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"When I compare the insides of the ET7 to the ET5 I am a bit surprised. ET7 has a lot less big white capacitors and has more electrolytic capacitors than the ET5. Also the tube is now on the main board rather than on a vibration isolated daughter board. Just looking at estimated cost of parts, ...

Hola Peter and welcome. I salute you from Costa Rica, Central America. Those are very good power amps, and the first thing that what I would do, is to change all tubes for fresh ones. Tubes are uncertain, and they could have a good measurements with a tube tester, and they could be bad. I don't know...

Good power means good sound quality too.

Hola, here is the output transformer wire color

Tx Adim. Just told him to do that. Funny things are the standing waves.

There is no comparison...I just went to his house to listen his Holo May Kte, the same DAC that I have, and his speakers are Spatial Audio Labs, model M3 Sapphire. A lot of bass comes out from these speakers. I tried to find a way of how take some bass energy off from them, and I did move them aroun...

Yes, the May is designed to be on 100% of the time. I only turn it off if I am going to be away for a few weeks. I also agree with Tim and you Admin, NOS mode is the most pleasing to my ears too. Also most users believe the same thing. In Facebook there is a group for Holo users. And also in audiop...

Talking with Tim, I learned that the unit must be kept on all the time. Do not power off it. But I didn't know that. I was powering on and off all the time. Tim suggested that this might cause the problem. So now, it is on all the time. Another tip from Tim was not to over sampling the signal. He sa...

I must confess that I never told to Mr Tim Connors that I had this thunder lighting striking all my house. I know that the super high voltage came through the ground, because the DAC does not have any Internet connection. So I can't tell that the problem of the MCU was caused by the thunder. I am as...

Tx AJ. Let yourself to be intoxicated by the Holo. It has balanced outputs. It sounds with much finesse and timbre. And it is a double Dac. For PCM uses a R2R ladder config and for DSD uses a Delta Sigma Dac.

It is very enjoyable to listen and has a very steady stage.

AJ, Admin and Joe, Thank you so much for your kind words and thoughts...and truly, it was a blessing that nothing else was damaged. Only electronics components. I use on the fridges a timer surge protection. But on a lighting strike, the real truly protection costs more than the whole house. There i...

Chicos, I had a lighting strike and it burned all my wifi routers and the Internet model. This caused tu burn one HDMI input of my Anthem AMV-60 and also all the four tv boxes. The main Apple computer is OK, the HDMI inputs of my TV are OK, and all TVs are OK too. My Wifi printer also is not acting....

Here is another more recent review and some comparisons with other DACs costing twice its price:
https://www.13thnote.net/2022/08/19/a-f ... y-dac-kte/

Hola goonybird, My experience is: Silver is for detail and silky highs, copper is for bass. You might try to use both metals. The silver coating cable works and the price won't crash your wallet. You can find a lot of different type of cables and prices too. There is another inexpensive well built c...

Hola Chicos, The Holo May Kte model is a bargain, sold only by mail. You cannot buy it in an audio store. So the price of the unis is a wholesale price. If the unit could be get in a store, the price will be $10K or more. So, at this price it is unfair to do comparisons. There are may other forums w...

That is one DAC that is on my radar to purchase Take some music files with you in a flash drive. Choose your personal recordings that you know very well and have a listen. There, you will re-discover your files again. Many nuances of the music are more evident and also the timber. Being the best me...

AnotherJohnson wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 4:05 pm Congratulations to Roberto for getting it sorted out. That’s great!

'Thanks AJ...it was a pleasure to work in a such beauty. It is crafted with much care and precision. Besides, looking its guts, it is built with a sense of a superb unit.

Hola Admin, The job to do is a very easy task. First, remove all the screws that surrounds the unit, including the ones that are at the back plate. To remove, are 15 2mm hex screws. Once you have done that, you must move the top plate from the bottom plate, but be careful, there is a Flex strip conn...

Hola Chicos, I want to say that Mr Tim Connors from Kitsune USA really supported me with the Holo May Kte DAC problem. The MCU (micro controller unit) stop working in my unit. Mr. Connors took me in a journey with simple questions regarding the problem and now the unit is back to normal operation. H...