LOL! My first time watching your channel. I have this DAC very high on my list. I LOVE your presentation, depth of information, clarity, and more. I gotta say you’ve convinced me… just going to sleep on it. Thanks.
Thanks for the video. Your review is spot on based on my experience. I’ve been running mine nonstop for a couple of weeks and it’s the best sounding DAC I’ve heard out of the 10 I’ve tried. It has limitations as you noted. If you want just a DAC and the best sound for about $2K or less, this is the one IMO. Why you most certainly will ask. The sound of cymbals is just right not too harsh and not too rolled off. Drums sound like they are playing in front of you. I’m hearing details on my very revealing system I never have before. I noticed slight differences comparing other DACs in this price range but this one was noticeable right out of the box. Highly recommend. Rock on!
agree completely been through Ares2 , Pontus 2, Gustard R26..pretty good , but this one is a bit special ..at first somewhat bright now smoother ...low hours still , two thumbs up
Cool review man interesting how you say you enjoy this more than Chord TT2 and stuff , was that for mostly classical and acoustic stuff cos TT2 really excells with electronic music and has great bass detail .
I received my Cyan 2 and it immediately whooped my Audio-gd R7's arse which was around $2.5K when it was new. It has everything, holography, deep soundstage, superb timbre and dynamics but what really drew me in was the clarity and transparency. I feel that it won't become dislodged from the main system anytime soon, and might even cause another one or two more to come my way.
Are you comparing cyan2 with R7 HE model?(not R7) i am now considering to get r7 he, can you compare r7he(or just r7) with cyan2? Want to hear your experience more
Bought the cyan 2 after owning the spring 3 kte for almost 2 years. Using HQplayer to upsample to DSD, the Spring was better still....but only by a very small margin.
@@mikehuntington4440 and that’s my point, this bloody unit is so good, and you’re admitting the huge size 60 W drawer, incredible heat, and get to spend $2300 on something else
The only other DACs I was looking at were the Laiv and the Schiit Yggy GS+. But both od those cost a bit more in one case and only a smaller bit for the Yggy... Though if money is tight the Cyan 2 is a no brainer...
You need to get your hands on the Gustard R26. Pre amp, streamer, remote control, and one of the most musical dacs I’ve heard to date. Would love to know your thoughts on it.
Thanks for the the review. I have a headphone setup only, with a PC running Roon and HQPlayer. Just one USB cable to the DAC. I am also pairing my Cyan 2 with a Topping A90. Headphone is an old LCD-X (2018), with HQ on the HQPlayer. I found the result to be very good. Happy you are confirming it. Now I am stuck in my upgrade path. Dont know if I upgrade the A90 (something below 3k), or the LCD-X (I was thinking about the Emperyan 2). Any suggestion, ?
@@wilfredroettger5906 under 3K, you have a great deal of options, The amplification is what I would change personally Maybe a touch of tubes? HA2AHA3A? And if you look on the news market you can get some great units for less than 2/3 of the price, in much higher categories. I recommend trolling through the channel pages to find some amazing stuff that you might like the look of I can list a lot of things for you, but without knowing a little about what you like what music is your preference lifestyle et cetera it’s a little bit difficult, so I recommend scrolling through the review
I bought and installed the Cyan2 yesterday with a Synergistic Pink fuse. It’s really built like a tank! My first impression is that both needs running time, before I can judge it. My previous DAC was the Chord Qutest, also a very, very fine DAC, which I could sell for a high price! The next step would be buying the Holo Red…
@@beslemetoCannot say, you have to listen both side to side to judge. I sold my Qutest at forehand. In my opinion are both very good. I also bought the Shitt Modi+ for concert listening through my Apple TV in conjunction with IFi SPDIF iPurifier 2. The latter improves the sound a lot!
Difficult to say, because both are very good 👍 and I sold my old Qutest at forehand for a good price, so I could not compare them side by side. Perhaps the Qutest 2 will be even better, but the margins are quite small in today’s DAC’s. It’s more a matter of taste imo.
the trick to get better highs is upscaling your music. just pcm at higher samplerate. it will open up the highs this is due to a limitation of NOS to rolloff the high frequencies at lower samplerates. is is basically circumventing some quirk with digital audio.
