Do they really use OPA 1612a?
(I know the SMSL changed OPA without notify the customers..)
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Gustard X16 Balanced MQA DAC Review
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Do they really use OPA 1612a?
(I know the SMSL changed OPA without notify the customers..)
You could check also hifigo:
https://hifigo.com/products/gustard-dac-x16?_pos=2&_sid=ae32fc681&_ss=r
archerious
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Ended up buying from Aoshida HiFi-US on Amazon. They said it would ship with Fedex International or DHL which works for me.
Almost went with HiFiGo but they still haven't shipped my SA-1 amp and I ordered that like 3 days ago so I am reluctant to order anything else from them.
3 days ago would have been Saturday, the order wouldn't have been processed until yesterday, and will probably ship today. That's normal for literally any online business.
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Just felt strange as it was listed as express shipping included for orders $500 and up. To me express would’ve meant my order would ship by Monday for delivery by the following Monday via FedEx International Priority. Instead it’s Tuesday and still nothing has shipped from HifiGo.
I ordered the X16 from Aoshida and they managed to print a label and have fedex pick up the package all same day. Not saying I expect that speed from all stores but it’s a significant difference so I am glad with my decision.
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I paired Guatard x16 with Benchmark AHB2 and LA4 with 22dBu settting on AHB2.
The system sounds a pace better than Benchmark DAC3 I have. Very small details come out.
I am impressed.
The system sounds a pace better than Benchmark DAC3 I have. Very small details come out.
I am impressed.
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No idea. What are the implications?
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You don't need expensive USB cables or expensive power cords. They are 100% money burnt on useless fancier-looking aesthetics.
Just take a short usual usb2.0 cable unless you want to spend money for nothing.
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Gustard x16 comes with a USB A to usb B cable. I'm just using that to connect to Rpi. No problems whatsoever
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USB 3 is backwards compatible. So if you use a USB 2 cable in a USB 3 port, the speeds will just drop to USB 2.
Regardless, the speeds that you will be sending audio signals through to the DAC will be nowhere near the max speed of USB 2 let alone USB 3.
Regardless, the speeds that you will be sending audio signals through to the DAC will be nowhere near the max speed of USB 2 let alone USB 3.
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USB2 is more than enough for audio... and forever.
caocaolatre199x
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Who knows when we get older, will our descendants invent new codecs that only USB 3 can meet?
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By then it will be USB 14Who knows when we get older, will our descendants invent new codecs that only USB 3 can meet?
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32bit is inherent to the internal architecture.
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32-bit DAC architecture does not mean 32 bits of actual resolution. 125dB of dynamic range is already insane, if you'd compare it to the absolute world best's out there and maybe reach 130dB of DR, it won't make any difference we are talking levels so ridiculously low only analysers could 'hear' it.
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"your conclusion is not right !!" -> and you are an expert in these matters? Have you ready any other datasheets before? You don't seem too well-versed in these things at all. 194.4dB SINAD you mean, not SNR; this is 100% impossible, anyone that has some general knowledge about real-life limits of converters would know that.
Yes, 32-bit DAC is a marketing selling point and not a real-life actual precision. That much is true. The DAC software/hardware architecture pipeline however 100% supports 32-bit floating point data, which will get converted to an analog signal of extremely high precision. This X16 stands tall in the top 10 all-time measured devices. I don't think we've ever come across anything more than 124dB SINAD A-weighted which the Topping D90 and Okto Stereo DACs both should reach.
Please read a bit more about audio before making claims that the experts here are wrong. Using that maximintegrated conversion page does not make an expert...
