A large portion of audiophiles who prefer their music on-the-go use their iPhones as their source for audio content, connecting their DAC directly to the phone (or iPad.) Even though the voltage and current are low, the role and quality of the cable are still important with noticeable improvements in sound quality when using better cables.
With ddHiFi’s new Nyx series OTG cable, you’ll hear the difference.
The shielded structure of the Nyx cable isn’t suitable for the data portion of the cable since the data cable includes common transmission of current along with the digital signal. The stability of the current transmission depends on the number and purity of the conductors while the stability of the digital signal requires high conductor purity, reasonable twist structure, and a shielded layer design.
For the Nyx series, ddHiFi developed a double shielded parallel structure to shield current and data transmission respectively. Visually distinguishable, the pure silver shielding outer layer provides power transmission while the mixed silver and black shielding outer layer provides data transmission.
Data Layer
Power Layer
I used this with a Cayin RU7 and was able to drive off my iphone 12 max up to around 60 volume (low gain) and 128 bit recode. With a standard apple cable, I couldn't drive for more than 30 seconds at 64 bit recode and volume of around 30.
Great sounding cable with extreme build quality.