Currently I am a bit confused about one price point in hifi. Maybe you can share your thoughts. There are very interesting more affordable brands now which still get into prices ranges that are not cheap. So if I for example get two schiit Tyr amps and a freya pre amp I might have something very nice for the money but at the price range about 5k I also can have a second hand Accuphase e-600. So there we come to the price range where those high end pieces become available second hand.
@@-Ambos- precisely, I have been saying this for years, if you can get the flagship of a couple of years ago or last year on the used market for the same price you should always take this route because there just not comparable
I was waiting for that review!! I was researching like crazy on the cyan 2, I was hoping that they created a budget masterpiece for my hq player, a90, little dot mk3 and hedd2😅 Thanks for the review!
@@afonsomiguelcorreia I can switch between my tv and sound system without having to turn one off, or even worse I was having to unplug from the cyan altogether. Now to switch from music to tv I just hit the remote
Also the Merason Reuss (another Swiss dac) is probably a closer comparison as it is a hybrid r2r and delta sigma. I know the Merason dac-1 can be obtained for half price through the right dealers…
Thanks for your review. I’ve owned a Cyan 2 for several months now and it’s everything you described. Were you able to test with the Holo Audio Red? I watched your comparison vid you made featuring the Red. I ordered the Red on 9/3 which wii replace my Bluesound Node. Running Roon on a Mac Mini M1 with a CAT6 cable to the M1. Looking forward to playing DSD files thru the Cyan 2 with the Red.
@@VintageStereoCollectorChannel only with rockna net and zen streem Seen as the rate is almost the same price I think it’s a bit skewed so I would recommend something else because this is more for the I want to spend as little as possible category
Hi koji. Watching your video helps me to think about buying new gears. big thanks for it. Today i have some question. I use headphone, dont have speakers. Currently i have schiit audio gungnir multibit dac. but never tried holo dac before. I like tube amps (prefer organic, airy, holographic, lush sounding) Now i am considering cyan2 for my secondary dac. If I'm trying to buy a dac that can beat cyan2 for sure, I'm wondering which dac I should buy (I think you said in this review video that it should go over at least 3k price, but the statement that it sounds more musical than may dac is confusing me). Also do you have any experience with schiit dac?(gumby or yggy) can you compare cyan2 with them? Thanks for your review again.
@@rkrnddl5 thank you it’s very much appreciated, and I’m glad it’s of some use. Yes, it’s possible to have better DAC technically, and yet be less musical of course . No I’ve not tried. That line of product is very difficult to get hold of in the UK. The last time was in 2017. For those characteristics you talked about the May is the next unit. You can jump from head with a tube amplifier. I would bypass spring three seen as this is pretty much there But there are other DAC that are far better and technical than me the numbers don’t always tell the story I recommend looking at the lampizator baltic DAC same price as May or a used Atlantic TRP2 or TRP3, review will be coming out shortly. They are tube based the AC in that price category and they’re amazing.
Great vid, tyvm. As a Spring 3 KTE w/ pre-amp owner; if this is as good as you say, this is definitely worth a consideration for anyone in the market. I love my Spring 3 but the price and size was a bit of a draw back.
@@heyguyslolGAMING it’s shocking how good it is sonic I mean to be fair it’s spring to extreme edition so. and it always sounded different to spring three and may it’s very special at this price point where everybody can reach for it though you have some funny quirks honestly it’s a steal
finally, I have come to the point to go digital and invest in a decent DAC. I need to decide for the Cyan2 or a used Spring2 KTE, for as good as the same price... I will only use 1 source, and it will be Pi2AES (using AES or I2S) - so really don't care for the missing input selector nor USB. Nor do I care if something is new or 2nd hand :). From the looks, the Spring2 would win (I am using horn speakers + mcintosh2300/275 tube amp)... What option would you go for? I understand from the video the Cyan2 has that rich tonality for which the Spring2 was famed for; but then the Cyan2 might even combine this with the attack and snappiness of the Spring3/May... so overall Cyan2 being the best of 2 worlds and best option sonically ?
