HOLO Audio - Official Thread

Nice. I went to the site and didn’t see an ETA listed. Hopefully they stay with that if that’s what you saw or were told.

Edit: I see Kitsune has it in stock.

Though they’re built as ordered.

THIS IS Special Order item - each RED DDC is built to order and once ordered the process begins and a typical production time is around 4+ weeks. Currently shipping is estimated 4-6days for shipping. Please agree to these terms or cancel your order now.

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The ordering process is probably the same for Kitsune and Magna then…

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Listening now. No impressions yet. lol




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Nice. What headphones do you plan on using?

LCD5, same since I had X26 Pro, R26, Oor/Hypsos and NC400’s.

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Very nice! Think this will be my choice for SS to replace my Violectric eventually.
Look forward to your findings.

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Haha same :grin:

If this is a solid pairing with sus I may try it again. We’ll see.

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Awesome! Did you get KTE or standard?

Also interested to know your thoughts after spending some time with it. :+1:

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I hope it drives the that Susvara of yours to the moon. :slight_smile:

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Yeah, it’ll be awhile before I find out … perfectly content atm :sunglasses::notes::musical_note::notes:

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Mine arrives today. CFA3 has been patiently waiting for the showdown of which one drives the Susvara better. I’m anticipating a draw.

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very curious to see what you come up with, those two are on my watchlist for 2023.

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I’m curious as well but I’ve already built the use case to keep both. The Bliss has the preamp aspect that I can use for my Aeras and Stellaris. The CFA has both headphone and speaker outputs, so I can use it with headphones, speakers, and interface boxes. I could see a case where I end up selling the Bliss and getting a Serene instead. Time will tell, or it won’t.

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Caldera on the Bliss is nuts :sweat_smile:
I’m in love with how punchy this amp is

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It is a journey my friend. It is a journey. Lol

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That’s good, I’m glad your happy (I should hope so! :laughing:)

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No. He sits in a corner and cries like me for how expensive terrific audio gear is. At least its terrific!! lol.

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Cross posting here from the forums:

Can’t believe what i’m hearing…

I took off the bass shelf and left straight convolution only and it’s hitting the spot tonight. Brain burn, unit burn-in, mood?
First night, 3.3 db
Second night, same
Third, none
4th…

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Doing a few measurements now that I’ve spent enough time listening, will have a full set soon but figured I’d share initial basic results

Bal in Bal out:

All harmonics below -140dB

SINAD is about 120dB, and at 50mV IEM level you get 93dB SNR so it’s whisper quiet.

Handles 12W at 32 Ohms!!

Crosstalk is about -138dB upto 2.5khz. And rises to -125dB at 20khz.

THD remains constant and does not rise at higher frequencies (quite a few amps perform way better at 1khz than at 10-20khz for example).

Awesome stuff Jeff!

Only slightly unusual thing is the output impedances:

XLR-4 Bal: 0.1Ω (Lo-Z), 15Ω (Hi-Z)
4.4mm Bal: 2.2Ω (Lo-Z), 17Ω (Hi-Z)
6.35mm SE: 1.1Ω (Lo-Z), 8.5Ω (Hi-Z)

I’m guessing the higher output impedances on the 6.35/4.4mm connections are there for short protection. But if using IEMs for example and concerned about OI you could just grab an XLR to 4.4mm adapter and use that.

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