Was it a controlled blind test or just bias overloaded?

In other article it was 357$.

If you thought the 2.8N pressure of the beyer was much, this thing is a vice compared to that.

Not just galvanic isolation but some re-clocking and other magic as well if i remember it correctly.

The last part was about most "high end" manufacturer not holo audio in specific.
The may uses a custom locking 21 pin aviation cable to connect the dac with the psu. What i like about holo is that its straight porn with their pcb design and layout. If i'm correct, holo audio was the first one with the best usb implementation.

The May looks good but way too big and uses proprietary cable for power. Most expensive stuff uses the same 1 cent part from china, heavy an big on purpose so it feels like quality and most importantly the bullshit marketing that tricks uneducated people into buying. Performance wise the Holo Hay aka the best R2R dac is up there with top performing ΔΣ dacs.

Of course a scam company will do anything to steal money from uneducated folks.

Even beyer says its made in germany yet every single part is made in china.

This is what happens when quality is getting cut and you give your soul to the chinese.

If you don't have spotify premium then youtube is higher bitrate. On the other hand it depends in the recording and effects use. Stereo mics will always sound better than mono ones.

Its equalent but not 320kbit/s and only with premium, normal uses stuck at 160kbit/s. Youtube on the other hand uses 256kbit/s.

Like that ever stopped the chinese before.

Wow 5 days, i usually wait 7-30 days for aliexpress to ship my item. Wait for a week, if nothing then cancel it.

The another manufacturer you can take is S.M.S.L. Almost the same price as topping and have the same performance but looks different.

If that heresy was made before 2022 October, i suggest swapping it for one that was made after 2022 October. They fixed the killing headphones problem with the new revision.

Get an bluetooth adapter for a normal pair of iems.

Sound =//= visual and muscle memory.

But now you have HRTF delay that makes the sounds appear more accurate.
Without HRTF the sound would hit only the left ear but with HRTF the sound hits the right ear with a slight delay and it makes the "range and location finding" faster and more accurate.

It doesn't do any good if you wanna upmix stereo to 7.1, it adds nothing just blends stereo channels to rear, side and middle but if you leave it at stereo the HRIR still gives more advantage than unaltered stereo.

That is where you are absolutely wrong. With proper counter EQ and custom HRTF that was made for your ear, a simple stereo pair cannot beat it.

DSD is just an old inferior recording format that adds unnecessary cost to a device while providing nothing over PCM.

Current dac chips that is made for portable use only uses a few milliamps of current.
High res screen on a dap is fucking stupid.

Jesus the amount of bullshit. Now we have:
Audiophile network switch which is just a re-branded switch(the scam company poured a lot of resin inside and scratched the markings off components, oh and added steel weights so it feels "quality").
Audiophile M.2 SSD with and external power connector and a big clock for no fucking reason.
Audiophile network audio streamer pc which is just a passively cooled bog standard pc with a big fuck off linear power supply and lots of capacitors(digital audio wont change with fancy spancy linear supply).
And now the audiophool sata cable.

Stock Beyer cable getting pulled on hard almost every day for a year now and no issues at all.

That test is as legendary as the coathanger one.