Is it really necessary to drink in every one of your videos, honestly it's quite irritating, sorry

Got here due to my recent interest in the H2PA. Really liked your review and your laid-back attitude with, nevertheless, very detailed comments. Subscribed.

Without proper power supply It's just an average streamer No Sirius XM or Qobux 😮

I have a Naim Supernait 3 that had the same issue. Once I grounded the chassis the hum went away

Oh man, what are you doing to me (great channel and review), now I’ll need to get this! I’m reviewing the Rivo + transport right now and want to compare it to the Red. 👍🏻

Panels & subs best imaging Proper sub integration use JLA cr-1 active crossover

My personal experience with a pair of REL Carbon Specials was not so special. After getting placement optimized and using REW to integrate with the system I found the bass response and overall sound was lacking. If you compare to world class true subwoofers the bass sounds like a woofer in to small of an enclosure (Congested/ tone is off) and the F3/F10 was nowhere near spec. I sold my pair in very short order.

Just had a chance to listen to Getz/Gilberto SuperSense on my main system (Alexx V, DD M400MXV, etc.). Thought it sounded very different from the 5 other facsimiles I have including Impex version. Lots of air but it felt very bright. May be correlated? Lacked richness in tone from the "standard" version. Had a realness about the vocals. I think many will prefer other versions but I also think its an interesting experiment.

Ended up ordering 7 😂.. I will definitely let you know.

Hello from Canada! I have a pretty wide, deep and hight soundstage but it is more a 2D soundstage always 3 feet behind my SF Olympica Nova 3 speakers. What component in a system would have the biggest impact of improving front to back ' Z axis' soundstage? Speakers, DAC, amplifier?

Hey Everyone. I apologize for the knocking noise from my microphone... XLR cable wasn't secured properly. Will be fixed next week!

Great review Matt. 🎉

Great discussion Matt! I think you really summed up the evening well.

Nicely done! My SuperSense arrives today! Keep up the great reviews.

interesting. I had the same gear - Holo Red, LAiV Harmony DAC and also the Audial S5b. Curious how you found the Harmony and Audial S5. In my setup they were very close, but I think the Audial edged it out.

There is much more potential to tweak the performance of the Holo Red. An SR Pink fuse or even a SR Master will propel the Red to a really different level. If you use a really good power cord too you will notice another remarkable improvement in sound quality.

Awaiting the S5 review. Do you have the new version?

That Gilad H. recording, is superb, and whoever miked the VV, on that night, deserves some sort of award. I've recently acquired HQPlayer & am slowly driving myself mad trying to decide which filter I like best. FWIW, I've been using the track "No Easy Way Down" from 'Dusty in Memphis', and the sense of space around her voice, as my reference track.

I just got the Laiv dac :) really nice in my system.

Well.. I placed my order for William Steinberg, Oscar Peterson Night Train, Louis meets Oscar Peterson, and Nina I put a Spell on you. Thanks for the introduction to these!

War heute bei einem Freund und wir haben 7! Stunden Streaming-Bridges getestet. Erst ein normaler Pi, dann den Silent Angle Munich, danach den Innous PULSmini gefolgt vom HoloAudio Red und zuletzt eine Antipodes KALA 22. Der Red war unglaublich gut und der KALA dicht auf den Fersen. Er hat weder die extreme Auflösung noch die wunderschöne Natürlichkeit der KALA, aber bei einigen Aufnahmen war er dann dann doch die bessere Wahl für 1/10 des Preises. Gehört wurden die Bridges am HoloAudio Spring 3 an ATC Aktivlautsprecher.

This is absolutely ridiculous,and this guy should hydrate on his own time,I also think he need much more education in this audio hobby I feel he makes absolutely no sense 👎🏼

How many beers do you drink in a day? 😂😢😅

I have the Cyan 2 and tried the Red connecting with i2S. I didn’t like having to use my laptop and Roon. I switched to a Innuos Zen Mk3 with USB and it sounds great. Love the Sense app even more than the BluOs I used with my Bluesound N130. I’m not a raspberry Pi guy. Holo Audio makes great gear. Love the Cyan 2. A great performing DAC at about $1300 US delivered.

