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HoloAudio STREAMER is out now

I've read lots of discussions about streamers, especially about how to get value for less than several thousand $$'s. The typical responses include Bluesound, Innuous, iFi, Raspberry Pi, Cambridge, and probably a couple others I'm missing. 

People LOVE the Holo Audio DAC's -- the May, the Spring, e.g. 

Now they have a streamer. It's less than $1k. I wonder if anyone has it or has compared it?

 

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hilde45 OP
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@nymarty  My recent experience at my buddy's with the Red was that USB was noticeably better into a Holo May DAC than the I2S. Worth experimenting if you can.

nymarty
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@hilde45 thanks!  Will definitely try the different connections.  I’m inclined to use USB but want to try I2S to see if it’s as good.  I’ve had good experience with AES too.

mrderrick
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Qobuz is no problem for me with Bubble and selecting HQPlayer as the renderer.

Using Red as NAA and 1.4/1.5 MHz 20 Bit PCM playback into Holo May KTE via USB.

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bhvf
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Can someone who has a Red answer me this? Can it be used as an NAA using HQPlayer then Airplay or Spotify connect without rebooting. In other words, do you boot into NAA then, to do anything else, you need to boot into "regular" mode? Thanks.

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@nymarty 

Any further impressions on Red? I tried to order one it’s been out of stock for a while. 

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