Miska Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Just now, giordy60 said: so nothing dante or ravenna ? Those have some special hardware quirk requirements because they distribute clock over the network. While the other protocols don't, at least UPnP/DLNA or NAA (and I doubt RAAT would either). Signalyst - Developer of HQPlayer Pulse & Fidelity - Software Defined Amplifiers Link to comment
beerandmusic Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 1 hour ago, giordy60 said: so nothing dante or ravenna ? raat is the roon protocol ? yea, raat is roon....don't know about the others, what are they for? Link to comment
giordy60 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 35 minutes ago, beerandmusic said: yea, raat is roon....don't know about the others, what are they for? that's what it is https://www.ravenna-network.com/using-ravenna/overview sistema: Server HDPlex (i7-6700-WS2016) HQPlayer con Ramdisk + HQPDcontrol > Macmini (roon core+Qobuz) o HQPlayer Client + Qobuz > HDPlex NAA (celeron G1840T-WS2016) NAD con Ramdisk, o miniPC Fitlet con immagine di Miska > Denafrips Ares2 , SPLvolume2 > Monitor KH+sub Link to comment
lentille Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Guys and Gals - Hi As this thread is about the Holo Spring, I have started a separate thread for Holo Cyan Impressions. Mine shipped today (HK to Australia - no idea how long it will be) and I look forward to hearing impressions from Holo users about the Holo Cyan on that thread. Vincent Sydneysider Link to comment
trybeingarun Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Can anyone tell what the approximate shipping weight and the approximate dac weight is? Link to comment
trybeingarun Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Are the prices in the website $1099 & $1199 pre-order only prices? Will it change once this hits production? https://kitsunehifi.com/product/holo-audio-cyan/ As interested as I am with the product I have to ship it to US to a friend and I know I can't pick it up in the next few months (unless I get lucky) and try to save customs fee. If it's the final price I would rather wait for now and order it when I go to the US. Link to comment
Forehaven Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Email Tim. He responds very promptly and be of great help. Ryzen 7 2700 PC Server, NUC7CJYH w. 4G Apacer RAM as Renderer/LPS 1.2 - IsoRegen/LPS-1/.2 - Singxer SU-1/LPS1.2 - Holo Spring Level 3 DAC - LTA MicroZOTL MZ2 - Modwright KWA 150 Signature Amp - Tidal Audio Piano's. . Link to comment
TubeDriver Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Has anyone tested whether the Holo Spring inverts absolute polarity? In my system, while it sounds very good, it does have a sound (especially with bass response in room) that reminds me of my older DAC when absolute polarity was reversed? Just wondering... Link to comment
elcorso Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 5 hours ago, TubeDriver said: Has anyone tested whether the Holo Spring inverts absolute polarity? In my system, while it sounds very good, it does have a sound (especially with bass response in room) that reminds me of my older DAC when absolute polarity was reversed? Just wondering... I think not, but hard to tell with a lot of out-of-phase recordings. And even worse when they use many microphones, some in phase and others not. Roch Link to comment
TubeDriver Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 18 hours ago, elcorso said: I think not, but hard to tell with a lot of out-of-phase recordings. And even worse when they use many microphones, some in phase and others not. Roch Yea, I know it is a bit of a fool's dream to think about absolute phase considering what can happen with multi-miked recordings. That said, I prefer to set up my system component chain such that absolute phase does not invert from from source to speaker. Just something about the way the Holo Spring sounds makes me think it might be inverting (but I DO like it and it replaced a DAC that cost more than 2x more)? I do have a friend who can test this but not sure what I can make this happen. I just though someone here might have already tested this... Link to comment
Boleary3 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 I have an opportunity to hear this DAC, Kitsune edition, in my room but have a few questions. I currently have an Yaggdrasil and I don't use a pre-amp. Volume is controlled digitally via XXHighEnd playback software. Can the HOLO DAC be run without a pre-amp? Anyone tried it? Thanks in advance for replies. System: Fedilizer Pro>Pareto Audio Server with both Audiolinux (Roon) and W10 (Audirvana Studio) OS's, currently using W10 (control via remote desktop with laptop)> Original (2015) Sonore Signature Series, BNC/SPDIF > Yggdrasil A2 > Pass Labs XA100 Monoblocks > Triton Reference Speakers (modified) >Tweeked CiscoSG110D-08 LAN Switch. Cabling: Canare LV-77S SPDIF, Kimber KS2026 XLR interconnects, Kimber KS3035 Speaker wires. Link to comment
Bimmer100 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 FYI. I have posted our new drivers for the HoloAudio Spring Dac. Improved performance with dsd and pcm. version v4.35 available for download on our website now. Please let us know tour thoughts on this new driver! Tim Connor KitsuneHifi.com / HoloAudio USA Link to comment
pkane2001 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Bimmer100 said: FYI. I have posted our new drivers for the HoloAudio Spring Dac. Improved performance with dsd and pcm. version v4.35 available for download on our website now. Please let us know tour thoughts on this new driver! Thanks, Tim! Is this different than than the 4.36 driver some of us have been using on the SU-1 thread? That one appears to be an improvement over the Holo Spring driver we had to use previously for native DSD512 support. -Paul DeltaWave, DISTORT, Earful, PKHarmonic, new: Multitone Analyzer Link to comment
