LAIV Harmony

According to Hans’ rating scale, the Cyan 2 seems like a sweet deal but a no-frills, barebones product. With no buttons or remote control, I consider it the poor man’s May. More relevantly, it offers true NOS but lacks an OS option. However, you can still do oversampling using software like HQPlayer if that’s something you’re craving.

•      +---- Chord Dave ($14k)
• 1A |---- Holo May Level 2 ($4,950)
•      +----
•      +---- Holo Cyan 2 ($1,300)
• 1B |---- Harmony@i2s ($2,700)
•      +---- Denafrips Ares 12th-1 ($950)

I was purchaser number nine of the LAiV Harmony. My input board has died. I’m not the first with this problem. It appears there has been a quality problem of some sort. Response from LAiV was within hours with a promise for a new board. I’ll follow up with my experience.

Until it expired, I have been very impressed with the DAC.

@audioman58 with the issues LAiV is having it cannot be a very good DAC. 

Maybe the Harmony sounds good but not reliable..

with the issues LAiV is having it cannot be a very good DAC.

@tkrtrb125 That’s not a fair conclusion at all. This is a new product, and it’s not at all unheard of that any new product can have an unforeseen issue. The key is how the company handles it, and in this case LAiV seems to be very responsive in fixing the problem quickly if it arises. Almost all owners/reviewers have been very impressed with its performance especially for the price, which strongly indicates it is indeed “a very good DAC.”