@@alexk1239 hmmm I think still possibly cyan too but some people might like the separation and gaps between elements of cutest just depending on your presentation
HELLO! I have been saving for the L1 May to replace my Qutest on a $15K treated stereo system. I do not oversample, do not mind the input selection caveat. How far/much do you think would that $3K delta between cyan2 an L1 may sonically improve? Thank you!
@@Maurizzio_ speakers, you need to get may mate for that kind of set up that’s a different category This is a different situation when you’re implementing heavy duty to channel world set ups
I have both the May KTE and Cyan 2. I think it's worth noting that the May KTE can do 5.8v while the Cyan 2 can't. That's useful very some power hungry cans, right?
@@stevendavis1135 it’s been a very long time since I’ve reviewed any of their products, but seen as this goes toe to toe wandla I think so yes actually it’s insane
I hope Holo Audio releases a KTE version of the Cyan 2 and gives us 1) an input selector 2) a method to dim the lights and or turn them off completely. I believe most of us would pay for the improvements vs jumping to the Spring.
@@jordohayes completely there with you, that’s why I stated in the review an additional $200 would not have been too much to ask for the functionality aspect, for some reason they like to corner themselves into this $1100 price
@@AdamKowalczyk-xy3qq i’m hoping once we step into October, AIC, Red October, W.A. 33 elite GPS and envy and Levante altogether but I am too editors down at the moment just one is active. It just depends on editing schedule everything shop.
I’ve read that Spring 3 needs 24hrs to sound its best. Any truth to that and or have you found better results with the Cyan 2 remaining powered on? Thanks!
@@jordohayes yes, definitely sound it’s best after 24 hours once it’s broken in, which takes roughly 250 hours, but I never ever switch my equipment off unless it’s tubes or class a comma so mine was on for 18 months LOL
As much as Id like to bang the hype drum, I was not overly impressed by Cyan 2. I thought it was good for the price and had very agreeable sound, but in NOS mode it was a bit smeared and the imaging and depth wasnt great, and in HQP DSD256 it improved in imagaing and staging but still lacked tonal density and realism. There are dacs that are cheaper that do better in depth, tonal weight, and texture. I thinn it depends on your sonic priorities whether you will prefer it in the price range
@@cheveyo2403 so in theory, it works on an active basis, if you don’t have USB connected, it will automatically switch to the active channel without needing to do anything, so possibly
@@dtdcampbell if you’re using a HP amplifier, you should be okay, but if you want a pre-best to give me a price point Thank you, glad you enjoyed the reviews
@@ConvinceMeAudio in my head I am thinking sub $2500 for a preamp down the road. Since initially will be using with a headphone amp. I am curious about the Denafrips Ares 15th. Which I am debating between the Cyan 2 and Ares 15th. Any chance you will get one in for review?
The apex level DAC reviewers for me are Hans and iiWi and it is worth watching their reviews I have a Cyan 2 and it works for me Worth checking it out No features may be a problem for some but it may be just what some may like a lot I use a SPDIF 4x1 in and out with a remote if I want to switch
@@Clockrossino I think my biggest surprise was how incredible it sounded out of the box which was very unusual addition and especially the holo stuff required hundreds of hours and it was a consistent thing on a couple of devices This sounded excellent out of the box and just got better and I think it flattened out within a week
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LOL! My first time watching your channel. I have this DAC very high on my list. I LOVE your presentation, depth of information, clarity, and more. I gotta say you’ve convinced me… just going to sleep on it. Thanks.
Thanks for the video. Your review is spot on based on my experience. I’ve been running mine nonstop for a couple of weeks and it’s the best sounding DAC I’ve heard out of the 10 I’ve tried. It has limitations as you noted. If you want just a DAC and the best sound for about $2K or less, this is the one IMO. Why you most certainly will ask. The sound of cymbals is just right not too harsh and not too rolled off. Drums sound like they are playing in front of you. I’m hearing details on my very revealing system I never have before. I noticed slight differences comparing other DACs in this price range but this one was noticeable right out of the box. Highly recommend. Rock on!
agree completely been through Ares2 , Pontus 2, Gustard R26..pretty good , but this one is a bit special ..at first somewhat bright now smoother ...low hours still , two thumbs up
Considering Gustard X30 hopefully you and a few others will be reviewing that.
