New DAC! Meitner MA3, Denafrips Terminator Plus, Holo May KTE, Mola Mola Tambaqui

So much depends on your system. I A/B’d a Schiit Bifrost 2/64 ($800) vs. a Holo Spring KTE ($3k) in my system. Same cables, everything.

And while the Holo was better -- soundstage and presence, especially -- it was maybe a 3% difference.

I make this point only because I would expect a much bigger difference -- and I’m willing to stipulate that there could be a difference. But my system won’t reveal it. So, for my pocketbook, it’s not worth the expenditure.

Oh .....so you've got a secret DAC....let me guess????

It's a DCS because they're all show and no go! Just like????

You still don't get the relevance of "GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, MAN!"

I enjoyed Holo Dac at Pacific Audiofest last year.

It is a pretty good Dac with clarity.

https://youtu.be/Y2Eg7bBEHpg

But best value will be Starkrimson Pecanpi+ which cost 900$.

It sounds close to Dave (modified with three Farad Lps) and Mscaler which cost 20k$.

Thus you had better be in line for tour of Pecanpi+ for home audition.

It may sound better than Yggdrasil and it also streams.

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/orchard-audio-pecanpi-streamer-dac-preamp-headphone-amp-tour.1175470/page-3#post-32268078

Thomas

Is the HiFi Rose RS150B more about a touch screen and software than sound quality?  How does it stack up against other $5k-$6k streamers? Aurender N200?

Auralic Aries G2.1?