February 2020 I reviewed the Holo Audio May Level 2 DAC and was rather impressed by it. When I reviewed the Magna Mano Ultra MK III Farad streamer last week, I was lent the May DAC again, I found it a golden chance to listen to it again but this time on my heavily upgraded reference setup 1a.

Contents of this video

00:00 - Introduction
00:29 - Start of program
02:31 - PLL or not
05:00 - NOS or not
06:10 - Listening time
07:36 - I²S or not
9:16 - The wrap

Relevant videos:
Magna Hifi Mano review:    • Magna Hifi Mano I²S and SPDIF streame...  
My presentation at the Noir & Blanc Brussels Hifi Show 2022:    • My presentation at the Noir & Blanc B...  
Holo Audio May NOS DAC review:    • Holo Audio May NOS DAC with oversampl...  
Ayre Acoustics AX5 20:    • Ayre Acoustics AX-5 Twenty  
PMC Fact.12 Signature:    • The sound of my PMC Fact.12’s Signatu...  
IsoAcoustic Gaia II:    • IsoAcoustics Gaia II decoupling louds...  
Chord Dave:    • Chord Dave FPGA DAC  
About my reference setups, July 2022:    • About my reference setups, July 2022  

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