🔷 Holo Spring 2

Polygonhell · March 27, 2021, 12:44am

You plug it into your network and yes with Volumio/Ropiee it works as a Roon endpoint.

rmsanger · March 27, 2021, 12:46am

something like this would be a nice solution

A_Jedi · March 27, 2021, 1:20am

A_Jedi · March 27, 2021, 1:36am

You can also network wirelessly to it.

Phil_B · March 27, 2021, 11:28am

Thanks, I watched this.

Bought a used Matrix Audio SPDIF 2 to try out.

BurgerFlipper · May 1, 2021, 2:52pm

Measurements of Spring 3 Prototype by L7 Labs

A_Jedi · May 1, 2021, 3:38pm

Does anyone know who L7 Labs is? The measurements along with the figurines smells a lot like ASR. Not that that’s a hit on Holo or anything. Just wondering who the entity is.

db_Cooper · May 1, 2021, 4:19pm

I think most people that would buy the Spring 3 are probably not looking for measurements first.

Souldriver · May 1, 2021, 4:20pm

Didnt asmr have more than 1 person do reviews. The other guy used wolf figurines instead of pink panthers. Hmmmm

kcrack · May 1, 2021, 4:20pm

hey that’s me

bruh.wav · May 1, 2021, 4:25pm

If I’m not mistaken, they’re an audio gear measurement lab from China (kinda obvious from the Chinese language huh). They’re pretty well known in the Chinese forums and audio community, but not really anywhere else tho. Looks like the ASR people accepts them, so I guess their methods are somewhat aligns with ASR’s method.

db_Cooper · May 1, 2021, 4:25pm

Actually out of curiosity I read ASRs review of the Schiit Yggdrasil since I’m now an owner and I seem to have bought a DAC that ASR can NOT recommend. Who’d have thunk it?

kcrack · May 1, 2021, 4:27pm

The ASR Yggdrasil thread is one of the most notoriously polarizing/toxic threads on the entire forum (which is saying a lot). It’s infamous among a few of my audiophile friends.

Pr3ssAltF4 · May 1, 2021, 4:28pm

ASR is definitely not a reliable, impartial, reasonable, or trustworthy source in any way shape or form.

I would steer well fucking clear.

While you have to admire what they’re trying to do, they completely fucked it with bad science, false equivalencies, and toxic attitudes.

WaveTheory · May 1, 2021, 4:31pm

It’s inaccurate to call what they do ‘science’ at all. Simply measuring things does not science make.

On that subject their definition of ‘engineering’ is pretty wildly off too.

db_Cooper · May 1, 2021, 4:35pm

Interestingly enough (and somewhat surprising) the Schiit DACs keep their used value. So people are seemingly voting with their $. Rarely will you see a new rev Yggy in good condition drop below $1800 where I routinely see other DACs in the $2500 dollar range drop to $1500 or lower routinely.

db_Cooper · May 1, 2021, 4:37pm

The problem is that it’s a cop out to say here are the measurements and here’s my recommendation based on those measurements.

I will continue to challenge anyone to point to where in the measurements do things like staging and instrument separation and timbre show up?

Pretty fucking pathetic to make a recommendation without even listening to something.

Pr3ssAltF4 · May 1, 2021, 4:39pm

There’s also a lot of schiit hype. As far as I can tell that’s a huge factor. Same shit with Denafrips.

db_Cooper · May 1, 2021, 4:41pm

I know that’s why it surprised me. In the end, I do flip equipment as it allows me try different things. The one nice thing with the Schiit is that you’re pretty sure to not take a bath on their upscale stuff if you decide to move on.

Pr3ssAltF4 · May 1, 2021, 4:45pm

That is fair, I’m just over here “thrift shopping” for niche used stuff that has dropped in price to make the most of the small pool of money I have.