Holo Audio Serene Preamplifier

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Take my money! They did! I am waiting for "Serenity Now" 😁 

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6 minutes ago, John Hughes said:

I have a Holo May and love it.  The Serenity looks amazing, though I'm not sure I would find it worth the $$$ in my system. I wish it had a great phono stage at that price :)

You know there are no great phonostages that are included with a preamplifier. They are all separates, costing thousands of dollars.  You may get a good one, but not great. 

 

(none of this is true 😁) 

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2 minutes ago, John Hughes said:

That is true for mid-level preamps!  I have heard what a great active preamp can bring to a system.  I'd give my left nut for this: 

http://www.shindo-laboratory.co.jp/English/Giscours.html

 

But alas, that is not to be.  I'll wait to hear what your reviews have to say :)  I've been designing my system around not needing a preamp.  I'd have to get a lot of goodness to add something like the Serenity with all those circuits and cables etc to my minimal path.  

Gorgeous piece! I'll know pretty fast since I run source direct now, but it's not ideal for certain apps or web sources of content. Works great with roon and hqplayer, not so great for YouTube Music, Pandora, etc. 

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On 9/16/2021 at 1:21 PM, jcn3 said:

 

The int-60 is an integrated, so no need for the serene. The xa30.8 is a class a amp with tons on headroom. I'd do the xa30.8.