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
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Hey guys I'm about to go for a KTE May. One question for owners, do you use balanced xlr outputs or unbalanced rca? Has anyone tried both and preferred one over the other? Cheers
@b345T I run unbalanced source direct to my Pass Labs XA25 amplifier using Roon as the volume control.  Sound is excellent.  If I could have ran balanced I would have, but the XA25 supports single ended. 
Congrats on the May KTE achipo.

b345t, I’m using WireWorld Platinum Eclipse 7 XLR’s to my VAC pre.  I haven’t tried single ended.

I haven’t tried single ended.


SE will probably sound better, because I don’t believe Holo use "dual" discrete banks of R2R resistors per channel to get true balanced.
I think they are single bank of R2R resistors per channel for the SE output, then probably a SE to balanced opamp to get pseudo balanced output.

So far the only one I know that uses dual R2R banks for true balanced out put is MSB flagship models and Soekris top models

Soekris models
True balanced dual R2R resistor banks per chanel https://ibb.co/bFCR0pY
Single Ended R2R resistor banks per chanel https://ibb.co/LQQ0dBJ

Cheers George
Thanks for pointing that out @georgehifi. I am thinking about a Holo May to front my single ended Line Magnetic 805ia and was concerned that I would be missing out on optimal connectivity, that the SE connections would be compromised.