Has anyone done a comparison of the Audio Mirror Tubadour III DAC to the new Holo Springs 2 Dac.(Level 2 or 3). I am interested in purchasing one of them soon,
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Has anyone done a comparison of the Audio Mirror Tubadour III DAC to the new Holo Springs 2 Dac.(Level 2 or 3). I am interested in purchasing one of them soon,I have not done exactly that comparison, but I did consider the Holo Springs 2 Dac at some point and ended up buying a Denafrips Terminator at the end. All the reviews I read made the Terminator a winner between those two. Here is one: https://www.audiostream.com/content/review-denafrips-terminator-dac "Compared to the Terminator, the Spring sounded vague, grayish, and slightly mushy. Though it hurts me to admit it, the differences weren’t subtle." After owning a Denafrips Terminator for several months, I heard the Audio Mirror and ended up selling the Terminator. You can read more about it in the post above. If I was to pick between the Holo and AM, I know what it would be. But that's me and my system. What works well in my system ans satisfy my music taste may not work that well for you. But if you have a chance, give the new AM DAC a try. I highly recommend it. |
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vassils...will do....any other upgrades/besides the Caps and power supply....I decided to send it back to Vlad and let him work sum more magic on this little gem! |
Thanks vassils...will do....any other upgrades/besides the Caps and power supply If you really want to tweak it to the max, I would change all signal path resistors to Vishay Z-Foil. And going into the world of diminishing returns, controversial topics, and things that may not be audible in every system, but I did on my ANK DAC... I would replace the IEC inlet, RCA connectors, and the stock fuse. I think the Audio Mirror DAC had one of those combined IEC / fuse inlets. Furutech FI-03 (R) would be a good replacement. The SR Blue fuse worked well in my system. I would put ETI Silver Phono Pods or WBT-0210 Ag NextGen RCAs. WBT are cheaper from European distributors. Also, I read you got an XLR output. Is that what you use? If you have unbalanced inputs on your line stage, try them out. |