I run an all ultimate chain. They are not bright or overwhelming, they are very clear.

Have you compared to the standard edition PSM156?

It is possible, but it will affect the performance of both headphones.

If you at all have the space or inclination, I would encourage you to try your Bliss & 465 with your Holo gear separated (completely destacked Bliss and May PSU), as particularly the May PSU gives off a lot of EM interference which to my ear does flatten the staging a bit.

It’s allegedly about 75% performance of Serene. Never heard it myself so I can’t say.

I use an 8 wire Fehu from Viking Weave across all my main headphones, a remarkable cable for sure. Can’t recommend Viking Weave enough for cables that don’t just sound great, but look incredible too!

The May is definitely not a bright or harsh DAC, especially in NOS. Make sure you let it warm up properly before making a judgement call (in my opinion 24 hours).

How would you describe the sound they impart?

I've just switched from NAA to direct usb connection and that's fixed the stuttering. Not sure what the limiting factor would be in wireless transimission since I'm very closed to my wifi point.

I'm having difficulties now running filters I used to run no problem. I'm wondering if it's to do with computer hard drive memory remaining or other services running that are slowing things down. I disabled the DAC correction and that has helped things, but it's still freezing every 3-4 seconds.

Koji’s or anyone else’s opinions shouldn’t change your enjoyment of your own gear. It’s important to trust your own judgement or you’ll never be satisfied in this hobby and you’ll always be second guessing yourself. If you’re happy with where you are that’s the main thing! If your tastes change...

I had the exact same thing happen to me with my ultimate cables.

To my ears I find them relatively similar in what they accomplish from a type of sound perspective, to the extent that I would find it hard to justify owning both. Elite has much better detail, immersive staging, instrument separation, imaging. Much more bass with hybrid pads - overall thicker...

Thank you, I will check it out. A friend of mine with HQPlayer suggested I request to you adding functionality to select the network adapter that HQPlayer uses; certainly it can get confusing with VPNs and similar tools installed. I don’t know how complex or not that would be, but I can see it’s...

Hooray! Thanks for your advice, the outbound packets look to have been routing to the Local Area Connection instead of Wifi. Disabling the Local Area Connection fixed it!