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| Holo Audio Spring 3 DAC The analog Devices 1955 DAC has a nice smoothed detailed presentation. It's a great chip however the ESS Sabre chips are better. I've had a Lavry Engineering DAC with the 1955 and because of my engineering connection,s an Analog Devices engineer... | |
| Holo Audio Spring 3 DAC I'm just passing 320 hours with the Spring 3 KTE. Wow, other reviewers were serious this DAC keeps reviewing itself with a long burn-in period. About 120 hours the process seemed to go sideways a bit. Then closer to 180 hours it really started... | |
| Holo Audio Spring 3 DAC Just received and unboxed the Spring 3 KTE. I’m 30 hours into break-in and WOW. Approaching 40 hours and it keeps getting better and better, Just keeps getting better the longer its played. Zero smear of the stereo image. Unbelievable articulatio... | |
| Holo Audio Spring 3 DAC @bcaudio1 Initially I was using an Oppo 105 as the DAC via streaming from a PC. Upgraded to an Oppo Sonica and the improvement was pronounced. Next a PS Audio DirectStream DAC. This was a significant upgrade in every dimension. Now, just waiting ... | |
| Different R2R DACs People seem to be weting themselves over the new Holo Audio R2R DAC's. The Spring 3 KTE and May L2 or KTE are getting rave reviews. Stereophile gave them Class A reference status. * Quite a discussion over on PS Audio's forum site: https://forum... | |
| Anything wrong with PS Audio DirectStream DACs? I’m my own case the break in happened about 12 hours when a Seismic shift in the sound. Beyond that is diminishing rates of return. No one needs to listen for 3-6 months to get the broken in sounds. The DAC just needs to be running. Cycle some d... | |
| Anything wrong with PS Audio DirectStream DACs? Responding to CAkids comment…. The DirectStream DAC has a very long break in Period. A week is insufficient for the deck to really come into its own. Listening for a week I was disappointed with the presentation of the direct stream DAC but could ... | |
| Anything wrong with PS Audio DirectStream DACs? Ted smith has been pretty transparent there are limitations in the poser supply and output transformers, however he has Ben able to continuously refine the current hardware platform. I just helped a friend set-up a new out of the box DirectStream ... | |
| How to bias output tubes on Golden Tube SE 40 A copy of the GTA SE-40 service manual is available at http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/golden_tube/infoIt includes the proper biasing procedure and tube substitution guide. | |
| Tube Amplifier for Maggies My set-up is Magnepan 1.6QR, GTA SE-40 amp, Xindak Marantz 7 preamp, Oppo BDP-105 source. You will never want for power! Thunderous bass, very dynamic, can be played very loud and clear. | |
| Golden Tube Audio SE-40 bias problem Correction Website is: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/golden_tube/info | |
| Golden Tube SE 40 Hiss and Pop problem - Thoughts? Check tube sockets! The GTA SE-40 did not have the best tube sockets. With the amp cold, take out the tubes for the channel making the noise one by one and reinsert, as to not change the placement or order of the tubes. Frequently it's the 6SN7GT ... | |
| Repairs for Golden Tube Audio SE40? SE-40 Service manual is now available at http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/golden_tube/ | |
| Golden Tube Repair? A GTA SE-40 service manual is available here:http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/golden_tube/ | |
| Golden Tube Audio SE-40 bias problem A service manual which fully explains how to bias the SE-40 with diagrams and pictures is available on the Golden Tube forum at Yahoo groups. It's slightly tricky given it's a common cathode amp the bias of one tube affect the others. Biasing must... |