HOLO Audio Spring DAC: Affordable discrete R2R Multibit Dac, could be a winner.

I have had my Kitsune level 3 DAC burning in for 3 weeks.

Relaxed,detailed and full come to mind. The most important attribute in my system is TONE and not to the expense of detail.
the Holo spring delivers this in spades with a huge soundstage. The highs have a really nice analog liquid quality which allows the music to be layer out in front of you. Everything is palpable without being forced or fatiguing. Bass is full and enveloping. Dynamics are riveting.

One can say that all described above are traits of R2R which is true when well implemented. I just want to listen to more music as it sounds like music!

I will have a chance to compare it with an MSB diamond which would be interesting and I may have a chance of comparing it to a T&A DAC 8, however this is not confirmed.

I took a punt on this DAC as an early adopter and I held my breath on first listen as you can emagine..... all I can say is that I am very very pleased that I have. Tim at Kitsune has been a pleasure to deal with and I can't reccomend him highly enough.

I have absolutely no involvement with Holo or Kitsune and the DAC was purchased with my own hard earned money.

pixelplay

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   

Thanks George,
PCM 16/44, I have tried upsampling via HQplayer to both 352.8 pcm with very good results. My current computer is just not powerful enough to do high res Dsd. 

I must add add to my thoughts above that I am feeding the DAC with a uRendu via USB. I will be adding a Singxer Su-1 just to see what it will add via i2s 

Cheers
greg
 

My current computer is just not powerful enough to do high res Dsd.

Have you tried DSD64 and -2 poly filters?  I am fairly sure if your pc can handle upsampling to 352 you can do at least DSD64.