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Holo Audio Spring Dac, At last a Stereophile review and tests

Some good reading here, review from Herb Reichert a vinyl junky?

For those who love the sound of Redbook converted with R2R Multibit.

https://www.stereophile.com/content/holoaudio-spring-kitsuné-tuned-edition-level-3-da-processor


Herb Reichert

"To me, a DAC is just a DAC—until it wipes away digital glare and opens the listening door all the way, letting me enter the plain-truth wonderments of the recordings I collect. And the HoloAudio Spring DAC Level3 did exactly that. Its sense of undamaged, I-am-there truthfulness let me relax and enjoy my CDs, and DSD and other hi-rez files, with renewed faith in digital sound."



Cheers George


128x128georgehifi
tonediary
21 posts
 
I also hear people saying that the Spring DAC is better with headphones and can sound strange/funny with speakers sometimes. I wonder why would they say that.
jwm
918 posts
 
I had this dac and it was just mediocre at best.
tonediary
21 posts
 
@jwm 

Which version did you have?  Also did you use it with Singxer SU-1 in the chain or just the Dac itself? 
jwm
918 posts
 
I had the level 3
1markr
594 posts
 
@jwm  I agree 100% with your assessment.

I also had a L3 but I could not get it sound engaging and exciting in my system. Sold it a couple of weeks after getting it (it was already burned in, btw).

That being said, I only tried it with the USB input from my MacBook Pro, whereas using another input via a DDC like the Singxer SU-1 seems like the prevalent recommendation.
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