[thecrow]

I had the Spring 2 KTE and now I have the Holo May KTE. In my system (Susvara and Niimbus US4 amp) the Spring 2 KTE sounded more natural, pleasing with authority bass, perfect midrange and holographic presentation, analog sound.

The Holo May in my system has a not so great tonality. The midrange and upper midrange is more forward, sounds more Hi-fi timbre, the bass is so accurate that loses the robustness that Spring 2 KTE has. The highs are almost the same.

Otherwise the May KTE is more technically correct, it is much cleaner sounding, it has perfect imaging, positioning of instruments were Spring 2 KTE was a little hazy in comparison (this becomes apparent only when competing to May or Chord Dave).

If the May KTE had the Spring 2 KTE timbre, it will be the perfect DAC for me. Hope it will come close with more burn in (around 300 h at this moment).

Hi. I have the us4 and susvara and have ordered the holo may level 3.
Curious to read what your latest impressions of the may are including relative to the spring

thanks in advance

 

[FooFighter]

Just to confirm: Holo products don't support either IOS or Android sources, do they?
Just Windows, MacOS and Linux.
Just asking as I found it quite convenient streaming Apple Music out of my IPAD in the past to my DAC.
That won't work anymore using some Spring 3 KTE, right?

 

[KenMan85]

Just to confirm: Holo products don't support either IOS or Android sources, do they?
Just Windows, MacOS and Linux.
Just asking as I found it quite convenient streaming Apple Music out of my IPAD in the past to my DAC.
That won't work anymore using some Spring 3 KTE, right?

I plug my android phone in via USB just fine..

 

[FooFighter]

I plug my android phone in via USB just fine..

Really?
Can someone please test IOS?

 

[KenMan85]

Works fine too
My friend used his iPhone with spotify

 

[FooFighter]

Gosh, why isn't it in the product description?
Now I am very keen getting the Spring 3 KTE though the footprint is still bugging me on my small working desk.
Thx guys!

 

[KenMan85]

Gosh, why isn't it in the product description?
Now I am very keen getting the Spring 3 KTE though the footprint is still bugging me on my small working desk.
Thx guys!

Yep I use a seperate shelf for that stuff but yeah it's a solid dac

 

[FooFighter]

Yep I use a seperate shelf for that stuff but yeah it's a solid dac

Maybe will just mount it angled by 90 degrees to the side of my wooden file cabinet - just joking

 

[ksorota]

Gosh, why isn't it in the product description?
Now I am very keen getting the Spring 3 KTE though the footprint is still bugging me on my small working desk.
Thx guys!

Firmware updates require windows…everything else works fine as a transport. Using m1 mac mini now, and have used my iphone.

 

[laialbert]

Gosh, why isn't it in the product description?
Now I am very keen getting the Spring 3 KTE though the footprint is still bugging me on my small working desk.
Thx guys!

I’ve used it with my iPad before, but mostly with my Mac. Should work with pretty much any OS as long as they can drive a USB audio device. Firmware updates do require Windows (which in my experience are a bit fiddly to get to work.)

 

[KenMan85]

I’ve used it with my iPad before, but mostly with my Mac. Should work with pretty much any OS as long as they can drive a USB audio device. Firmware updates do require Windows (which in my experience are a bit fiddly to get to work.)

For the 20 mute portion hold down the M key

 

[laialbert]

For the 20 mute portion hold down the M key

Yeah, I did that, but I found that I had to move the sliders up and down multiple times before pressing down the M key.

 

[KenMan85]

Yeah, I did that, but I found that I had to move the sliders up and down multiple times before pressing down the M key.

Ah yes. I did it wrong first.

Slide them both to 100 then both to 0 then both to 50.

Then set them to the individual positions in the walk through.

 

[KenMan85]

Update firmware for Linux base systems in holo page allows for my streamer to play back pcm at proper volume.

 

[FooFighter]

Can you please post the Spring KTE fw download page?
Thx!