17:16 👍

You sound knowledgeable and therefore you have a lot of experience to help and inspire others. I only got back into this hobby 10 years ago after retirement. I interact on FB groups, Steve Hoffman forums and use the hell out of KZbin. I’ve made a lot of friends via FB and helped folks (they help me too) thru my own KZbin channel. Keep moving forward and always stay positive.👍👍

GM☕️🍩 No wifi not possible..my other half won’t let me drill and string cable from the router to my stack…. I’m still interested tho….so listen to this at work. Have a great day

RED is really ultimate Rasp build. It will be supported for many years because you can simply change OS.

Thanks for your review. I’ve had my Red for several months and I have it connected to a Holo Cyan 2 via USB. I also run an Audiolab 6000 CD transport via optical to the Cyan 2. The Red is connected to my Roon Core on a Mac Mini M1 and I subscribe to Qobuz & Tidal. I really love the sound stage and detail. It’s a hell of a buy and I will stick with USB. The system I previously used is a Bluesound Node N130 with a Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ via USB. I still use the Node with Blue OS and the Mytek as a headphone amp. With the RED I’m to play DSD. The Node only 24/196.

I've been using the Red into the Laiv DAC for the last 5 months, I2S the whole time. I've been happy with them. Did you see Hans' review of the Laiv where he said if you're going to use I2S then you should change the Laiv I2S setting so that the streamer is the clock rather than the Laiv? I never bothered to A/B it but I should to see if I hear a difference. I chose both of those products because the reviews all indicated a super strong price-to-performance ratio, and I'd have to agree. The only thing I'm thinking of experimenting with is getting a Bluesound Node once Dirac Live is implemented. Based on price point, Red vs Node would be a great shootout.

what are your gears? DAC, amp, and speakers? Thanks

Matthew, I believe it is "I squared S". Could be wrong. It's a good technology. Also, I tried Roon briefly. Didn't really solve any problems for me. I don't get the hub-bub.

Very few of us can rewire the house. But your builder likely introduced a grounding/bonding issue. Most builders don't give a shit---about you. Michael Fremer had his house rewired from the street. As I say, most of can't do that. The alternative? Run off batteries. Not joking. Ask your neighbor, Danny Ritchie.

I have found me a new channel. Very nice job. Great audio. All around easy to listen.

I've owned Audial S5b and Laiv Harmony. IMO, both are very similar - have that laid back, natural analog feel, but I also thought Audial S5B edged it out.

My friend is using a Red into his Directstream Mk2 via my ideon 'Baby Stack(Sigma Wave USB Isolator/Absolute Time clock/EOS dac)'w/Constellation Pictor, Stereo amp and Dynaudio Contour 60's.

No treatment, leather chairs.... Not good.

Will LOVE to see a refinish. Im not a big fan of gloss speakers, despite having two of them. Also Im about to get a pair of BK XXLS400 for my RS10.

How is bass compared to the Naos? Same size driver, if not the same driver.

Probably my favorite video thus far

Here are a few things to look at...and you may have done this, already. Turn off or get rid of all dim switches in your house as they are really noisy. If you have any components with wall wart power supply, replace them with ifi wall warts or, better yet, linear power supplies. Have you tried DIY grounding all your components together? Shunyata has a bunch of info and interviews on grounding. It helped me. I recently got the Altaira grounding system (can't comment yet on it...but I first started with DIY grounding, and it helped me a ton.)

Looking the specs i saw that HP2A has not gain at all Is that a passive preamp or a unity gain preamp? Thank you

One question. If someone has MBL speakers with already giant soundstage, will LAIV make it even larger? 🤔

My Hafler 9505 got its faceplate smacked in during fedex delivery, i feel your pain brotha. Those look quite unique and rare. Speaking of the Hafler, would make an EXCELLENT amp for those regas for sure. Maybe no sub needed status?

Wow 11k. I can only imagine why it wasn’t a good choice 😛

As a retired FedEx employee damage is usually a result of improper packing anyway I love my Rega brio amp never heard their speakers.

Something like a dark veneer and I don't mean black would look fab on these..I know what would kick these into life..Maybe expensive but a pair of AGD's using GAN FET's with that beautiful SET sound yet with grunt with a capital G plus they look like valve/tube amps??

From 400hz down you can't locate the province of the sound

Can you provide us with the veneer guy in Tulsa? I'm in Houston and have a similar problem with a Martin Logan bookshelf speaker.

Interesting video, great delivery. I will have to look into the rs10 a little more, they sure have a singular design.