Testimonials

The R-27HE Audio-GD version is a discrete balanced R2-2R ladder DAC with... View

Something for music addicts-
I can only compare it to an Audio gd NFB 27.77 (ESS 9038 Pro) and it is better in every aspect. It has the Magna Hifi silver update. Sounds very natural and revealing, detailled, spacious and dynamic. Has no difficulties with showing the beauty of Al Greens voice or the power of a track by Slayer. I listened to Ali Farka Toure today and the Sleaford Mods and with both had the impression, that it sounds as it should sound.
I use it together with a PC as source, Audio gd DI 20 HE and a Mutec Ref 10, an additional power filter and pure silver cables.
And Jos gave great support.

marijan

This new DAC “Spring3” is the design that has been very popular... View

I received the Holo Spring 3 KTE a few days ago. Just a few hours after listening to it , I had a big smile on my face. It's a great DAC that excited me right away. In the few tests/reviews that I have read on the Internet (I unfortunately had no opportunity to listen to the Spring 3 before) was not overly reported about the device. On the contrary, my expectations were more than exceeded. I am already very happy with the DAC.

Arno

This new DAC “Spring3” is the design that has been very popular... View

I am very satisfied with it. It has a place in the high end category. Worth the price. The music became much more focused and detailed. I had a Dac with an AKK chip. This R2R is much more analog, more natural.

Somogyi Andor

This new DAC “Spring3” is the design that has been very popular... View

Wow…incredible performance. Anyone who says you can’t tell the difference between dacs once certain measurement goals are reached leaves me scratching my head.
The Holo replaced a modified Topping D90 and it was an obvious improvement straight out-of-the- box.
After a few weeks it just kept getting better. On one memorable occasion I looked up and thought, damn I’ve accidentally pushed the loudness button on the Luxman, but no, just extra proper bass had suddenly come on song.
So I immediately had to go back and start again with all the favourite CDs I’d been listening to.
And all this is plain vanilla 16/44 cd replay and 70 year old ears!
Great service…great product.

Rodney

The Farad Super3 Power Supply is a double regulated 3A super capacitor... View

Recently did a comparison with a friend who has the same Lumin but without Super3. That was already clear from the first sounds. Incredible!

Mike

Mano Ultra mk3 Farad music streamer is the ultimate streaming endpoint for... View

MANO ULTRA Mk III with FARAD Super3 LPSU streamer vs. Bluesound NODE (N130) streamer:
I have for some weeks tested MANO ULTRA Mk III with FARAD Super3 LPSU streamer vs. Bluesound NODE (N130) streamer via I2S HDMI-LVDS output to my HoloAudio Spring 3 DAC (level 2). The MANO has lifted the soundstage 1-2 levels higher than the NODE.
The sound textures are quite awesome with good separations between instruments ec. when playing London Grammar – music number: Hey Now or Strong or playing Agnes Obel – music number: Aventine or The Curse. The tempo, melodic and harmonic in the instruments are combined very separated and very clear and open in the heights up and down in the sound specter and in the wideness too, compared to the soundstage of the NODE. There are not huge differences, but it is very easy to hear the differences, wen switching between the 2 streamers playing the same music piece.
The MANO Ultra III/ FARAD is worth every penny and even more.

Hennrik S (Denmark)

Mano Ultra mk3 Farad music streamer is the ultimate streaming endpoint for... View

Got my new streamer today and wow what a difference. My system has never sounded this good before. Using i2s connection to my gustard r26 dac, and it sounds amazing. New details, depths, dynamic range and a lowered noise floor. Enjoying registering and discovering new musical facets in music that I am very familiar with.

Steve

DEMO UNIT - ONLY ONE AVAILABLE - FULL WARRANTY See also the... View

The magna ultra mk2 paired with the gd audio dac r2r1 is awesome! Thank you.
Saluti from italy

Andrea

Audio-GD presents the extreme of audio technology with the HE1 mk3. A... View

After initially being very happy with the sound straight out of the box, I found that it held back the macro dynamics a bit, and I lacked deep bass with body and sharpness. The resolution wasn't quite top notch either. But this turned out to change, quite drastically in fact, in the first month that the preamp was left up and running. Nowadays, I can't find anything to complain about (well yes, one little thing; se below): this is without a doubt the best preamp I've ever owned or even tried at home, and then I still had a preamp at home for test that cost about 15,000 euros when new! This says a lot about the sensational sound quality vs the price ratio you get with the HE1 -MK2 preamp. One result of this is, for example, that the preamp responds extremely clearly to cable changes - you immediately and very revealingly hear which cable has a higher or lower quality. Five stars all the way!!

However, I have a small remark, which I include in the following:

The front step's left button, on the right side of the display, has three functions:

1. Press it once, and a blue dot will appear, which determines whether you want the automatic shutdown of the display, or whether you want it to be always on. (One nitpick: it would have been nice to have two modes of brightness of the display, to switch between.)

2. Press it quickly twice, and you will get to the pre-volume function, which is intended to adapt signal sources with different output levels to achieve the same degree of volume. LEAVE THIS FEATURE, if you don't feel you have to use it, and deteriorate the sound! I feel that the sound is affected noticeably with this function - it gives a filter effect which is obvious, if you compare it with mode 9 (no pre-volume). Even when you compensate the db. However, feel free to try it and form your own opinion.

