New Holo Audio Spring2 DSD1024 DAC

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Chris,

They "48k" they are referring to is 48k-based DSD rates, like DSD64 being 3.072Mhz instead of 2.822Mhz.  It's used in software like HQPlayer when one supposes the DAC's own 48k clocks are more accurate or less noisy (oversimplified).  My Spring is still boxed up from the move or I'd confirm that it doesn't work.  I assume Jussi knows best (but from memory I'd swear it worked).

[ted_b]

Doubt it, as 48k based PCM sounded great (to my memory)!  Again, the Spring uses two paths; one for PCM one for DSD.  I'm gonna assume here the issue is 48k based DSD.  Just my $.02

[ted_b]

1 hour ago, matthias said:

 

Did you compare PCM to DSD with your Spring?

What do you prefer?

Thanks

 

Matt

My old review of the Level 3 Spring1 (on this website) goes into a lot of this (PCM, DSD, NOS).  Personally, I like the DAC at both DSD512 and PCM 384k (via HQplayer upsampling in NOS mode).  To this day I don't convert formats (neither PCM to DSD nor DSD to PCM).