Coming up on four months with the May KTE. Absolute game changer. I’ve rotated a few different high end DACs through my headphone system… Susvara, Abyss 1266, Elite, A few different Grados. Amps: Woo WA5-LE, Bryston. and Schiit. The Holo, without exaggeration, was like taking a giant step up in a new turntable. Visceral, nuanced, precise, extended, groovy, weighty, fast, absurdly revealing. Not a single thing I can criticize on an absolute or relative level. I know that it’s job is to present the signal and get out of the way. But it’s just different, and not in a way that anyone could describe as colored, subtractive, artificially anything. It digs deeper into the music, effortlessly, than any unit I’ve heard, and I have been cursed to hear a number of DACs I could never afford. I’m not even curious about what yet another unit might do. That’s never happened before.
Holo Audio May DAC
Just read a very nice review of this in Stereophile this month and after doing some research it looks like this one could be a very nice option for me.
https://kitsunehifi.com/product/holo-audio-may-dac/
It's made in China I think (or could be Taiwan?, and yes, I am very well aware that these are two very different countries. ;)), and employs a direct to consumer model to keep the price as low as possible. This does not worry me after purchasing a Jay's Audio transport from Vinshine Audio and having zero issues.
Just curious if anyone here has heard one or purchased? I'm very intrigued. I know the Denafrips Terminator is another highly regarded DAC with a similar ordering model, but costs a couple grand more than this one. Considering that one as well.
Thanks
https://kitsunehifi.com/product/holo-audio-may-dac/
It's made in China I think (or could be Taiwan?, and yes, I am very well aware that these are two very different countries. ;)), and employs a direct to consumer model to keep the price as low as possible. This does not worry me after purchasing a Jay's Audio transport from Vinshine Audio and having zero issues.
Just curious if anyone here has heard one or purchased? I'm very intrigued. I know the Denafrips Terminator is another highly regarded DAC with a similar ordering model, but costs a couple grand more than this one. Considering that one as well.
Thanks