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HoloAudio Spring 3 Kitsune DAC NOS

Hey guys, recently bought this and it sounds really good. I have a streamer that can upscale/sample streamed music in PCM and can do Native DSD. The DAC can go to DSD1024. The question is should i just leave what comes out of the streamer original? (some is 44.1 some is up to 192) Or should i upscale 44.1 content to lets say 176 which 4x or 192 which is non-integer. Would I gain anything?

New to the whole upscale/sample business. The DAC i understand has no filters or upscaler on board. Purely NOS. Help me Obi Wan. Thanks guys

paqua123

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o_holter
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I record my vinyl to DSD. To my ears, playing pure / native DSD, with the DAC volume disabled, is clearly superior to PCM.

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@paqua123

You can download dsd music from sites like NativeDSD. One of their sample downloads costs little and will test your DAC and give you a feel for the sound.

Yet it is hard to find DSD downloads of well-known artists. Why? Maybe because these are the masters that the music business don't want to distribute. Instead they downconvert to PCM and call it "hi-res".

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