without the upsampling it's a very good nos dac. comparable with my reference wavedream sig/bal, but not quite in the same league. with hqplayer, it's easily as good — but different. i'm still sorting out the differences, but i'd be perfectly happy with either the wavedream or the may+hqplayer.
without upsampling, it's the wavedream for me without question. other outstanding dacs i'm familiar with that aren't at this level include the yggdrasil a2 & the hugo tt2+mscaler
in general, i'm hearing what @GoldenOne describes in his review of the holo may — except the timbre difference he describes. i like them both very much — if you like the one, you'll enjoy the other. there's a significant $ difference, of course.
just beginning to traverse through the insane range of filters. started with sinc-m on @GoldenOne's recommendation — using his preferences, and that blew me away. the computational demand is very manageable for my iMac, but it takes me time to gain a sense of each filter — i'm not adept at describing what i hear
Sinc-S, -L, -M, and -Mx are all the same filter.. just with increasing computation applied. For PCM output, any modern laptop should be fine. The main drawback is increased lag.
yes, that's right of course. sinc-mx sounds slightly warmer, deeper with less of the harshness that jussi believes pcm retains — he prefers dsd. i don't hear much harsh myself with sinc-m, but sinc-mx is certainly a fuller sound, and i prefer it.
@GoldenOne Whoops. Thanks for clarifying on Sinc-L. @pavi I also use Sinc-Mx but for different reasons. The scaling makes it an intermediate-tap Sinc filter for <200kHz PCM (SPDIF limit on Schiit), and it is the highest tap Sinc filter I can do reliably on the Pi 4.
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