden Ear Award.Quoting an e-mail from one of our esteemed beta testers of this completely new re-designed HDMI cable: “I have now given a good work-out to your HDMI cable. It is another winner – the best I have yet heard. I compared it against my previous best cable, which is the top-of-the-line Furutech HDMI cable ($550 retail) that I had cryo-treated. I’m using this cable between a Baetis Prodigy X server and my Marantz 8802a MCh pre/pro (with Wilson Audio speakers and Parasound JC-1 mono-block amps). I now have the best MCh sound I have ever heard, so thank you very much. Needless to say, we will be telling all of our customers about this cable, which is quite reasonably priced at $699. Best, John PS: Andy Quint of TAS will have a chance to hear it when he visits us shortly; and congrats on your Golden Ear award and Stereophile Recommended Components.” - John Mingo, owner, Baetis Audio "We have put approximately 200 plus hours on the cable. We really did not audition it during the first 100 hours so we did not receive any false impressions. This cable is extremely easy to understand what it does because it is very obvious. All other HDMI cables (dozens) we have tested sounded a version of themselves but nothing spectacular. The Revelation Audio Labs HDMI i2s cable is phase coherent and it sounds more accurate because it is totally in phase. If you listen to most HDMI they are out of phase. The detail is correct, staging is correct, depth is correct and midrange is clearer because the whole Revelation Audio Labs HDMI i2s cable is in phase. We have 2 HDMI inputs in our reference server so we could just do direct A/B testing at a flick of the switch and every person said what I am telling you after direct A/B testing. If anyone asks we can now tell them we do have a reference HDMI cable." - Neill, Robert (Bob), President, Worldwide Wholesales, North American distirbutor for Rockna Audio Other recent testimonials: "I would like to give you some feedback on your Reference HDMI cables, they are now my reference! The music when played through them just sounds more enjoyable with more clarity, life, air, weight, dynamics and without digital harshness. I was initially very skeptical of different HDMI cables making a big difference to the sound quality but now I have absolutely no doubt they do. Also HDMI cables that are ultra expensive do not necessarily sound better and I have proved this at least to myself as your HDMI cables came out best, and at less than half the price, compared to: Audioquest Diamond Wireworld Platinum Starlight Nordost Valhalla 2I have also tried the following and yours still come out tops: JIB Germany Silver Arrow Silent Wire Germany REFERENCE mk3 Golden Sound Taiwan Platinum Silver SAEC Japan Reference Series Yena Audio Korea Carbon Reference Purist Audio Design USA Cardas USA Transparent Cable Premium USA I also tried good quality generic brands. So as you can see I have indeed tested a number of HDMI cables.Keep up the good work! Thanks and best regards, J.H., Ireland" “I just wanted you to know that I received your HDMI cable and it looks great! Construction is top notch and I have it hooked up and burning in as I am typing this message. First impressions: WOW! I know it’s been said 1,000 times but it truly feels like a veil was lifted and I was hearing more of what’s on the CD. I have it connected between my PS Audio DMP transport and DirectStream DAC using their i2s ports. The cable it replaced was a WireWorld Silver Starlight 7 HDMI, their second from the top Platinum Starlight. The Silver, which was no slouch and sounded pretty good, or so I thought, until I installed your cable! The sound-stage has expanded, the highs are more present, bass is deep and tight, there is a clarity and blacker background and more presence to the music. All this and the cable is not even fully broken in yet! (about 24 hours of continuous play so far) I am hoping things will only improve with time. So, thank you for making such a beautiful and amazing sounding cable. It has brought my stereo system and enjoyment of it, to new heights! With your HDMI cable, I have MUSIC!” - fabgear"Just when I had about convinced myself I had been ripped off the HDMI I2S cable showed up unannounced. Even at 1st blush I am shocked at how good it sounds. This thing portrays S P A C E. The soundstage is taller, wider and deeper than the Audioquest Diamond I have been using between my PS Audio Directstream Memory Player and my Directstream DAC’s HDMI ports. Still a bit early to make a good judgement about tonality, but this is a great bang for the buck cable. UPDATE (2 weeks later): I have listened quite a bit now and find myself rediscovering my CD/SACD/DVD audio collection. I am still floored to hear such an increase in available detail without brightness, glare, or sterility." - saddle3016"Astonishing Sound Improvement - just a quick note to let you know that I have your 4-meter cable installed and have listened very carefully to some music I am thoroughly familiar with, and I cannot overemphasize the amazing improvement this cable has made to my system: I am hearing never-before heard details, especially low-level, sounds that were missing before installing your cable. The soundstaging is phenomenal. One more very important thing I forgot to mention: such precise image focus within the sound stage: you can ’see’ where everything is unless the sound of, say an organ, is intentionally manipulated to sound as if it is ethereal in the background (Yao-Si-Ting - Scarborough Fair). Talk about being-there sound performance, I have it. This cable was well worth the wait and is never leaving as long as I’m alive. Thank you for providing such a phenomenal