The ordered R1 NOS was delivered in under a week (quite fast for the distance). Contact via email was very friendly and questions were answered quickly and efficiently. Thank you very much <3

After nearly a year of listening, sorry that i write this so late, i don't want to miss this DAC. I tested some more DAC's , but in my opinion the R2R1 NOS is the best u can get for the money. Big thanks Stefan

I ordered the Audio-GD - R1 NOS DAC at Magna Hifi 3 weeks ago on advice of a good friend. As I live and work nearby, I asked Jos to collect it, rather than have it delivered. This was scheduled within a day. While talking about the intended use as a single DAC rather than a head phone DAC/Amplifier. Thanks for the excellent service Magna Hifi !

I received the Audio-GD R1 NOS and it sounds good!! Thanks so much.

a few months ago I have purchased the Audio-GD R1 NOS from you and I am amazed by the dynamics and soundstage. Great buy!

Excellent price / quality ratio for Audio-GD products. I didn't expect much, but when I turned on the Audio-GD R2R R1 DAC, I realized that this sound was significantly different from what I had heard from ~10 of my previous DACs, including the R2R. Space, stage, details - everything is here, nothing is smeared out of focus or exaggerated. Surprisingly good sound from Audio-GD, a brand I was not familiar with until now!

Le changement récent de mon cable usb m'a fait penser que je pouvais aller plus loin, et le convertisseur Holo m'a séduit sur le papier par sa robuste fabrication et son entrée usb sophistiquée. Restait à voir si le réalité correspondrait à ce que mes oreilles en attendaient. Par rapport à mon ancien GD Audio 19, je n'ai pas été déçu. La scène sonore d'abord : les instruments sont là, en grandeur réelle, avec non seulement la largeur, mais la profondeur et la hauteur (quand l'enregistrement le permet, car c'est là qu'on se rend compte que la plupart du temps on n'a qu'un patchwork de détails sonores juxtaposés). J'ai vraiment dans mon salon le piano d'Ivan Moravec, le clavecin de Christophe Rousset ou le trio d'Oscar Peterson, en trois dimensions. L'équilibre tonal a changé, car le registre grave, repoussé plus bas, ne masque plus le bas medium, et les instruments ressortent mieux timbrés et plus lumineux. Enfin on a tout un ensemble d'harmoniques, de résonances et d'extinction de notes, qui métamorphose complètement la personnalité de l'instrument. Par ailleurs, le son ne se tasse pas dans les sforzandos, mais au contraire gagne en volume et en ampleur. Le grand clavecin Couchet que touche Christophe Rousset dans les Suites de Louis Couperin paraît comme illuminé de l'intérieur, et prend tour à tour des sonorités de luth, de carillon, voire d'orgue, absentes jusque là. Bien plus, cette musique, sur laquelle je n'avais qu'une oreille admirative, me devient maintenant captivante. Le grand piano forte Broadwood, à deux claviers, que joue Georg Ewald Dahler dans les Impromptus de Schubert, instrument que j'ai dans l'oreille, pour l'avoir entendu en récital, est beaucoup plus riche en harmoniques, et prend par moments des teintes cuivrées ou argentées, sans parler d'un registre grave à la fois modelé, profond et léger, jamais empâté ni confus ou asséné. Je mets le légendaire enregistrement des Nocturnes de Chopin, par Ivan Moravec, impeccablement remasterisé par Supraphon, et c'est le choc, ou plutôt l'hypnose : une sonorité liquide et pourtant incroyablement dense, affranchie des barres de mesure, une variété de toucher à se demander s'il n'y a pas plusieurs pianos, les notes les plus ténues d'une fermeté tactiles, un son palpable, et une main droite qui décroche des pluies d'étoiles en haut du clavier. Le plus impressionnant est peut-être l'extinction de la vibration de la note à la fin de chaque Nocturne, qui se poursuit sur plusieurs secondes, et j'entend encore (ou je ressens pour être plus exact) après, la présence de l'air qui a été déplacé, comme lorsqu'un chat rentre la nuit dans votre chambre, et que vous devinez sa présence silencieuse. J'ai fait pas mal de photo dans ma vie, et je dirai que ce Holo me fait penser aux objectifs Summicron de Leitz : on pouvait trouver plus de détails, de micro ceci ou celà ailleurs, mais rien n'égalait les Summicron pour la résolution, le transfert des contrastes de noir et blancs, la profondeur et le modelé des gris. Jusque là mon ampli à tubes 2A3 Emission Labs n'avait pas encore trouvé de partenaire amont au niveau de ses qualités, mais c'est maintenant chose faite

Device performance is over my initial estimate. Actually, it is a new level of sound that I didn’t hear anytime before. Excellent level of definition of instruments, easy to recognise with sound stage, especially when I am listening to classic and jazz. Vocal sounds natural and gentle.

