Guest Posted November 7, 2023 Posted November 7, 2023 (edited) Further Information: This DAC has given me hours of joy. Plenty of detail, excellent timbre, full range reproduction, black backgrounds. R2R done really well. NOS and DSD modes are amazing. IS2 input sounds great and does the USB. Feed with a good source and decent cables and you have the foundation of a brilliant system. Wildism are an official Holo dealer. The Wildism upgrades are really over the top and dare I say, surpassed the KTE (Kitsune) upgrades by adding some really exotic stuff such as: 1.Pure Silver 220V/230V compatible Transformer 2.Jensen Ceramic Tube Copper Foil Oil Cap 3.Xsymphony Pure Silver Litz Wiring -Double Run IEC to AC board -Single Run AC board to Main Board 4.Remove all plastic plugs (direct connection) 5.Audionote Kaisei Bipolar Cap 10000uf 25v x2 (about $70 each!) 6.Audionote Kaisei Bipolar Cap 2200uf 16v x4 7.Audionote Kaisei Bipolar Cap 10uf 16v x4 8.Audionote Kaisei Bipolar Cap 5uf 16v x4 9. Ground Filter 10. Audionote Trans-280 Silver/Gold Digital Transformer replaces the stock transformer ($180 each!) Holo2 Wildism writeup https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/fs-holo-audio-spring-2-dac-full-wildism-level-3-220-230v.7817/ The mods in the unit add up to quite a bit of extras. Kept in an air conditioned dust free environment. Operation is flawless. Paypal as a friend only please. No low ballers. Can post at cost. Photos of the actual unit: There are 2 small indentations in the top / rear of the unit. Hard to see in the pictures. Every else seems perfect. The light patches on the top angled part of the front fascia are just the light catching the angle - not imperfections in the finish. Here are some photos from the Wildism web site showing the internals: https://wildism-audio-hk.myshopify.com/collections/dac/products/2019-holo-audio-r2r-spring2-wild-edition-extreme?variant=16016762437666 Edited November 7, 2023 by Deepthought typo
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