Comments on: Holo Audio Spring3 KTE DAC: The Last Days of Disco?

By: Ian White

Ian White — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 20:19:42 +0000

Jacob,

We are 100% in agreement. I have listened to some rather expensive DACs over the years and I don’t think any of them moved me emotionally more than the Spring3 KTE. And I include Theta, MSB, dCS, Jadis, Audiomat, Audio Note, Levinson, and Spectral in that collection.

When I inserted into into my main system with the Cambridge Edge A driving Maggies, Bowers & Wilkins, and Q Acoustics…it was like a totally different experience. Mind-blowing with some music.

People spending more are wasting their money.

Ian White

By: Jacob Gade

Jacob Gade — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 16:25:18 +0000

My curent ( 1 year now) end-game set-up is a Holo Audio Spring3 KTE DAC paired with a LTA MZ3, listening mainly to Quboz. I don’t need more than this, I am VERY satisfied and can’t see I will gain anything from levelling up.

So I agree, the combo is perfect and though expensive, then it is the sweet spot of quality vs price.

By: Moy

Moy — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:14:26 +0000

To add into this, Max DSD rate is DSD1024 x 48 not DSD512

By: Hudo

Hudo — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 21:13:19 +0000

Few corrections: Spring 3 level 1 starts at around 2200$, not KTE (level 3). Max PCM bitrate is 1.5Mhz, not 768khz (useful for people using Hqplayer). Spring doesn’t have AKM converter, its NOS only, Holo May can upsample or convert.