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Nice video.. I use the fortes….with leben cs 600x…. I had a hegel 190 a Atoll IN 400 se and a nad 23…..take the tubes always and they never go away… the leben with klipsch is a match in heaven. Looking for the Cornwalls to…..Gr robert

Great video but so much talking and no real music although you are live in your studio so we can listen with our own ears . So many reviews of Hegel amplifiers but very little music videos so we can really listen and make some basic opinion.

Ended up going with Hart Audio cables, great cables lots of customization and you can do strange configurations that are tough to find. Plus definitely good price.

Excellent review. Thanks! I have the Peachtree Nova 150 and sounds great with my LS50 Metas. Excited to try Peachtree’s GanFET amplifiers.

I power my Metas with a Crown XLS1502 (300W @ 8ohm) with a Cambridge Audio DACMagic Plus as my headphone amp / preamp, streaming from my PC. The DACMagic Plus outputs to the Crown by XLR. Also have the KEF 12" sub. It's pretty great with plenty of resolution, clarity, and oomf. I think you need more power than the 80W max from the Powernode to "effortlessly" drive the LS50 metas, but it depends a lot on the particular amp. Also I use HD800 as my daily driver headphones and you will never obtain the same clarity or soundstage with speakers as the HD800 or HD800S without getting into many many thousands of dollars for amps and speaker combos and spending a lot of time with speaker placement and room staging. Also consider that room dimensions, room staging, speaker placement, crossover settings,... these things can make or break your setup. Controversially, the wire gauge could also make a bit of a difference, aim for 12awg.

I've decided to pair a high end Aqua formula dac that can be upgraded if tech changes later...Pairing it with a Lumin U2 Mini w/ seperate linear power supply, it doesn't have a dac...also I can stream Tidal straight from the Tidal app... I think should give me the best streaming available❓comments welcomed 😁

Holo audio ...thanks for bright led lights...bright inventors you have. Not in my room.

They call him Mr. Chibs.

Thank you I want to ask is it true that it takes around 30min for the Mojo 2 to warm up and sound good ❓🫢

I've got a mojo2, also some R2R dongle DACs, by the sounds of it the cyan2 doesn't appear to be worth spending the money on for a minor improvement. Good review, I've yet to find someone doing a direct comparison with the denafrips ares II 12th.

Yo Mr. Chibs, Captivator RS1 subwoofer. Google it and let the games begin.

As usual nice review. The May KTE is amazing. I’m using via I2s to a Innuos Zenith Mk3 server:streamer.

thank you very much👍

Thanks so much for explaining the input selection issue and not just glossing over it as some others have done.

Maybe I missed it, but how is the low volume performance? I mean low to mid volumes. I sometimes think the H190 sounds better at say, 48 and up on the volume dial. - Sometimes that’s too loud for the occasion. I have B&W 705s with a sub, so the h190 does fine and is matched well I think. Still, I wish I could tweak the equalization to match things better at low volumes and to fit the room. I know, Hegel……. Would the h390 do better at low to mid volumes?

Following this line of reasoning, each amplifier is dual mono. It has two signal paths separated from the input from the sound source. The power supply system is not dual mono. This is a marketing interpretation.

One symmetrical transformer. Why is it promoted as dual mono? creative chaos inside... It's not dual mono. (two identical monoblocks in one housing. the term used is inappropriate for the solutions used....

H390 is on my wish list.Thank's for the great review.

Thanks for sharing the experience. I have a Powernode and was about to buy LS50 Metas. Guess I'll buy the Focal Aria Evo X. Will you make a video when you find a new all in one amp/streamer?

Ok your expressionism says different

Get educated about physics before you criticize it adding weight and mass to anything will reduce micro and macro vibrations which will benefit circuits,granted you have to have a high resolving system in most cases to hear a difference which most people do not have and can’t afford, so many scepters like yourself

I have a doubt between audio - gd R28 NOS and Holo Cyan 2 dac. Please, if anyone can help with advice. Thank you

Great review, I appreciate you taking the extra time to go over the quirks with the input switching, though they won't stop me from eventually buying my own. The WiiM pro would be great for cutting the optical input with this DAC, especially if you have the remote. Sadly, the optical passthrough input on the WiiM pro and pro+ has two major flaws that those unfamiliar should be aware of. 1. The audio will occasionally skip/stutter every ~5 minutes, though this depends on your TV or other input device, and seems to be due to poor reclocking of the signal in the WiiM. Changing the output bit depth to 16 makes it happen less frequently, but you'll still hear it every time it occurs. 2. The right and left channels may get switched, and you might not notice it immediately. This can easily be fixed by cycling the inputs or putting the WiiM on standby with the remote, but can occur seemingly at any time, and at random. WiiM acknowledged both of these issues on their forum way back in 2023, even saying that both could be resolved with a firmware update. Sadly they have yet to fix either of these flaws, and with their new models on the horizon I wouldn't be surprised if they never bother to. Edit: The issues only occur when using the optical passthrough. Everything is fine with streaming over chromecast, wifi, or bluetooth.

Surely it performs better than the Maple Leafs.

Good review. I have LS50 METAs too. I think I heard you say something about your LS50 META being updated. What exactly does the update consist of, if you don't mind me asking.

I really enjoyed your presentation by including others system and clearly point out the short and long of this DAC. I happened to also own Cornwall IV and Denafrips DAC/Pontus II driven by 8W 300B single ended amp. Don't think I will change the current setup since it suits my listening menu exactly. The Cyan 2 will be a great addition to my bedroom system. Thank you for an awesome review.

Damn, you really live in the sticks, huh?

Great review, being a Mojo2 owner and a fan of electronic music its been very useful to know these things.

Смотрел ваше видео, пока не увидел у вас усилитель Hegel. Этот метрвый усилитель, скорее всего исказитетель музыки. Отстой. Дальше даже смотреть не стал!

Tidal alone subscription does most of this and I don't have to pay 2 subscription fees for my streaming... ❓

the bottom of the screen on the tv with roon is not moving so what about burn in on oled tv's

I have this dac for two months now, also combined with a hegel h190. Since a month i updated my streamer. Now a Innuos pulse gives my audio bliss.

Just ordered mine. I'm on an S21 ultra so hopefully I'll get no issues. You deserve more subs dude ❤

Really like your presentation, and the video game music showing the Singxer. At first I thought, "another wannabe smartass trying to be funny and different." But after five minutes in (yes, I was generous!), you are now my #1 reviewer! No pomposity, good humor in unexpected places, and easy to understand. Should I get the Denafrips Iris since I own the Ares 12th-1? Or the Singxer?

Couldn't you simply connect your Roon core directly to your DDC Via USB?

Thank you for the great review one more time. I also have the H190 and thinking of the Cyan 2. Where i reside (a beautiful Greek island) there is no way to audition the Holo Audio. I just wish to know how the two dacs compare since many reviewers out there they mention favorite things of the H190 dac. Thank you in advance

LAIV Harmony just dropped too 🥲 offboard over sampling is killing the vibe for me. I dont want to invest in thunderbolt GPU outboard slaving, a Roon sub, an HQP license. Edit: i totally think this is an insane tool for those with HQP OS backend in place. Someone who can bring the million taps OS 352.8/384khz or higher to the table will be very pleased.

Don't think the Venus II is really NOS either