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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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debjit_g
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Not real worth much ,not Roon ready ,power supplies are not that great as well as power regulation ,  

Its says Roon Ready as well as Roon bridge, which is a bit confusing. They are both different and usually you would have one or the other. It looks like they may have a decent linear power supply.

 

This might as well be the first streamer that integrates a DDC as well. Smart move.

 

debjit_g
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Does it support wifi?

No but wifi is bad for audio anyways.

debjit_g
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DDC | Denafrips

At least I believe they function as streamers.

I don’t believe DDC’s are called streamers. DDC are "Digital to Digital Converter" which means they convert from one protocol to another, or from one digital interface to another digital interface, eg. USB -> SPDIF. Streamers are something that can play music of their own either as a network renderer when using a control point or a server. A DDC cannot play music by its own - it needs a streamer/server. This Holo Red is the only device on the market that I am aware of that combines a DDC and Streamer into a single device.

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