New DAC! Meitner MA3, Denafrips Terminator Plus, Holo May KTE, Mola Mola Tambaqui

Here you come with your nonsense again.

Try to avoid getting “sticky” with resolutions, PCM vs DSD, I2s, USB, etc because it all depends on the designer and the implementation. Also, the poster who talked about the MSB solution being all in one box obviously hasn’t owned one.

I haven't owned a MSB DAC but it consists of one main box plus power supplies as the basic version.

Resolutions matter, really matter.

"GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, MAN!"

@lordmelton

I certainly didn’t mean to touch a nerve although I quite understand if Yorktown still has you in a mood. Over here, one box tends to mean….one box. That new math can be troublesome from time to time.

As far as resolutions matter…it of course depends on the recording. With that said, I can play for you the same recording in 16/44.1 or 24/192 or DSD and while you may prefer one over another it won’t be because you can tell the resolution, it will be because of what the digital stream is optimised for.

If it makes you feel any better, my DAC is British although it doesn’t whine.

So much depends on your system. I A/B’d a Schiit Bifrost 2/64 ($800) vs. a Holo Spring KTE ($3k) in my system. Same cables, everything.

And while the Holo was better -- soundstage and presence, especially -- it was maybe a 3% difference.

I make this point only because I would expect a much bigger difference -- and I’m willing to stipulate that there could be a difference. But my system won’t reveal it. So, for my pocketbook, it’s not worth the expenditure.

Oh .....so you've got a secret DAC....let me guess????

It's a DCS because they're all show and no go! Just like????

You still don't get the relevance of "GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, MAN!"

I enjoyed Holo Dac at Pacific Audiofest last year.

It is a pretty good Dac with clarity.

https://youtu.be/Y2Eg7bBEHpg

But best value will be Starkrimson Pecanpi+ which cost 900$.

It sounds close to Dave (modified with three Farad Lps) and Mscaler which cost 20k$.

Thus you had better be in line for tour of Pecanpi+ for home audition.

It may sound better than Yggdrasil and it also streams.

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/orchard-audio-pecanpi-streamer-dac-preamp-headphone-amp-tour.1175470/page-3#post-32268078

Thomas