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


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Yes it needs a Singer or other jitter cleaning device according to people I know who use it. This is not uncommon for all but the best DACs. 
Hmmm, I have the Level 3 Spring with the Singxer fed by an Aurender N100H and it rivals my CD transport for quality of sound.  I have been very happy with it. I have to admit that I am curious about the Denafrips Terminator although it is at a much higher price point.
I really enjoyed reading that review. It was very insightful and had a nice and honest tone about it. And I love that he compared it to other similar competitors, which makes a review so much more useful and informative -- at least to me. I didn’t know anything about the Holo DAC going in, and now I’m very interested. Wonder how it would compare to something like a Metrum Hex or Pavane?

By the way, it bugs the crap out of me when some rags fail to bother to compare a review component to anything else at all, and some sometimes don’t even bother to disclose the equipment used in the review system! What is that??? All but useless to me. ARGH!!! I suppose it does promote firing off "reviews" much more quickly while also effectively removing almost all potential accountability. How wonderful it must be for those "reviewers." (Yes I’m referring to you TAS and Hi-Fi+). Anyway, thanks for the link to the review.
@soix  For what it's worth, I am HAPPILY using a Metrum Onyx now. It pushes all the right buttons for me in my system, in my room, etc. I did not have them at the same time, so no direct comparison, sorry.