Holo Spring 3 KTE owner here. Good to see Holo Still pushing the envelope forward.
Cool review man interesting how you say you enjoy this more than Chord TT2 and stuff , was that for mostly classical and acoustic stuff cos TT2 really excells with electronic music and has great bass detail .
It's really amazing how DACs get smaller better and cheaper every few years, Thank You for your insight and sound impressions.
@@matthewhilty4209 got to love that trickle down technology
😂
I bought mine 5 months ago and I agree with every word in the review. :)
I received my Cyan 2 and it immediately whooped my Audio-gd R7's arse which was around $2.5K when it was new. It has everything, holography, deep soundstage, superb timbre and dynamics but what really drew me in was the clarity and transparency. I feel that it won't become dislodged from the main system anytime soon, and might even cause another one or two more to come my way.
Are you comparing cyan2 with R7 HE model?(not R7)
i am now considering to get r7 he, can you compare r7he(or just r7) with cyan2? Want to hear your experience more
Nice review. Don't forget the Schiit Yggdrasil multibit DACs...
Good one, thanks.
Thank you for the review!
You are the most enthusiastic reviewer about Cyan 2.
BTW, the new Topping D90 III Discrete 1-BIT DAC looks very interesting.
Bought the cyan 2 after owning the spring 3 kte for almost 2 years. Using HQplayer to upsample to DSD, the Spring was better still....but only by a very small margin.
@@mikehuntington4440 and that’s my point, this bloody unit is so good, and you’re admitting the huge size 60 W drawer, incredible heat, and get to spend $2300 on something else
The only other DACs I was looking at were the Laiv and the Schiit Yggy GS+. But both od those cost a bit more in one case and only a smaller bit for the Yggy... Though if money is tight the Cyan 2 is a no brainer...
Superb review. Thank you for all the work you do for us.
When will we see the Wandla review?
Interested to hear your point of view of cyan 2 VS wandla, to solid state amps and to tube amps.
You need to get your hands on the Gustard R26. Pre amp, streamer, remote control, and one of the most musical dacs I’ve heard to date. Would love to know your thoughts on it.
@@c34webb yes, I’ve been wanting to review this line of DAC for awhile, but trying to work out who I can work with to get them in
I have both ..its very good , however I'm liking the Cy2 at this moment
Thanks for the the review. I have a headphone setup only, with a PC running Roon and HQPlayer. Just one USB cable to the DAC. I am also pairing my Cyan 2 with a Topping A90. Headphone is an old LCD-X (2018), with HQ on the HQPlayer. I found the result to be very good. Happy you are confirming it. Now I am stuck in my upgrade path. Dont know if I upgrade the A90 (something below 3k), or the LCD-X (I was thinking about the Emperyan 2). Any suggestion, ?
@@wilfredroettger5906 under 3K, you have a great deal of options,
The amplification is what I would change personally
Maybe a touch of tubes? HA2AHA3A? And if you look on the news market you can get some great units for less than 2/3 of the price, in much higher categories.
I recommend trolling through the channel pages to find some amazing stuff that you might like the look of I can list a lot of things for you, but without knowing a little about what you like what music is your preference lifestyle et cetera it’s a little bit difficult, so I recommend scrolling through the review
I bought and installed the Cyan2 yesterday with a Synergistic Pink fuse. It’s really built like a tank! My first impression is that both needs running time, before I can judge it. My previous DAC was the Chord Qutest, also a very, very fine DAC, which I could sell for a high price! The next step would be buying the Holo Red…
So how did you like it compared to Qutest?
@@beslemetoCannot say, you have to listen both side to side to judge. I sold my Qutest at forehand. In my opinion are both very good. I also bought the Shitt Modi+ for concert listening through my Apple TV in conjunction with IFi SPDIF iPurifier 2. The latter improves the sound a lot!
