Pi2 Design Mercury 3 vs. Holo Audio Red Network Streamer Comparison

Keeping this short as usual. Notes:

Atomic Bob's Noise Nuke: https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org...

The small little rectangle on the desk next to the streamers is an SMSL PO100 USB to coaxial / optical digital out. It sounds horrible, very "digital" with nasty highs compared to both the Holo Audio Re and Pi2 Design Mercury 3. I forgot to mention it in the video.

There was no difference in sound quality between wired Ethernet and Wi-Fi on the Mercury 3.

The Holo Audio Red is built like a tank.

0:00 Intro
0:30 Holo Audio Red - Spectacular Measurements
1:04 Personal Preferences and Stuff Sounding Different
1:24 Mercury 3 Evolution from Mercury 1 and Pi2AES
1:49 Mercury 3 Power Supply Choke
2:29 Test Conditions
3:00 The Winner
3:20 Holo Audio Red
3:51 Synergies at Fault?
4:51 Holo Audio Red Infinite Rolling Options to Optimize
5:23 Always Something Better and Outro