@hilde45 Can you take your Node to the dealer and compare on the system used there? That may supply some of the desired evidence. Thanks for the post.
HoloAudio STREAMER is out now
I've read lots of discussions about streamers, especially about how to get value for less than several thousand $$'s. The typical responses include Bluesound, Innuous, iFi, Raspberry Pi, Cambridge, and probably a couple others I'm missing.
People LOVE the Holo Audio DAC's -- the May, the Spring, e.g.
Now they have a streamer. It's less than $1k. I wonder if anyone has it or has compared it?
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@mesch I hope to take it back to my audiophile friend's house to compare with his system as the stable variable(s). |
@hilde45 , that would be excellent! Charles |
@charles1dad I will! |
Learning more about Red from my friend. I asked about doing a shootout. He said: "You could [compare them] but they are very different devices. The red doesn't have any kind of controller app like the node and relies on other things sending it data. No qobuz, though it does have Spotify and tidal. I use the red as a roon end point, something I believe the node will do, so you could compare the sound quality but I'm not sure the red would fit into your current infrastructure. It does list airplay as an option, but of course that resamples everything to lossy compression. The node is much more of an appliance and lots of features, the red is more of a bare bones streamer or usb to digital re-clocker. One option with the red is the ability to use alternative operating systems, such as roopiexl and volumio. Volumio will connect to just about everything. All that is needed is to put the image on a micro SD flash card. The downside is for all the features it requires a subscription that is 4.99 euro/month if paid annually." |
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