nquery
Responses from nquery
| Primaluna? PL was fine sounding but the Line Magnetic is a big step up for roughly the same price and power. if you search this and other forums I think you’ll consistently find the same amswer amongst those who have actually listened to both. | |
| Primaluna? Surprised no one has mentioned Line Magnetic. I have had a PL Evo 300 and the LM 805ia (which I now own) in the same room and it wasn't even close. The LM805ia has two individual biases for each channel that can be adjusted on the fly at any momen... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC You use the pre-in on the LM amp so the LM volume pot is removed from the equation. And then you can set your max volume level in HQPlayer to prevent it from going too high. You can also set ’comfort level’ in Roon which requires manual override t... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC Speaking of power (cords), how many folks are running their May through a line conditioner or similar? Like some other posters elsewhere, I find that it sounds better plugged directly into the wall. The slight hint of grain/sibilance is removed. | |
| Holo Audio May DAC I think that Jeff Zhou’s comments are true in general, but the May (and likely Spring 3) are in fact ideal candidates for digital volume control under the right conditions. The May has a very high SNR which allows for a lot of extra headroom when ... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC @eckie77I didn’t notice a big initial difference with the Balanced to Single Ended transformer to be honest but I also haven’t done any A/B testing yet. I put it in and have left it there. I think that the reason that the Lampizator had a more “ho... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC @redwoodaudio as per my prior posts above, I have been comparing the May against a Lampizator Amber 3. In pure NOS mode with no external upsampling I generally would agree with you - the Lampizator held its own and was better in that natural/organ... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC @luisma31 Pi's are their own architecture/hardware. As far as Holo firmware vs chipset drivers, I think it's a mix of effort on both sides of the equation. Right now, the only combination that really works is 3.12 Holo firmware + intel USB chipset. | |
| Holo Audio May DAC @luisma31 no you can't do 1.536 with the Pi. Basically has to be Intel USB. Also note you will need to black flash to 30.12 firmware if you want to try 1.536. But it was easy to flash the firmware to 30.12 and then run the HQP NAA image off of a u... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC I don't think USB cables should be making a difference given the May's implementation unless they are simply out of spec. I use a Supra USB cable without issue. And again, I have not noticed a difference between 3 low-powered (and LPS powered) end... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC @nquery did you tried the EC modulators as well? do you still like the pure NOS over EC mods with HQPlayer?I ask because per your post I noticed you are using PCM not SDMI’m just curious that’s all@luisma31 I have not yet as my current core server... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC @jcarcopo I go back and forth with HQPlayer - not all of the filters are better than pure NOS. I am really loving the recently added sinc-mx with LSN15 upsampled to 768hz pcm. I also have a $140 intel pc stick arriving this week that I will use as... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC I should provide an update after another 10 days of testing the May alongside my Lampizator Amber 3. In straight head-to-head comparisons there are pros and cons to each. But where the May has shined for me is with HQPlayer upsampling and digital ... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC @dvdboulet So with that in mind... is there an affordable preamp or "analog volume attenuator" that is affordable? It would seem that in its most pure sense all I’m really after is a way to attenuate the sound without degrading the quality (i.e. w... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC A few days later and what I have done is create an A/B setup with Roon playing to two endpoints as a grouping, one going to the May and one going to the Lampizator. Each of which is connected to different inputs on my Line Magnetic 805ia SET amp. ... |