component." - M.P., Maine“The reason I ordered your HDMI cable: I really appreciate your work and I am enjoying your Ethernet cable immensely. I compared it, in my system, against AudioQuest Diamond, WireWorld Platinum Starlight 8, Shunyata Sigma v2, SOtM dCBL-CAT7, just to mention few. It was the main reason I delayed this purchase for so long as I didn’t see (hear?) the need to improve anything. Now, audiophile bug was awaken again, so I will do some experiments comparing i2s in the HDMI format to i2s in the RJ-45 format. Looking forward to it. I am sure it will be another Revelation (pun intended :)) Best regards and keep up great work.” - A.A., Virginia, USA"I am an owner of various Revelation Audio Labs analog and digital cables living in Hong Kong. I have been using his HDMI cables for two years. They are designed for transferring i2S signals according to Brad. After I found that they are superior over many other famous brands for transferring i2S signals, I tried to request to order an AV-compatible HDMI cable for connecting my Oppo 205 with Anthem AVM60 preamp. Brad guaranteed that his HDMI cables are AV-compatible. This is the truth. I can use it to transfer the bitstream signals from 205 to AVM60 smoothly. Later I also tried to use it to connect AVM60 with my new Sony A8H OLED TV. It can also successfully transfer 4K (up to 30P) HDR signals to my TV. The feature of Audio Return Channel (ARC) can also prove to work. Frankly speaking, I didn’t try to test its capability of transferring 4K 60P & 4K 120P signals because very few sources of UHD BD of these formats are commonly available. I wish that you might find my experiences about using RAL HDMI cables useful. Have a nice day!" - L.M.H.0.65-meter length Revelation Audio Labs ’Prophecy’ CryoSilver™ Reference HDMI i2s Digital Link cable (other lengths available - contact us). Risk-Free 30 Day Audition Guarantee - try the cable in your system for a full 30 days - if you are not pleased, you may return the cable for a refund. You may proceed with the confidence in knowing that no one who has tried the cable has returned it!Fully supported and highly recommended by Steve Nugent of Empirical Audio for use in i2s audio applications (featured and sold on the EA web site), and John Mingo of Baetis Audio.Crafted by hand with heart in the United States of America aside Florida’s Space Coast.Designed for use as the i2s cable for respective appropriate equipment. Quite naturally it serves as the supreme HDMI cable for the front end of your high end digital music system. There is no other HDMI type cable built like it, nor is there a better HDMI type cable. Period. THE WORLD’S BEST. WITHOUT EXCEPTION. Our digital cable designs have even been commissioned by NASA for the reliable and lossless transmission of in-flight digital data!Of course the cable you are using now, even if you paid a lot for it, is likely mediocre at best, and may actually be the weakest link in your fine music system. Our cable finally enables the full sonic potential of the connected equipment that you paid for.Completely new, updated design Although our previous design is still widely considered the gold standard, this completely new re-designed version takes audio performance to a entirely new level. Deep cryogenic treated 5N pure solid core CryoSilver™ conductors, Air Tunnel™ dielectrics, Mil. Spec. shieldings (layered solid and braided OFC shielding methodologies), and more.To achieve this, we have to do what absolutely no one else in the world is doing. As with all our cables, everything is done manually, completely by hand, involving numerous man hours of labor. To start, within the oversized American-made PTFE Teflon tube that forms each discreet air dielectric, each hand polished conductor is carefully slid in the interior by hand. Each of these tubes is then separately wrapped by hand with the shielding materials. These form the sub-assemblies that are then fabricated into the eight-pole next-level assembly, then next installed within the CCIC™ (Conductive Carbon Infused Composite) outer jacket. This process is the opposite of all other HDMI cable wire assemblies we are aware of. They are all mass produced, machine made by the mile. Finest ultra high quality premium connectors. The new connector is extremely effective at providing superior conductivity, outstanding shielding characteristics, while its high mass reduces the unwanted affects of vibration. It is extremely robust, rugged and well made for many years of trouble-free service, compared to the frail and delicate nature of typical HDMI connectors. The interior cavity of the heavy shell is potted by our injection process with an aerospace dielectric compound, augmenting the high mass, further reducing vibration and resonance, and increasing reliability through providing mechanical stress relief.Please visit our web site for a full thesis on our design technologies, but as a brief synopsis, this cable features: • We start with bare single crystal five-nines (5N) ultra-pure solid core CryoSilver™ conductors – deep cryogenically treated in our exclusive vacuum cryogenic process. Silver is the most electrically conductive of all the elements, and our silver is not your father’s silver. The raw, uninsulated wire used is made by a U.S. company that specializes in precision silver wiring technology primarily for advanced aerospace and medical imaging industries. Not at all what you find in other audio cables. No bulk cable is employed in any of our designs. That is simply because there is no bulk cable in existence that does what we need it to do.