Difficult to say, because both are very good 👍 and I sold my old Qutest at forehand for a good price, so I could not compare them side by side. Perhaps the Qutest 2 will be even better, but the margins are quite small in today’s DAC’s. It’s more a matter of taste imo.
@@jos5067 Is there such thing as Qutest 2?
“You decide whether you want a house, or an audio system” 😂
Excellent review. Could you also please review the new Teac UD-507? Teac makes some very competitive Dacs using their own proprietary Dac chips.
@@connorduke4619 if it’s possible to get hold of, then maybe yes 🐅
the trick to get better highs is upscaling your music. just pcm at higher samplerate. it will open up the highs this is due to a limitation of NOS to rolloff the high frequencies at lower samplerates.
is is basically circumventing some quirk with digital audio.
@@cheveyo2403 we already do it with HQ player and M scaler
Currently I am a bit confused about one price point in hifi. Maybe you can share your thoughts.
There are very interesting more affordable brands now which still get into prices ranges that are not cheap. So if I for example get two schiit Tyr amps and a freya pre amp I might have something very nice for the money but at the price range about 5k I also can have a second hand Accuphase e-600. So there we come to the price range where those high end pieces become available second hand.
@@-Ambos- precisely, I have been saying this for years, if you can get the flagship of a couple of years ago or last year on the used market for the same price you should always take this route because there just not comparable
@@ConvinceMeAudio thank you so much!
No one seems to mention that the channels are swapped when decoding DSD material.
Would this benefit from using a DDC to convert a USB signal to I2S? My dream is to front this with the Holo Audio Red.
@@keithjohnson2863 that is a very skewed set up, the red cost almost as much, I think a cheaper option might be feasible
I was waiting for that review!!
I was researching like crazy on the cyan 2, I was hoping that they created a budget masterpiece for my hq player, a90, little dot mk3 and hedd2😅
Thanks for the review!
I love my Cyan 2. I connected a switch with a remote, works great
What do you use the switch for?
@@afonsomiguelcorreia I can switch between my tv and sound system without having to turn one off, or even worse I was having to unplug from the cyan altogether. Now to switch from music to tv I just hit the remote
Great review, CME.
Do you think that the Cyan 2 sounds better than the Weiss 204?
@@shant981 sadly none of there DACs has come in for assessment yet, it’s very difficult to say without experience in it
@ yea, you are right, maybe in the (near) future….
@@shant981 been itching to get my hands on some of those, including their summit tear flagship units which have been getting very high prase
Also the Merason Reuss (another Swiss dac) is probably a closer comparison as it is a hybrid r2r and delta sigma. I know the Merason dac-1 can be obtained for half price through the right dealers…
Thanks for your review. I’ve owned a Cyan 2 for several months now and it’s everything you described. Were you able to test with the Holo Audio Red? I watched your comparison vid you made featuring the Red.
I ordered the Red on 9/3 which wii replace my Bluesound Node. Running Roon on a Mac Mini M1 with a CAT6 cable to the M1. Looking forward to playing DSD files thru the Cyan 2 with the Red.
@@VintageStereoCollectorChannel only with rockna net and zen streem
Seen as the rate is almost the same price I think it’s a bit skewed so I would recommend something else because this is more for the I want to spend as little as possible category
Could the Holo Audio Azure amplifier be the perfect companion for the Cyan 2?
Hi koji.
Watching your video helps me to think about buying new gears. big thanks for it.
Today i have some question.
I use headphone, dont have speakers. Currently i have schiit audio gungnir multibit dac. but never tried holo dac before. I like tube amps (prefer organic, airy, holographic, lush sounding) Now i am considering cyan2 for my secondary dac.
If I'm trying to buy a dac that can beat cyan2 for sure, I'm wondering which dac I should buy (I think you said in this review video that it should go over at least 3k price, but the statement that it sounds more musical than may dac is confusing me). Also do you have any experience with schiit dac?(gumby or yggy) can you compare cyan2 with them?
Thanks for your review again.
@@rkrnddl5 thank you it’s very much appreciated, and I’m glad it’s of some use.
Yes, it’s possible to have better DAC technically, and yet be less musical of course .
