I am not interested technology-wise, but sound-wise. Lots of initial excitment over at SNA forums. New Holo Audio Spring Dac - R2R and DSD- By rocky500, August 28, 2016, 492 replies, 23,055 views
http://www.stereo.net.au/forums/topic/110550-new-holo-audio-spring-dac-r2r-and-dsd/ This shoot out between the $10kaud Metrum Pavane and the $2k Holo, both are R2R ladder Mutibit dacs, so it may not interest you, if you prefer Delta Sigma based dacs, which the Bryston is. http://earphiles.org/index.php/2017/02/04/metrum-pavane-vs-holo-spring-dac/ Cheers George |
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The Exogal Comet Plus has been garnering a lot of nice reviews. Yes this would be interesting as the Comet+ is a different conversion topology, as it's bitstream Delta Sigma (PCM4104) geared towards DSD. With PCM (Redbook 16/44 or 24/96 or DXD) media it will be interesting to see which one wins out, my bet's on the Spring being R2R Mulitbit. Cheers George |
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Yes you are right JWM but that’s all we have at the moment and are still good reading if understood.
Good analytical sound reviews without any "hocus pocus" are a bit thin on the ground as of yet, just need some more buyers to take the plunge to give those reviews without knowing what their buying.
I hear there are 2 of this Holo dacs at the RMAF show can anyone confirm this?
Cheers George
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Charles, I was enjoying this review up until this statement. We replaced the stock fuse with a Synergistic Research Black fuse and there was genuine improvement. Take that as you like. Then I’m afraid you lost me, take that as you like, but an incoming mains fuse on especially a well regulated power supply as any dacs have, will not make one iota of difference. What you and your friend most probably heard is what Ralph (Atmasphere) coyly calls "expectation bias" with regards to fuse swapping. But I still like very much what Holo have done circuitry wise and especially price wise, so I’ll wait for more informed reviews to come along as well to point potential buyers and customers of mine to. As for them the retailer/distributer (not the designer) having these fuses advertised on their website, they are a retail/wholesale outlet with many audio products and are also there to make a buck as well. Cheers George |
Hey! it wasn't just me that said it was a poor review, regarding how it sounded. Over on the SNA forums they are saying the same.
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Good review of the sound got with this dac in just 2 paragraphs. I take it with PCM, 16/44 or 24/96 or DXD?. Later one doing DSD would be nice as well if you have any? Cheers George |
bimmer100 Bimmer, your connected in some way to Holo, get them to give a review sample to Stereophile for a real review and if JA’s lab tests concur with what the reviewer hears, which "can sometimes" keep them honest. Cheers George |
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Because all digital domain volume controls "bit strip" if not used at or above 75% of full volume. EG: The lower you go the more they strip, 16bit, 14bit, 12bit resolution. That’s why it’s best to leave them at full and use a 10kohm passive preamp, like the $49 Schiit Sys. If your poweramp is 47kohm input impedance or higher. http://schiit.com/products/sys Cheers George |
I think listening to a pair of HD800's or even HD650's with a good head phone amp is very revealing, once you've given them a chance and gotten used to them for a while.
At first yes the head-space thing is a bit disconcerting, but shut the eyes and lay back with a nice drink, and they can be very very good. (And no you don't need more drink.)
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Just looked for purchasing, and all three versions are out of stock.
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How do they do DSD if it is true ladder dac? Do they oversample. This would ruin it for meAlan I’m no digital expert, but I think it’s the same way as MSB do it on their mega dollar flagships with multiple multibit dacs, that are also discrete multibit, yet able to do native dsd. But there's no decent music available on native dsd anyway so why bother. And the PCM redbook 16/44 or 24/96 that's been converted to dsd "Hirez downloads to me sound at best average. Cheers George |
