The Exogal Comet Plus has been garnering a lot of nice reviews. Will be interesting to read your comparison. Have fun comparing the DACs you mentioned.
HOLO Audio Spring DAC: Affordable discrete R2R Multibit Dac, could be a winner.
Many manufacturers are going back to R2R Multibit d/a conversion, a good portion of audiophiles are saying it sounds better than the cheaper d/a conversion of Delta Sigma, (1 bit), Bitstream, Saber. etc.
And it says it uses dual R2R’s Multibits to support DSD natively!!?
Product Description:This new DAC.”Spring” is the first design of a new era, a milestone for HOLO Audio’s own Jeff Zhu. It’s a full discrete R2R type of audio decoder and does not have off the shelf-DAC chip! This is a bespoke custom-designed core DAC module and truly a breakthrough with technology for any DAC chip today. The Spring is here to achieve new heights, new dynamics and simply a full spectrum of audio to please the aural senses. This Dac has been called the poor mans Total Dac / MSB / Wavedream / Chord Dave Etc. It plays with the big boys.
https://kitsunehifi.com/product/springdacbase/
Looks amazing inside for $1,700. Schiit Yaggi better watch out!!!!
Cheers George
And it says it uses dual R2R’s Multibits to support DSD natively!!?
Product Description:This new DAC.”Spring” is the first design of a new era, a milestone for HOLO Audio’s own Jeff Zhu. It’s a full discrete R2R type of audio decoder and does not have off the shelf-DAC chip! This is a bespoke custom-designed core DAC module and truly a breakthrough with technology for any DAC chip today. The Spring is here to achieve new heights, new dynamics and simply a full spectrum of audio to please the aural senses. This Dac has been called the poor mans Total Dac / MSB / Wavedream / Chord Dave Etc. It plays with the big boys.
https://kitsunehifi.com/product/springdacbase/
Looks amazing inside for $1,700. Schiit Yaggi better watch out!!!!
Cheers George
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The Exogal Comet Plus has been garnering a lot of nice reviews.Yes this would be interesting as the Comet+ is a different conversion topology, as it's bitstream Delta Sigma (PCM4104) geared towards DSD. With PCM (Redbook 16/44 or 24/96 or DXD) media it will be interesting to see which one wins out, my bet's on the Spring being R2R Mulitbit. Cheers George |
Stripped down Spring with first ever tube output! http://dastereo.ru/t/holo-audio-spring-dac-r2r-dsd512/2075/2976?u=dmitre |
Stripped down Spring with first ever tube output! WTF!!! Can someone who can understand Russian, say what just happened to that dac, with all the drilling and whatever. Cheers George |
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