LAIV Harmony

audiostick, I don't have cd player or even a dvd player.  Still no internet so I can't connect to the streamer to play anything.  I guess cable was cut and the army core of engineers apparently won't let them fix it because of flooding.  For those curious, I'm in suburb of Des Moines called Norwalk.  

Music Lovers,

Thank you for your impressions on Laiv Harmony Dac; if its sounding this good stock, can't imagine how much better it's going to sound when they release an upgraded power supply for this unit😊

Wig

The Harmony DAC came in finally. My old DAC was Holo May KTE.

25 hours in and I prefer it over the Holo May KTE by a tad bit. Interesting to see if Harmony beats the Holo May by a significant margin.

Qoboz>Innous Pulse>Harmony DAC>preamp>amp>speakers

So far prefer the NOS but not a huge difference between OS and NOS mode.

Packaging and remote is the best I’ve seen in an audio component so far...high end brands giving a dollar store type plastic remotes should be ashamed! LOL

I am surprised it has no volume control,  I thought that gold knob on the corner was it's volume .   I actually prefer a DAC have a fixed output with nothing in the way like cheap potentiometer or digital volume that truncates bits.

@sim_audio_nerd ,

"25 hours in and I prefer it over the Holo May KTE by a tad bit."  That is indeed high praise sir.  Please keep us posted on what you are hearing vs the Holo on your journey to 100 hours and beyond.  Thanks