I was nervous of buying from abroad (without an audition ) and having no dealers here in the UK but Jos ,after a few emails ,at Magna hifi assured me it was an easy and safe process. He was right ,it was just like buying online in uk . Service from Magna hifi was excellent. First impressions of HoloAudio spring dac level 3. It's heavy,very well built and looks superb with the copper buttons and side plates. Anybody who says that bits are bits and all dacs sound the same is wrong. There was a noticeable improvement in the sound of my streamer being played through this dac including sound stage and imaging. But it was when I used my little used (I now stream most of my music) and budget cd player as transport and the Spring 3 as a dac that the difference was massive . Doing a/b comparisons with the dac in the cd player and the Spring 3 the improvement was not subtle and sounded like a huge upgrade . The fact that I spent next 5 weeks listening to all my cds again and hearing things I've never heard before says it all . Streaming didn't get a look in. Any cons ? The remote ,which is also well made ,has copper buttons which rattle when you move it . I don't know why this irritates me but it does for some reason. Other that minor thing the Spring 3 is perfect as was service from Jos at Magna. 5 stars, if you can afford it buy it with confidence.

One word: Brilliant! I had a Denafrips Pontus but it's for sale now Not even close. This Spring Level 2 beats it on all aspects. Thanks Magna Hi!

I wanted to thank you for a pleasant and positive experience. I've been enjoying the DAC every day for weeks now. It sounds so beautifully balanced and detailed with an unprecedented calm reproduction. Many thanks to you and Rob.

I had limited time to listen to my new DAC even though I can tell that this is marvel! I wouldn't think that it can improve all aspects of how the overall system sounds, but yet it does! Amazing, really. The temperature of the device in the top right side of the chassis the temperature is a bit high, maybe 50 C. This is not a problem according to Magna Hifi

After some good advice of Rob and a great listening session at Magna's I purchased the Spring 3-2 DAC as a replacement for my Naim ND5XS. The Naim is still in place as a streaming device and digitally connected to the Spring 3. No regrets at all. The DAC is a great step forward in my listening experience. The DAC really invites you to listen to more and more music.

After another good and objective advice from the Magna team bought the spring3-2. And after some serious burn in time with quality ups and downs …. I can’t say anything else than it is stunningly amazing. Never experienced such live feeling at home. Staging, clarity is just amazing. Really happy. Give it some weeks of burn in and you will be amazed by the musical performance this machine can put in place.

Never has purchasing this amount of audible joy been so easy! Thank you for a gloriously easy transaction Magna! I am utterly smitten with this product!

Great service, awesome conversations, incredible knowledge, amazing sound and Rob is a superb host that takes his time for you. Bought a spring 3 lvl 2 dac and i love it.

Sounds superb and made a huge improvement!

It is already (100-150 hours I estimate) by far the best DAC I have tried and my system is finally falling into place. In short, very happy with the Spring 3 with preamp and for me an end game piece,

Holoaudio spring dac 3 level 2 Tevredenheid hangt enerzijds af van de behandeling in de winkel en anderzijds van de kwaliteit van de producten. Om met het laatste te beginnen. Meer dan 40 jaar is mijn hobby hifi. Als ik iets koop wil ik iets goeds hebben waar ik lang van kan genieten. Voor sommige producten is dat eenvoudiger als andere. Zo kocht ik mijn eerste Magnepans in 1980, gevolgd door de 2.6 in 1998 en enige jaren geleden de 3.7. De 2.6 is nog steeds in gebruik in de 2e installatie. Met dac's is het een ander verhaal. De een na de ander. Toen ik 2 jaar geleden de NAD M51 verving door de RME ADI-2 fs dacht ik hier zeker met een goede externe voeding een eindpunt bereikt te hebben. De Denafrips Ares II bracht me echter op het spoor van r2r dac's. De Ares is na 9 maanden in de 3e installatie in de slaapkamer beland omdat aan en uitzetten met een ifi i-usb 3.0 tussengeschakeld dagelijks een moeizame operatie was. Mijn werkwijze is het afstruinen van het internet en beoordelen van reviews en reviewers. Ik kwam bij Holoaudio en Magna terecht en heb vrij snel een Holo spring dac 3 level 2 (ik heb mijn zilveren interlinks enige jaren geleden vervangen door professionele summer carbon interlinks met voor mijn oren een beter resultaat) en een singxer-SU2 gekocht. Wat een verschil met RME en Ares II, dag en nacht. Dit had ik echt niet verwacht. Eindelijk een dac die bijzonder goed een geluidsbeeld in de diepte kan neerzetten met een gedetailleerdheid en een rust die ik waar dan ook nog nooit heb gehoord. De koopervaring: na het bestellen begint altijd het wachten. Binnen 2 dagen perfect geleverd. Had zelf een kleinigheidje. Ik had de Singxer op mijn mac moeten selecteren wat ik vergeten was. Binnen enige uren een reactie per mail terug. Kan niet beter. Zeer warm aanbevolen.