• Air Tunnel™ dielectrics - no other HDMI cable in the world we are aware of employs air dielectrics. Our unique, cutting edge technology makes it possible. Each individual conductor pole is hermitically sealed to provide a consistent air dielectric impervious to saying ambient atmospheric conditions and contaminants. Most common audio wire has extruded insulation, where the insulation material is in intimate and immediate contact with the conductor along its entire length. This forms the dielectric of the wire, which has a tendency to absorb and release energy to and from the conductor, and is a function of the capacitance of the cable. The occurrence of this phenomenon produces negative sonic affects. Dielectric constant measurements are used to determine the ability of an insulator to store electrical energy. Common insulator materials and their dielectric constants are Teflon (2.1), polyethylene (2.25) and polyvinyl chloride (3.18). The best practical dielectric is air, which has the near-perfect lowest dielectric constant (1.00059) next to a vacuum (which has a perfect dielectric constant of 1). However, there is one major disadvantage of an air dielectric in other audio cables. Although silver does not react with oxygen at normal temperatures, small amounts of sulfide, occurring naturally in the atmosphere, tarnish silver by the formation of silver sulfide on the surface of the metal. The dilemma of metal exposed to air is far more severe in the case of copper, which readily reacts to oxygen, resulting in copper oxide, that is not electrically conductive, on the surface of the copper metal. Most cable manufacturers that employ an air dielectric do not address the issue of their conductors being exposed to ambient air. Some designs actually employ a “porous insulation,” which seems acceptable in theory, until one considers the aforementioned affects on the metal surface. On the other hand, each discrete ultra-pure silver wire conductor, used in all Revelation Audio Labs cables, is hermetically sealed within its own oversized 100% pure virgin Teflon (PTFE) hollow sleeving tube, air being the best practical dielectric, and Teflon being the insulation material with the lowest dielectric constant (2.1). The interior cross section area of the tube is by design many times greater than the diameter of the wire, which minimizes the area of contact of the wire to the insulator. This system provides a huge air dielectric that is unaffected by ambient atmospheric conditions. The resulting characteristically low dielectric constant and extremely low capacitance is responsible for the high propagation speed of our cables.• Progressive Hand Wrap™ discreet shields for each and every individual one of the conductor poles, critically isolating each conductor/dielectric sub-assembly from all others within the array - eliminates EM effects, cross talk, eddy currents and other electrically induced detriment.• Triple-layer solid and helically-woven stranded outer shielding • All shieldings are crucially drained to the source end ONLY - to carry absorbed internal and external EMI/RFI noise harmlessly away from THE MUSIC. This technique provides isolation and avoids the undesirable practice of other HDMI cables of grounding the two connected units through the digital cable shields, which passes the absorbed noises from one unit to the other.• Conductive Carbon Infused Composite (CCIC)™ outer jacket - this advanced technology material augments the EMI/RFI/EMF shielding of the cable. The negative affects that static electrical fields and charges have on audio cables is well documented. In addition to augmented shielding, crucially the Conductive Carbon jacket provides ESD (Electro Static Discharge) protection as it dissipates static fields and charges, also eliminating static electrical charges from accumulating in the first place, as their presence robs audio performance as it does with standard cable insulation. There are a number of products on the market, accessories if you will, that address static electrical fields on audio cables. Our unique design feature attacks the issue at the source through the proactive, preventative approach. We have been performing tests and trials at length for some time, with phenomenal results, employing Conductive Carbon Infused Composite as the outer jacket material. This material enhances EMI and RFI protection, but what this material provides above and beyond the protection of traditional shielding materials and methodologies is it provides Static Protection, guarding against the phenomenon of ESD (Electro Static Discharge). The material absorbs and dissipates static electricity charge build-ups, which occur naturally on common non-conductive materials (i.e. cable insulation). It is typical for these charge levels to be in the thousands of volts. All areas of audio performance are enhanced by removing static electrical fields and charges from the surfaces of cables. This feature also improves performance by removing from your system surfaces that build and hold static electric fields. Why do other so-called "cost-no-object" cable makers not use such a jacket material? You tell me. • Finest ultra high quality premium heavy shell connectors. This robust connector is extremely effective at providing outstanding shielding characteristics, while its high mass reduces the unwanted affects of vibration. The interior cavity is potted by our injection process with an aerospace dielectric compound, further reducing vibration and resonance, and increasing reliability through providing mechanical stress relief. This connector is extremely rugged and well made for many years of trouble-free service - as opposed to the frail and delicate nature of typical low-cost HDMI connectors. The fit and feel is solid, heavy and strong. You know the connection is firm and solid as when you engage this connector into your equipment you have to press significantly and you literally feel the substantial mechanical resistance as the connector engages.