Bimmer100 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 44 minutes ago, pkane2001 said: Thanks, Tim! Is this different than than the 4.36 driver some of us have been using on the SU-1 thread? That one appears to be an improvement over the Holo Spring driver we had to use previously for native DSD512 support. Very similar driver. But the singxer driver is for the Su1. And the Holo Audio driver is for the Spring Dac or the Cyan. You can use both of these drivers at the same time so you can do an a/b comparison of be su1 via Hdmi i2s(with Singxer v4.36)or the usb Input of the spring Dac (with Holo v4.35) versions are different so both can be loaded at same time without conflict. The v4.35 has the improved latency and real-time feedback. Dsd is slightly improved as well as pcm. Go ahead and compare two new drivers and you likely will find the difference is the Version number only. Both are nicely improved for audible improvements. the Cyan will have a nice improvement with these. My wife has really enjoyed the Cyan pcm and we have used our Utopia, z1r’s, he1000v2, echobox nomad iems, fidue a83 and surprised how nice the amp is even with sensitive iems. I’ve yet to get a little time with the dsd module. I’m putting together the enthusiast edition Cyan with photos and specifications. It will have our kitsune badging and both ladder Dac modules, upgraded fuse and a few extras. Personally I’m excited about these new drivers since I can run both the KTE Su1 ddr (Hdmi i2s) and the spring Dac (usb) simultaneously without the hassle of uninstalling or reinstalling drivers. But a slight improvement can be heard. Personally I don’t believe the singxer drivers were as “dramatic” or improvement as some have said/commented. But believe there is a small improvement on my system. Who knows, maybe it is a dramatic improvement depending on source and hardware in the usb chain. Imho if your usb chain is well sorted than these drivers should be very little difference. Like if you are using an uptone isoregen or iFi igalvanic 3.0 along with KTEsu1 ddr or with lps1 and Jcat Femto USB card etc. all these things can help. I want to test more with HQ player since there is still a known bug with dsd native sometimes not being iniated or started when Roon and Hq Player are connected and attempting dsd512 native. I only have his issue when using HQ player with Roon. But if using Roon alone and internal DSD native within roon than there is never issues. I’m wondering if maybe some of my settings within Hq player might be causing this. I would like to pin point the issue and wondering if others have experienced this glitch? When I use Jriver and native dsd512 it never has any issues. To reiterate, it only happens when HQ player and Roon are connected. All DSP in roon is disabled. HQ player is set to do dsd512, however I don’t have my specific settings handy at this moment. I know I’m using poly-sinc-xlr-2s Tim Connor KitsuneHifi.com / HoloAudio USA Link to comment
GUTB Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 When are the DSD Cyans going to ship? Link to comment
Bimmer100 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 38 minutes ago, GUTB said: When are the DSD Cyans going to ship? Some have shipped already. But as you know, it’s the holiday season and many won’t see the Cyan until after Christmas due to the massive rush in the postal service. We can only do our best and get them out without compromising quality. We have already sold a tremendous amount Tim Connor KitsuneHifi.com / HoloAudio USA Link to comment
GUTB Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 13 minutes ago, Bimmer100 said: Some have shipped already. But as you know, it’s the holiday season and many won’t see the Cyan until after Christmas due to the massive rush in the postal service. We can only do our best and get them out without compromising quality. We have already sold a tremendous amount Thanks I'm super pumped for mine... Link to comment
pkane2001 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 11 hours ago, Bimmer100 said: Go ahead and compare two new drivers and you likely will find the difference is the Version number only. Both are nicely improved for audible improvements. Thanks, Tim! That is very helpful. 11 hours ago, Bimmer100 said: Personally I don’t believe the singxer drivers were as “dramatic” or improvement as some have said/commented. But believe there is a small improvement on my system. Who knows, maybe it is a dramatic improvement depending on source and hardware in the usb chain. Totally agree. I heard a difference, and spent some time switching between the drivers trying to ensure it wasn't all in my head. In the end, I did prefer the new Singxer driver to the old Holo Spring one, but only by a small margin. The new driver seems to manage timing and buffering better, as even with the tiniest buffer size I don't hear any dropouts or stutter. This happened consistently with the older driver when using some of the more aggressive settings. If the new Holo driver has similar improvements, it is definitely worth switching to it, especially at the exorbitant price of $0 -Paul DeltaWave, DISTORT, Earful, PKHarmonic, new: Multitone Analyzer Link to comment
Yun66 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 14 hours ago, Bimmer100 said: FYI. I have posted our new drivers for the HoloAudio Spring Dac. Improved performance with dsd and pcm. version v4.35 available for download on our website now. Please let us know tour thoughts on this new driver! I've been very happy with my level 1 Spring DAC. One thing I felt was that DSD doesn't sound as good as PCM in my system, just a little less lively when upsampling from PCM files. Likely I didn't set up HQP right. But, can't wait to try the new driver. Thanks! Link to comment