No I’ve not tried. That line of product is very difficult to get hold of in the UK. The last time was in 2017.
For those characteristics you talked about the May is the next unit. You can jump from head with a tube amplifier.
I would bypass spring three seen as this is pretty much there
But there are other DAC that are far better and technical than me the numbers don’t always tell the story I recommend looking at the lampizator baltic DAC same price as May or a used Atlantic TRP2 or TRP3, review will be coming out shortly. They are tube based the AC in that price category and they’re amazing.
@@ConvinceMeAudio thanks for your experience.
Great vid, tyvm. As a Spring 3 KTE w/ pre-amp owner; if this is as good as you say, this is definitely worth a consideration for anyone in the market. I love my Spring 3 but the price and size was a bit of a draw back.
@@heyguyslolGAMING it’s shocking how good it is sonic I mean to be fair it’s spring to extreme edition so. and it always sounded different to spring three and may it’s very special at this price point where everybody can reach for it though you have some funny quirks honestly it’s a steal
Да заплатили им всем. Вот и нахваливают.. Продажи по нему слабые были, поэтому сейчас раскидали $ между обзорщиками, чтобы дать толчок.
Which one would you prefer with the Feliks Audio Envy - this or the Wandla? thanks
finally, I have come to the point to go digital and invest in a decent DAC. I need to decide for the Cyan2 or a used Spring2 KTE, for as good as the same price...
I will only use 1 source, and it will be Pi2AES (using AES or I2S) - so really don't care for the missing input selector nor USB. Nor do I care if something is new or 2nd hand :). From the looks, the Spring2 would win (I am using horn speakers + mcintosh2300/275 tube amp)...
What option would you go for? I understand from the video the Cyan2 has that rich tonality for which the Spring2 was famed for; but then the Cyan2 might even combine this with the attack and snappiness of the Spring3/May... so overall Cyan2 being the best of 2 worlds and best option sonically ?
@@Juan28140 grab cyan too you’ll be fine
Takes up less space far cooler,
Fantastic review, thank you! As you mentioned the comparison to chord qutest, which one you would pick for electronic music?
@@alexk1239 hmmm I think still possibly cyan too but some people might like the separation and gaps between elements of cutest just depending on your presentation
@@ConvinceMeAudio Thank you so much. The separation of sounds at chord dacs is very addictive as well as prat.
is it always on if not in use or it goes in stand by mode ? Thank you for your review as i have been considering this dac.
@@harrypavouris3251 if the signal is there, it’s always active but it doesn’t go into sleep mode
HELLO! I have been saving for the L1 May to replace my Qutest on a $15K treated stereo system. I do not oversample, do not mind the input selection caveat. How far/much do you think would that $3K delta between cyan2 an L1 may sonically improve? Thank you!
@@Maurizzio_ speakers, you need to get may mate for that kind of set up that’s a different category
This is a different situation when you’re implementing heavy duty to channel world set ups
@@ConvinceMeAudio Thank you for the feedback.
@@Maurizzio_ rockna wavelight is sensational landed for review two days ago
I have both the May KTE and Cyan 2. I think it's worth noting that the May KTE can do 5.8v while the Cyan 2 can't. That's useful very some power hungry cans, right?
Would something like the holo audio cyan 2 be a big jump over something like a schiit bifrost 2/64?
@@stevendavis1135 it’s been a very long time since I’ve reviewed any of their products, but seen as this goes toe to toe wandla I think so yes actually it’s insane
Hello, thanks for the video. What is the best matching streamer?
I hope Holo Audio releases a KTE version of the Cyan 2 and gives us 1) an input selector 2) a method to dim the lights and or turn them off completely. I believe most of us would pay for the improvements vs jumping to the Spring.
@@jordohayes completely there with you, that’s why I stated in the review an additional $200 would not have been too much to ask for the functionality aspect, for some reason they like to corner themselves into this $1100 price
Or make red lights, orange lights. These blue are like fireflies
When can we expect Riviera-AIC-10 review?
