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Holo Audio May DAC

Just read a very nice review of this in Stereophile this month and after doing some research it looks like this one could be a very nice option for me.  
https://kitsunehifi.com/product/holo-audio-may-dac/
  
It's made in China I think (or could be Taiwan?, and yes, I am very well aware that these are two very different countries. ;)), and employs a direct to consumer model to keep the price as low as possible.  This does not worry me after purchasing a Jay's Audio transport from Vinshine Audio and having zero issues.  

Just curious if anyone here has heard one or purchased?  I'm very intrigued.  I know the Denafrips Terminator is another highly regarded DAC with a similar ordering model, but costs a couple grand more than this one.  Considering that one as well.

Thanks
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I’m in love with mine as well.  I have about 650 hours on it and it’s just amazing.  A superb piece of gear 
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I’ve had my KTE for 1.5 months and love it as well.  In my system, it exhibited great detail after 50 hours or so.  After 100 hours, the separation, extension, transparency, weight, attack and decay were on full display.  Playing with power cords has been interesting, as it doesn’t seem to like the Shunyata NR (Alpha and Sigma v1) in my system.  I ended up using my Paul Kaplan HE (3 amp fuse box version) with copper connectors, and the combination is perfect.  My Auralic is powered by the Sigma NR v1. 
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the may certainly seems to be a unit that all love once they have them

i am curious to know if anyone with one has compared in their own system to a denafrips term or term +

similar upper tier r2r units with solid state output stage
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Someone already compared these briefly, neither was necessarily better, based on the person who commented the May IIRC was more detailed and the Termy more "musical" relaxed? I might be wrong with the adjectives I did not pay too much attention whatever that meant... look on this thread or the Denafrips one
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I have a Holo May KTE dac though my experience is what’s up stream of the dac will certainly make a difference and I’m not the only one .
Just in the past four years I’ve had PS Audio Direct Stream senior, Denafrips Terminator, Rockna Wave Dream , AudioByte Hydra Vox and now the Holo May KTE being fed by a 432 Evo Aeon server , this is by a large margin the best playback of well recorded music I have ever experienced in my home so far .
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