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| Holo Audio May DAC So I have acquired a slightly used Holo May ( 200 - 300 hrs in mint condition) and have been listening to it for the past few days, comparing it to my Lampizator Amber 3. I am on the fence so far to be honest. Earlier in this thread, more than one... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC @tinear123 thanks. I am currently using a Lampizator Amber 3 with my LM SET amp. I want to either upgrade to the Lampizator Baltic 3 or the Holo May. Lampi's have a certain house sound that is palpable and vivid but possibly a little too much at t... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC 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. | |
| Recommendations on Integrated Tube Amp around $5k A little late to this thread but in my house I have had the Rogue CM, PrimaLuna Dialogue HP (or whatever the precursor to the Evo300 was), and LM 805ia. As @facten states, the Rogue has a very "solid-state" sound and didn't offer enough differenti... | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo Can’t speak to the subjective qualities having never heard those speakers, but their impedance curve and sensitivity are similar to the Spendor D7.2’s that I have paired with my LM805ia. The key is to try the 4ohm taps, not 8ohm - that will very l... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC Has anyone had problems getting a response from Tim/Kitsune? I have emailed him twice with questions/lead time and have not received a reply. I actually live near him in Seattle and directly picked up some small products from him a few years ago -... | |
| Finally - New Spendor distributor in North America Still, with the pound currently at $1.36, the Classic pre-tax price in the UK is £7200 = $9800. That's $3200/25% less than US retail. Ouch. Similar markup on the other models. Which likely all goes to the distributor. A number of other European sp... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? @yyzsantabarbara Thank you for your response to my question regarding room correction. I will read the threat that you have pointed me to.Regarding your suggestion of replacing the USB connection by optical to prevent analog noise contamination ri... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? My more concise opinion is thata) yes streamers can sound different but it’s only because they do a better/worse job of jitter and/or noise reduction. If they are intentionally coloring/modifying or unintentionally maligning the day itself then th... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? @ironlungA.You are talking about something different - upstream services/clients *intentionally* pulling a different resolution or transcoding/decoding to a different format/resolution/shaping/whatever. Of course the data output from those process... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? 1. TCP/UDP and network protocols are only tangentially relevant to this discussion. At the end of the day, the one thing I think that 99% of us will agree on is that a streamer or network endpoint (roon or hqp or direct tidal/quboz) will deliver e... | |
| Class A or AB Solid State Integrated Amp for Spendor D9's - Coming from Tubes From what I am reading it sounds incredible. Did you get the analog or all-in-one digital version? Would love to hear how it compares to the LM805ia. | |
| Class A or AB Solid State Integrated Amp for Spendor D9's - Coming from Tubes I own D7.2’s and a LM805ia. You probably know this, but a sound profile like the LM is a bad match for TV/movie audio, where one actually does want sterile/analytical with lots of watts. If you must combine the music and tv in one system, I think ... | |
| Spendor Classic 1/2 Some Spendor A7 I’ve heard in another system though were really promising:: beautiful mids without a trace of a BBC dip as far as I could tell, silky and lively highs albeit a bit too pronounced, very nice upper bass detail, good timbre reproducti... | |
| Devore Fidelity Orangutan O/96 Yes, I think if someone gets a bigger soundstage and/or better imaging after adding a new DAC, its often more about the DAC than the speaker. Particularly with easy to pair speakers like the O’s.I have a Lampizator DAC and Line Magnetic SET amp th... |