@@AdamKowalczyk-xy3qq i’m hoping once we step into October, AIC, Red October, W.A. 33 elite GPS and envy and Levante altogether but I am too editors down at the moment just one is active. It just depends on editing schedule everything shop.
Wasnt Envy and RO expected like 3 month ago? :)
If they build an input selector in it, I'll buy one.
vs laiv please
I’ve read that Spring 3 needs 24hrs to sound its best. Any truth to that and or have you found better results with the Cyan 2 remaining powered on? Thanks!
@@jordohayes yes, definitely sound it’s best after 24 hours once it’s broken in, which takes roughly 250 hours, but I never ever switch my equipment off unless it’s tubes or class a comma so mine was on for 18 months LOL
@@ConvinceMeAudio yours might have sounded THE BEST in the world then 😂
@@jordohayes 😂
How would it compare to a Denafrips Pontus 2 ?
@@leendertbruynder459 sorry bud I’ve not played about with this unit yet so can’t say for sure
As much as Id like to bang the hype drum, I was not overly impressed by Cyan 2. I thought it was good for the price and had very agreeable sound, but in NOS mode it was a bit smeared and the imaging and depth wasnt great, and in HQP DSD256 it improved in imagaing and staging but still lacked tonal density and realism. There are dacs that are cheaper that do better in depth, tonal weight, and texture. I thinn it depends on your sonic priorities whether you will prefer it in the price range
did aging??
What would you consider your preferences in and around this level?
@ i liked the BF2 better for less money. For the same money id look for a used yggy
@@hiatsini ah you like em sigma/delta. I like my schiit R2R 😉
I’m here for the real music
cant you use a ddc as input selector? or like the RED
@@cheveyo2403 so in theory, it works on an active basis, if you don’t have USB connected, it will automatically switch to the active channel without needing to do anything, so possibly
He got a good one. Mine is unspectacular at best.
@@PaulFauteux-i7t let it play
250h don’t switch it off
Is there a major difference in the balanced outputs vs the single ended?
@@billparkins3064 I have always used a balanced and to end apart from chord product, I think measures a little bit better possibly
Vs Hugo 2?
What Preamp would you recommend using with the Cyan 2? Much appreciate the reviews and enjoy your videos.
@@dtdcampbell if you’re using a HP amplifier, you should be okay, but if you want a pre-best to give me a price point
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the reviews
@@ConvinceMeAudio in my head I am thinking sub $2500 for a preamp down the road. Since initially will be using with a headphone amp.
I am curious about the Denafrips Ares 15th. Which I am debating between the Cyan 2 and Ares 15th. Any chance you will get one in for review?
@@dtdcampbell holoAudio serene KE the reviews on the channel m8 it’s fantastic
Where you mainly using PCM r2r?
Or DSD?
@@mikehuntington4440 pcm really not a fan of DSD man I don’t like the presentation and how soft it is
The apex level DAC reviewers for me are Hans and iiWi and it is worth watching their reviews
I have a Cyan 2 and it works for me
Worth checking it out
No features may be a problem for some but it may be just what some may like a lot
I use a SPDIF 4x1 in and out with a remote if I want to switch
I would say wavetheory then passion for sound follow by currawong
vs may kte???
Koji, thank you for another wonderful digital to analog converter review! 👌
Reverend Dr. Thomas,
✝️ The Vegan Vicar 🌱
Had an Angus beef burger for dinner last night, it was delicious!👌
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so euhm... 5 tigers? :)
@@arielext I wish, nearly couple of funny quirks
Take my Mon E
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I love this review, any idea how long it takes for the dac to burn in, any opinions on that thanks 🙏🙏
@@Clockrossino I think my biggest surprise was how incredible it sounded out of the box which was very unusual addition and especially the holo stuff required hundreds of hours and it was a consistent thing on a couple of devices
This sounded excellent out of the box and just got better and I think it flattened out within a week
Thanks very much for reply, your recommendation is spot on 👏 much love brother 🙏
I didn’t even go to kindergarten. Started the first grade cold turkey 🦃
There a loads of 1st class dacs below 5k that beat 10k plus dacs this is one of them.
Can only think of May that competes with Wavedream.. but what other dacs do you have in mind?