Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Red was a loan from a patron. Thanks!

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Cheap Power Supply for ultraRendu (affiliate link): amzn.to/3Y78QzB

My Holo Audio reviews...

Bliss KTE amp: youtu.be/-Mt2B66CFTI
May KTE DAC: youtu.be/-c2MZSDFigM
Spring 2 DAC: head-fi.org/showcase/holo-audio-spring-ii.25162/reviews#review-25873

Test Gear...

I used Red as a Roon endpoint for streaming tests. All music files were lossless or hi-rez flac files played locally or streamed from Qobuz, or DSD files played locally, all through Roon.

Chain 1...

Red into Weiss Engineering INT-204 (youtu.be/94AvDeeRjHA) then AES into Berkeley Alpha S2 DAC (youtu.be/JY3c4HEyH0s) into LTA Z10e (youtu.be/Bft6HUsYDhE) driving HiFiMan Susvara Unveiled (youtu.be/WI1gnx2tD7s).

Chain 2...

Red USB out into Schiit Gungnir 2 DAC (youtu.be/XzOPRleWXgE) into LTA Z10e and then into either Susvara Unveiled or MartinLogan Motion B10 speakers (review soon!)

DDC Testing Chain...

Chord 2Go+2Yu (youtu.be/S3O7JNOJIqI) USB output into Red then I2S, AES, or coaxial SPDIF into Ferrum WANDLA GSE (review soon!) into Ferrum Oor (youtu.be/xUsRyoBPdyk) - both Ferrums powered by Hypsos power supply - driving HiFiMan Susvara Unveiled.

Comparison DDC is Singxer SU-6: youtu.be/6dr4T0Sd_NU

My Sonore ultraRendu review: youtu.be/qEOOE9rP6Rs

Timestamps...

00:00 Intro, Pricing, Disclaimer
01:52 Shameless Self Promotion
02:20 The Journey
09:04 Features & Specs
14:33 I/O and Build
16:56 Test Gear (in description)
17:39 Sound
21:51 Comparison with Sonore ultraRendu
30:43 The Good The Red Offers
32:33 DDC Performance
33:56 Wrap Up