I am using Jay's cdt 2 mk.II with the Holo Audio Spring 2 DAC (KTE Edition). It is a great combination. The big difference is connecting them with I2s cable. The sound is very detailed, transparent, 3D, huge soundstage and most importantly highly musical. Highly recommended.
Anybody using a Holo Audio Spring Dac with a transport?
This R2R DAC appears to be an absolute bargain, though I am not up to speed on the benefits of R2R over dac chip sets. However, without this level of DAC how can we/I know how good our/my system is?
I subscribe to a few Class D amp threads here, and we're all trying to determine how good current class D is to current class A, AB, tube
Myself, I have a Audio Alchemy DPA-1 and a DDP-1 with PS 5. To my ears it is not missing much when the CD is well recorded, but this pre-amp DAC and PSU MSRP was a mere $2600.Shouldn't the HOlo Audio Spring dac blow it away?
I haven't looked yet, but hopefully the DDP-1 has digital input so that I can bypass the internal dac one day
https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/reviews/holo-audio-spring-level-3-kitsune-tuned-edition-r2r-dac-revie...
I subscribe to a few Class D amp threads here, and we're all trying to determine how good current class D is to current class A, AB, tube
Myself, I have a Audio Alchemy DPA-1 and a DDP-1 with PS 5. To my ears it is not missing much when the CD is well recorded, but this pre-amp DAC and PSU MSRP was a mere $2600.Shouldn't the HOlo Audio Spring dac blow it away?
I haven't looked yet, but hopefully the DDP-1 has digital input so that I can bypass the internal dac one day
https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/reviews/holo-audio-spring-level-3-kitsune-tuned-edition-r2r-dac-revie...