2. digital
  3. 181704-18805

Dac Upgrade

HI All

I currently have a Perreaux R200i intergrated amp  / Image revelation floor standers ,using a Sony xa5400 sacd player for my discs and a Sony  Hapz1es playing my digital files.. thinking of upgrasing at some stage but not sure if i Go Marantz Sa10 or Halo May dac..anyone compared them , will the be much of a update to my system? or are there any other good / better dacs out there?

CHeers!

boomtheroom
jerrybj
867 posts
 

Tony at Coherent Systems UK has lots of Dacs he has ordered and listened to. He gives very good advice on Dac options.

surfcat's avatar
Ag insider logo xs@2x
surfcat
47 posts
 

Santa Girl gave me a Holo May for Christmas.  Heavy little beast and took some re-working/arranging of the rack to set it all up but yikes!, is it ever clear.  Have a Hegel H390 and was previously relying on its internal DAC.  It was good, very good, but the system always seemed like it wasn't letting the Sopra 2's deliver to the their capability.  That is no longer a concern, so I further the recs for the Holo May.  However, I will admit I didn't listen to anything else so other than the Hegel's internal DAC, or the Ayre CD player's internal DAC, I don't have a comparative point of ref.

joshua43214
51 posts
 

I have the Holo May KTE, it is sublime.

I would skip the KTE upgrade unless you have really good stuff to go with it.

Check out the GoldenSound review of it on YT, everything he says about it is true.

wturkey's avatar
wturkey
780 posts
 

The integrated amp appears to be a good match for the speakers. However, they are not very sensitive and are rated @ 4 ohm. It would seem that an increase in amplifier power or perhaps bi-amping would really make them sing. If there is an extra amplifier hanging around and a few extra cables not being used, hook it up and give it a whirl. 

More to discover