• Aside from the fine imported connectors, all other raw materials and components of all our cables are manufactured entirely right here in the United States of America - not imported.• Prior to shipment the cable is fully conditioned on our audiodharma Cable Cooker, and connector contacts are treated with Furutech NANO Liquid™ GOLD / SILVER / C30H50 • 0.65-meter length (other lengths available - contact us) • Packed for protection in our beautiful custom handmade pouch with metallic company logo.TERMS: We pay the cost of shipping worldwide. We prefer Stripe, a top choice of AudiogoN, but will only accept a check or postal money order from U.S. buyer, or only a postal money order from a Canadian buyer. Buyer outside U.S. or Canada must use Stripe only. Stripe enables you to place your order securely using the payment method of your choosing.Since February, 2000, Revelation Audio Labs is now celebrating our THIRD DECADE of listing our cables on AudiogoN!!! View our hundreds of great buyer feedbacks over the years. What other cable maker listing on AudiogoN can stake that claim? Our business on AudiogoN has always meant a great deal to us – especially for the many music lovers and friends it has connected us with. We thank you for your support. We owe all our success to YOU - it is all because of YOU that we do what we do. Thank YOU! Remember this very special distinction that merits your trust. Name just one high end audio equipment maker who, as a result of their solid work and integrity in the high end, has been contracted by NASA multiple times to provide various in-flight hardware? None other than Revelation Audio Labs. AMAZING!!! Tell me if you know another. To save you money, we sell directly to the end user, skipping the inevitable levels of price mark-ups (distributors, dealers) inherent to that economy, but our cables are also proudly carried at the insistence of number of fine high end audio dealers. NEW DEALER ENQUIRIES INVITED It is truly an honor to serve you. We sincerely look forward to hearing from you. Thank you again. Other 'Prophecy' Digital Link cables Reviews and Testimonials: Mr. Michael Murray-Robertson, an English classical music reviewer and symphonic ’cellist, apparently has a renown state-of-the-art listening enviroment, employing the dCS Scarlatti four-piece stack with this exact digital cable set (two Firewire cables, one AES/EBU cable, three BNC clocking cables) with Nagra tube amplification and Quad ESL speakers...here is quoting his e-mail to dCS that he cc’d me:Dear David, Dear Rav, As usual, it was good speaking with you on the telephone but I do look forward to your visit in person when this finally works out! Let’s hope my proposed dates prove convenient for you; Rav. My offer of a night here still stands!As promised, I can confirm that the six digital cables for quadruple dCS Scarlatti from Revelation Audio Labs are outstanding. We made extensive comparisons cable by cable on original recordings at which I was present including Telarc: the results were obviously superior. Speaking as a classical music string player with forty years’ experience of live and reproduced music, I really felt that more of the spectrum was reproduced via these digital interconnects, the "grain" of upper harmonics revealed the individual colours of each instrument positioned precisely in an allotted space and given acoustics. Increased presence; dynamics were noticeable albeit without any aggressive or "shouty" aspect. The soundstage also widened; deepened. I identified the violin of Christian Ferras in the sixties and then again, played four decades later by Corey Cerovsèk in a different hall! Not the sound of any violin, rather that violin! From the "fluffy, horsehair on gut" sound of pianissimo strings to the liquid sound of a Cavaillé-Coll pipe organ, the endless nuances of the timbres made me simply want to just sit back and enjoy a moment in time with the performers.In all honesty, I must warn that these cables are stiff; that undue bending for demos around the world might cause problems. Perhaps Rav could leave them in their pre-formed shape & pack them in foam for travel? And as I said, they do need time to ’burn in’ despite the generous time given for this at Revelation. I was unable to resist trying their balanced analogue and loudspeaker cables; the latter especially need time. The French say: ’you have to suffer to be beautiful’, and the English: ’patience is a virtue!’ I’m impatient but will not need to suffer again as I have found what I wanted...an ’even closer approach to the original sound’.I look forward to your news as promised. Bravo and best wishes, to all at Swavesey.Michael""Revelation Audio Labs cables have helped us reach an exceptional degree of untarnished communication of music, so I keenly recommended them here." - M.M.R.Subsequent to employing our digital cable set, Mr. Murray-Robertson’s system is now fully wired exclusively with Revelation Audio Labs cables - from wall to speaker - all power cables, digital cables, analogue interconnects and loudspeaker cables.Keep in mind that Mr. Murray-Robertson is not a high end equipment reviewer but a classical music reviewer, and as such does not technically write reviews for equipment. Message me if you want his contact information as a reference. He has not been compensated by us in any way.

Price: 699 USD

Location: Palm Coast, Florida

End Time: 2024-12-03T07:03:59.000Z

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