I've owned the DAC for a few months now. This DAC is built so impressively and sounds amazingly clean. The tonal balance is beautiful and gives a very rich but not overly thick sound, which often causes listening fatigue, such as with my Pontus (which was sold after comparison with this Holo Spring ;-)

Bonsoir, Oui car la nuit sied aux esthètes... J'ai acheté l'ensemble Holo Audio Spring 3 et Bliss depuis au moins un an (Et j'ai eu beaucoup, beaucoup, d'autres ensembles casques). Et c'est un bonheur journalier ! J'écoute principalement via mon PC France Musique, les Web radio, FIP, etc. Et tout mes fichiers via Quobuz. Holo Audio... Que dire... On pourrait penser que l'échelle de résistance puisse dégrader le signal dans le temps... Mais non... Je crois que le concepteur de ces machines s'appelle Jef Zhu... Et que c'est un génie ! Tout comme Erik Satie, que j'écoute actuellement sur mon casque Susvara avec l’ensemble Holo Audio. Si mon fils était encore de ce monde, il écouterait Enter Sandman de Metallica avec le même bonheur... Je vous embrasse MG

The first impressions are very positive . Very open, smoother, warmer and wider soundstage. compared to my Hegel.

This is the most realistic sound I have experienced so far. It is almost creepy, how beautiful is this!! I hesitated between the Cyan2 or this DAC but the difference is big after listening to Rob in the demo room. Nice reception and they take the time for you. Very happy with this DAC and then to think that my old DAC was almost twice as expensive! Maybe also listen to the May..... :-)

I would like to thank you for the great correspondence and help in the purchase of the Spring 3 DAC Level 2, which I’m delighted with. Even straight out of the box the SQ improvement’s over the Naim nDac were substantial, not surprising as its over 10 years old. My RME ADI FS 2 DAC, which is very good, was shown a fresh pair of heels by the Spring DAC 3, sound stage is larger, imaging is holographic, bass is taught and deep and the way it reproduces instruments is amazing. I know all DAC’s can reproduce sound accurately, but all of them sound different, Naim has the PRAT, which is why people buy their equipment, I’m one, RME sounded superb, compared to Naim, the Spring DAC walked over both with alarming ease, simply stunning.

Today we compared this DAC with the Weiss 204 (which has a dedicated DYI power supply) and the Meitner Audio MA-3 and the results Spring Level 2 is a great DAC perfectly balanced between stage width, holography, beautiful natural vocals and holy impressive dynamics!

Just a few words to tell you that the holo audio may has arrived, and that the first listen was already fantastic! thank you very much.

It is easy to indicate how the proportions are in quality. The Holo Audio MAY DAC is the absolute best, period! I have compared many R2R DACs. Many other brands, some of which are 3x as expensive! The Holo Audio MAY DAC via USB wins the game with ease, I dare say. The Holo is more refined and more natural in sound. The much more expensive brands are coming close, albeit with some distance. Absolutely recommended this R2R DAC! Or the KTE version? I can't control my curiosity I'm afraid :-)

The May arrived safely and is gorgeous. The case feels very solid, without any sharp edges and of very high quality. The sound is so clear, spacious and smooth. As such, I am very happy :) It is interesting, that the locking takes some time - I read about this. While other DACs seem to be able to switch immediately, I do not mind this at all.

The main things for me are how well integrated the full range of frequencies are and how relaxing it is to listen to. I can spot more texture here, a bit more detail there and slightly more information on how the musicians are playing around with the tempo there, but that’s not what I’m most impressed by. It’s the music as a whole that is much improved, with less effort needed to make sense of what I’m hearing.

The Holo May has now played 400 hours. It provides exactly the improvements I was looking for. I have a Hegel 390 where the dac is good but sounds a bit closed. I also wanted to hear the real sound of the instruments even more, as Naim shows so beautifully. But not the disadvantages of the latter. The Holo May does it all! I play the music on my TAD ME1 speakers. Beautiful!

All my pre-purchase questions were answered very quickly and comprehensively by Magnahifi. I ordered on Friday and the device arrived already on the following Tuesday. The sound is stunning! So far I have used a DAC for about 7000 EUR. I'm sorry to say that it sounds like a toy against the Holo May. The sound of the May is in-describable, simply divine. It was my best purchase during the last 20 years!

Der Holo May Level 2 läuft bei mir erst seit einer Woche, aber schon jetzt kann ich sagen, dass dieser Kauf eine gute Entscheidung war. Ich habe ein hoch auflösendes High End System und eine überdurchschnittlich gute Akustik im Hörraumstudio wodurch die musikalischen Eigenschaften wunderschön zur Geltung kommen. Zuvor hatte ich als DAC einen Audio GD R8 (R2R) und einen Luxman DA-250. Die klangliche Steigerung war zu erwarten, aber dass diese so beeindruckend ist hätte ich nie gedacht. Ich freue mich schon auf den Zeitpunkt wenn der Holo richtig eingespielt ist. Meine Aussage bezieht sich auf den Betreib an einem Musikserver (Transport) und i.d.R. auf Flac Dateien 24 Bit / 96 auf interner SSD.

I am amazed at how good it is ! Simply incredible. Best DAC below 15k EURO. Period.