LoryWiv Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 9 hours ago, pkane2001 said: Thanks, Tim! That is very helpful. Totally agree. I heard a difference, and spent some time switching between the drivers trying to ensure it wasn't all in my head. In the end, I did prefer the new Singxer driver to the old Holo Spring one, but only by a small margin. The new driver seems to manage timing and buffering better, as even with the tiniest buffer size I don't hear any dropouts or stutter. This happened consistently with the older driver when using some of the more aggressive settings. If the new Holo driver has similar improvements, it is definitely worth switching to it, especially at the exorbitant price of $0 Question: I use Singxer Su-1 --> I2S to DAC. Will it work correctly to have the Singxer & HOLO drivers installed on my Win10 PC simultaneously and just use the driver selection dropdown in HQPlayer to switch back and forth for comparison? Or shall I uninstall the Singxer driver before trying out the new one from HOLO? Thanks, Desktop: HQ Player --> Singxer SU-1 --> Matrix X-Sabre Pro --> McChanson SuperSilver UltimatE Headphones: Audeze MM-500, Meze Audio Elite, Focal Utopia 2022, Focal Bathys (Wireless) Portable Gear: Hiby RS6, xDuoo XD05 Bal 2, FiiO BTR7, Creative BT-W5, FiiTii HiFiDots TWS Nearfield Active Speakers: Audioengine HD3 Power Conditioning: Furman Elite-15 PFi Link to comment
pkane2001 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 4 minutes ago, LoryWiv said: Question: I use Singxer Su-1 --> I2S to DAC. Will it work correctly to have the Singxer & HOLO drivers installed on my Win10 PC simultaneously and just use the driver selection dropdown in HQPlayer to switch back and forth for comparison? Or shall I uninstall the Singxer driver before trying out the new one from HOLO? Thanks, I couldn't get the old Holo and new Singxer driver to co-exist. I had to uninstall one, then re-install the other to compare them. Not the best way to do a comparison, but I was curious. Don't know if the two new drivers can coexist. Sounds like they might, according to Tim. -Paul DeltaWave, DISTORT, Earful, PKHarmonic, new: Multitone Analyzer Link to comment
elan120 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 6 minutes ago, LoryWiv said: Question: I use Singxer Su-1 --> I2S to DAC. Will it work correctly to have the Singxer & HOLO drivers installed on my Win10 PC simultaneously and just use the driver selection dropdown in HQPlayer to switch back and forth for comparison? Or shall I uninstall the Singxer driver before trying out the new one from HOLO? Thanks, I have just installed the new driver without un-install the Singxer driver, and was able to play the Holo driver, but not able to select the Singxer driver via HQPlayer drop down menu. Link to comment
pkane2001 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 6 minutes ago, elan120 said: I have just installed the new driver without un-install the Singxer driver, and was able to play the Holo driver, but not able to select the Singxer driver via HQPlayer drop down menu. I think this is because SU-1 gets a driver started automatically, when it first connects over USB. HQPlayer can't switch which driver is talking to SU-1. It's probably the last installed driver, as that's the one Windows associates with SU-1 VID/PID. I also found that after reinstalling the driver, I had to sometimes switch SU-1 off and on again to make the new driver recognize it. What I think Tim was talking about is using the Singxer driver talking to SU-1, while using new Holo driver talking to Holo Spring/Cyan. That would work, since these two devices have different VID/PID and can both be running at the same time. -Paul DeltaWave, DISTORT, Earful, PKHarmonic, new: Multitone Analyzer Link to comment
elan120 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 4 minutes ago, pkane2001 said: I think this is because SU-1 gets a driver started automatically, when it first connects over USB. HQPlayer can't switch which driver is talking to SU-1. It's probably the last installed driver, as that's the one Windows associates with SU-1 VID/PID. I also found that after reinstalling the driver, I had to sometimes switch SU-1 off and on again to make the new driver recognize it. What I think Tim was talking about is using the Singxer driver talking to SU-1, while using new Holo driver talking to Holo Spring/Cyan. That would work, since these two devices have different VID/PID and can both be running at the same time. This sounds like the case here...on the other hand, the hew Holo driver playing upsampled DSD512 seem to be quite good. I will need to take some more time to see whether it is same or better than the Singxer driver. Link to comment
Bimmer100 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 35 minutes ago, pkane2001 said: I couldn't get the old Holo and new Singxer driver to co-exist. I had to uninstall one, then re-install the other to compare them. Not the best way to do a comparison, but I was curious. Don't know if the two new drivers can coexist. Sounds like they might, according to Tim. They are signed drivers which means one device per driver... my setup is HoloAudio drivers via usb on spring Dac and singxer drivers via usb on su1 coexist? Sure I guess. But you can swap the driver for each device. However I doubt you can compare each driver as having any difference in sound quality whatsoever. However they are slightly improved from previous version Tim Connor KitsuneHifi.com / HoloAudio USA Link to comment
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