Holo's new R2R KTE Spring-2 Dac
New R2R KTE Spring -2 dac from Holo promises to be something, a month ago they said this is going to be a cracker, fully locked and loaded.
"The KTE spring2... specs.
Hand picked dac modules for KTE models
Mundorf caps used in power supply circuit and also improved power regulation
Silver o type transformer, silver solid core 4N wiring and direct to pcb soldering with mundorf supreme 9.5% silver solder
Silver rhodium faston connectors at the iec inlet. Fuse type is now ultimate SHD beeswax fuse
Pure Copper KTE emblems
New improved front panel display with more data to be displayed all at same time. Such as input and mode (nos/os) while retaining the classic dot matrix white display the spring1 is known for.
Same dimensions and same control buttons as original. Same unique chassis design which sets our company image of products. Copper and black
The spring2 now comes with a remote control by popular demand!
Also lower freq performance is improved around -40db and compared to the already great sounding spring1 we have further improved sound quality.
The dac is the first discrete linear compensation network dac and also first to support dsd1024 over discrete network. As well as pcm1.536M
And we have ditched lvds for i2s! Now using custom 4way circuit it isolate each signal and further improving sound quality of i2s! I’m very happy for this feature alone. As many know I use i2s and recommend this.
The usb module has all the code completely rewritten custom and improved with low latency performance.
femto clocks are now implemented for dac
I’m confident that our customers will love the improvements we have implemented to this already great dac! I’m happyto bring a KTE model to be available to our authorized sellers. It will be the only official modded version of the spring dac. No other versions are authorized by HoloAudio.
So those over in Europe or China can buy from their authorized dealer of holoaudio products and get support from those dealers. Or of course they can still buy direct from Kitsunehifi and get our excellent customer service too ;)"
Cheers George
Anyway, we have to wait and see how the second encarnation performs.Well the first was a cracker, even Stereophile’s review and bench tests were outstanding and they don’t even advertise there. (if you get my drift) https://www.stereophile.com/content/holoaudio-spring-kitsun%C3%A9-tuned-edition-level-3-da-processor and if this new model "is" better, it will be hard to come close to. Cheers George |
lordcloud95 posts11-30-2018 11:55amInteresting Noticed you've heard the R2R Aries Cerat Kassandra dac, you know what I mean then. PCM just sounds real, alive, with all the jump factor intact, and no artificial sweetening and calming that you get from non R2R dacs. I get the same from my Linn CD12 and also heard from Naim CD555, ML No.39 which are all also R2R dacs. Cheers George |
roberjerman1And said to be better than it’s predecessor, that was very favorably review and measured in Stereophile. Which I had on loan for two weeks from it's owner and was very impressed with. https://www.stereophile.com/content/holoaudio-spring-kitsun%C3%A9-tuned-edition-level-3-da-processor Cheers George |
Here the official release page just put up, on the new Holo Spring-2.
https://kitsunehifi.com/product/holo-audio-spring2-dac-kitsune-tuned-edition/
Cheers George |
The usb module has all the code completely rewritten custom and improved with low latency performance. Well, that makes me nervous! Being in IT, re-writing code from others that is working already is expensive. It's not just the writing but the hundreds of hours that go into testing. Also, no one cares about low latency. They care about low noise and distortion. But hey, sounds cool. |
"Msrp Pricing is as follows
Cheers George |