3. Press the button quickly three times, and you will enter the preamp's two gain modes: either 6 db or 16 db gain. This feature is very useful! I use the pre-stage with the 6 db mode and find no penalty between the two settings, either than obviously different gain.

All in all: a wonderful preamp that is more than worth its asking price. And, you can buy with confidence: Jos and Magna Hifi gave me great service and a quick response to all my (many) questions.

Richard

The HoloAudio Bliss is here! This has taken a long time and... View

Easy, smooth and very pleasant transaction, as always is with Magna Hifi guys.

I think Bliss deserves a spot in solid state hall of fame. It has has both an amazing sound quality and an amazing character. It can run literally any headphones well, has all the necessary features and doesn't have any obvious flaws. For many it may be the end of the road in the search for a perfect solid state headphone amp. It was for me. It's a bliss :).

Tomislav

The Singxer SU-6 is a new generation of USB interface developed by... View

Seems to work well with my Wireworld Silver Sphere HDMI cable and my Holo May KTE.
My whole system sounds ‘right’ now in a way I’ve never heard before. It’s a feeling that’s similar across all input formats and musical genres. Excellent soundstage, neutral frequency response, realistic timbre, excellent micro detail, good low end drive and the blackest of black backgrounds.

Ross

Master 3A is a pure Class A power amplifier. Designed without any... View

I own the HE-1 MK2 pre amplifier and the Master 3A power amplifier and I can assure anyone this combi is hard to beat.
I did hear a lot of amplifiers like Hegel, Classe, Accuphase etc. but non of them can beat Audio-GD.
I use them in combination with a HiFi Rose RS150 streamer and Dali Epicon 6 speakers
Sounds like heaven!
Would be great if some hifi magazine would dare to test this brand compared to other well known high end brands.

Eric Bartels

Audio-GD R28 mk2 (or 2022 model Balanced pre- & headphone amplifier with... View

Bought the R28 2022 version: what a purchase! I regrettably no longer have the HE6SEv2 and I bet this beast would drive those as a charm. The DAC portion of the device is also very satifying and it took me a bit to get uesed to it (brain or hardware burn-in? I will never know...). Coming from a Violectric V200 I thought I was akready enjoying a warmer than average sound delivery but this takes it to another level.
I have yet to decide if I prefer NOS or OS. The effect of the vynil record simulation, which is suppposed to provide the smoothest setting, isn't yet clear to me and I don't hear much of a difference. Using it mostly with HD800S and Arya Sealth Edition. It also proved an outstanding match for my Beyerdynamic T90 whos high register is less extreme with this amplifier than it is also with a (modest) tube amp such as the Little dot mk III, which I am now selling. Indeed it seems that the same sonic results of OTL tube amplification can be obtained by the R28: not sure if it is just due to the R2R decoding or if also the amplifier plays a role.
Great service from Magnahifi is the icing on the cake.

Andrea

May Dac = 'The possibility of.' The May DAC is here! over... View

What can I say, I am still quite speechless and impressed, it's like listening to analog music with digital equipment. A wonderful DAC, which fits perfectly with the Ferrum Hypsos/Oor to the Hifiman Susvara.

Thomas

Mano Ultra mk3 Farad music streamer is the ultimate streaming endpoint for... View

I’ve recently purchased my Mano ultra mk3 streamer with the matched Farad super 3 power supply from Magna Hifi. This streamer now feeding my HoloAudio Spring 3 DAC, also from Magna Hifi. The team is super professional with an extremely high level of customer care service approach. Rob was helping me choosing the right components and now my system reached an unparalleled sonic performance. I’m very satisfied with my purchase and I only can recommend Magna Hifi as one of my best partners setting and completing my Stereo. Thanks again and wishing lots of success to the company! Kind regards, Karl

Karl

Mano Ultra mk3 Farad music streamer is the ultimate streaming endpoint for... View

I am very much satisfied with this combo. Rob was very helpful in configuring my sd card with Gentoo player. I configured also Ropiee SD myself & both work fine. I cannot say now which software is better. I had a doubt if Mano will function with my Gustard DAC on i2S output. But it functions without problem. Thanks to Magna team.

Prosper

Audio-GD R7HE MK3 flagship DAC is a fully discrete R-2R ladder Digital... View

I've been listening to this DAC for a few months now and it continues to amaze me and above all it continues to fascinate me. I've had many DACs but this is by far the best I've ever owned.

David

Singxer, SA1 is a full balance class A headphone Amplifier and preamplifier.... View

Wat een fijne versterker, muisstil, zwarte achtergrond. Super veel details, erg mooie plaatsing van instrumenten en artiesten. Superstrakke basweergave. Speel met een Meze 109 pro hoofdtelefoon. Had hiervoor een creek obh21 hoofdtelefoon versterker maar dit is zo een grote sprong voorwaarts dat heb ik niet durven dromen. Vragen werden snel serieus en eerlijk beantwoord.
Kortom heel tevreden.

Rene

The R-27RE Audio-GD version is a discrete balanced R2-2R ladder DAC with... View

I have listen the R27-RE in my system! Beautiful, very high performance. Super machine!

Davide M.

The Pink Faun LAN isolator provides galvanic isolation between the device that... View

Das Gerät ist fantastisch. Erst jetzt erkennt man wahrhaftige Instrumente, die Bässe spielen nuancierter man hört jedes Detail und eine gewisse Magie verbreitet sich im Raum. Die LAN Aufbereitung spielt eine grosse Rolle

Lukas