I’m very happy with my new Holo Audio Spring 3. It sounds absolutely wonderful. The only problem is I'm staying up too late at night. I just want to keep listening :) Thank you again for your excellent service.

Sounds amazing could not be more pleased with Holo Spring 3. Thank you for your advice and help. If you can recommend anything I should do to improve my system please do.

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.

"Breathtaking" finally digital music sounds real. I have strived to find a DAC that could bring some of the emotion, excitement of seeing live music, this DAC is achieving this, allows a real insight & appreciation of what the musicians are playing. running this from my Melco & this appears to be a great combination, very natural & musical with great depth & details. Many of my favourite recordings have shown just how much was missing from my previous DACS. Also, great service from Magna & Jos, highly recommend doing business with these guys.

I would like to thank you for the opportunity to test the Holo Spring 3 DAC. This device has taken the music experience at my home up a notch.

Upgraded from an Audio GD Reference 5.32 (modified) to the Holo Audio Spring 3 KTE after testing my Ref 5.32 against the Audio-GD – R8 MK2, Holo Audio May KTE and Holo Audio Spring 3 KTE. Both Holo Audio DACs are more holographic and place instruments and voices better. The overall sound is just natural, spacious and engaging. The guys at Magna Hifi are very helpful and I visited their listening room twice. Great dac, great service, both highly recommended.

I'm very happy with the product (Holo Spring 3 KTE) but even more so with Jos @ Magna Hifi. He have helped me a lot with coming to decision. I really recommend both this DAC as well purchasing from Magna!

Great service and listening room. After testing several dacs against my own, I bought the Holo Audio Spring 3 KTE dac. Amazing sound.

First, communication, that spanned over 3 months since Jos wisely advised me to wait for the Spring 3 at my price point, was excellent, patient and friendly. Second, I'm very happy. At first I was a bit skeptical about DAC upgrade. My BB 1795 TEAC 501 always fed DSD 128 thanks to HQPlayer was quite enjoyable yet. n48 and higher rates capabilities were the rationals to upgrade but the upgrade goes far beyond being able to keep a favorite filter with n48 source or even going from 64 to 128 SDM output rate. I concur with comments such as : incredible precision and detail retrieval translating into remarkable density and stable image, firm and with presence even at the extreme left and right of the sound stage when relevant. However, there was a selling point I sold to myself that was not confirmed : I thought of playing PCM through the R2R and it turns out that every source, PCM & DSD, is better turned DSD 256 with 7EC modulator in HQPlayer. HQPlayer's author wrote in forums that anyway Spring's DSD is better than DSD Cyan and that cost would be in the same ball park whether or not the DAC was DSD only. Furthermore, it would be a pain when I send the sound of movies to the DAC if there was no PCM capability. So things are very well as they are and for serious music listening do not hesitate to convert on fly your PCM content into DSD 256 (no computer can do the EC modulators above 256 and 256 EC is better than 1024 with non EC). The Spring is excellent with every kind of music and I post just after listening to a Cowboy Junkies album but I found myself listening mainly to classical music since I got the Spring for reproduction in my room has never been so close to the real thing and I have attended several classical concerts these very days. Thank you, merci, Patrick

I'm very happy and very impressed with this DAC. It sounds great just out of the box, and it gets better and better every day. Magna Hifi personnel were very quick and helpful in responding to all of my questions. Their service is excellent, congratulations!

Thankyou Magna HiFi, I love the Holo, Spring 3 DAC!

I was cautious at first as i was buying from outside the uk. I contacted magna hifi many times with questions on how paying the vat and shipping the item would be done. Jos always answered my questions very quickly and was very helpful. Delivery was a very easy process and the item was packaged very well. It is refreshing to do business with a company that takes pride in what they do!

Excellent service and personal follow up! The Spring3KTE is a wonderful DAC. It will stay for a long time. Detailed and natural sound. Precise soundstage.

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.

Wow! Soundstage is larger, more space and air with a nice slam to the bass when compared to the chord qutest i have. It put a smile on my face! Jos and Rob provided a great service!

I'm very happy with my purchase, a HoloAudio – Spring 3 DAC KTE Kitsune (R2R – DSD1024). The DAC sounds just great and is very well built. The delivery also went smoothly and as planned. Magna Hifi personnel were very quick and helpful in responding to all of my questions. Their service is excellent. I will surely buy gear again from them. (Trustpilot review)

I bought the HoloAudio Spring 3 DAC KTE and I usually write no product ratings! Yet, credit where credit is due. The FPGA driven R2R Spring 3 KTE DAC won't need more praise. "Hearing is believing". Built like a tank, with absolutely outstanding sound quality. In my opinion and this price class, nothing comes close. Jos is a joy to deal with - making the purchase a truly worthwhile experience! Shipping was swift and I could not be more happy with my new DAC.