Gustard X16 Owners feedback...

[dmac6419]

Is it true the X16 does not come with any cable? Am I supposed to get an "audiophile" power cord? LOL.

Comes with remote, USB cable, power cord, manual, warranty card and X16 dac in the box.

 

[lizhuoyin]

Is it true the X16 does not come with any cable? Am I supposed to get an "audiophile" power cord? LOL.

Sure, it comes with both. It does not hurt if you want to buy some pretty cables,.

 

[curiouspeter]

Hopefully some one who got theirs already chimes in, but at apos.audio their description says it comes with power cord and usb cable. I'd be pretty shocked if it didn't come with one, though the one that came with my SMSL product was like 2-3ft, so not long enough to use and have it sit on my desk.

Definitely don't buy any audio foolery cords lol, just a normal power cord will do if needed. Luckily I have tons laying around from PC building days.

Perhaps I should order one from Amazon. I don't need anything fancy but I do need at least 5 feet of cable.

 

[Stuj]

Hi All, I received mine last week. I agree with others thoughts, it does deliver a really crisp sound, and plenty of detail. I’m upsampling to DSD and sending to the DAC via a MicroRendu.

The Bluetooth for me works quite well, the only thing is I couldn’t find how to change source to BT from the remote , so had to use the main unit.

First world problems...

 

[cursive]

Sure, it comes with both. It does not hurt if you want to buy some pretty cables,.

Any chance you know the length on that ?

 

[Morla]

Is it true the X16 does not come with any cable? Am I supposed to get an "audiophile" power cord? LOL.

Nah pretty sturdy usb cable and one iec I mean electricity.

 

[kopczas]

I did connect my smartphone to X16 via Bluetooth using the LDAC codec and no issues there.

It doesn`t make point in terms of looking for noise source. I would try different devices with wire connection to find if it`s ground loops ect. or it`s dac itself.

 

[lizhuoyin]

Any chance you know the length on that ?

The USB cable is near 6 feet from end to end. It's rated 28AWG/2C+24AWG/2C.

 

[frankh]

It doesn`t make point in terms of looking for noise source. I would try different devices with wire connection to find if it`s ground loops ect. or it`s dac itself.

The glitch issue I mentioned has nothing to do with ground loop and I don't have any glitch issues connecting via Bluetooth LDAC. I know what a ground loop issue is. The issue I experience with the X16 connected to my Windows 10 desktop (no such issues on my Mac Mini M1) is not a ground loop noise issue, it's digital glitches I'm talking about.

 

[frankh]

Connect your phone to the USB. If you use Android, get UAPP from play store, it'll give you bit-perfect USB up to 384KHz, DSD, MQA, including Tidal and Qobuz. You'll need a USB OTG adapter, preferably the cable type.

I believe the same is possible from iPhone, though I don't know details.

Thank you for the advice but I need to connect the X16 to the computer for other purposes such as Audio apps and watching movies etc.

 

[frankh]

More details on playing from Windows:

Thank you for pointing to the link to the Windows Playback tips. I'll go through that soon. I'll also try your advice of using USB port from the back of PC.

 

[frankh]

Do you have another Windows PC to test?

I'll definitely try it with my work Windows 10 laptop soon and report back.

 

[Dannemand]

Thank you for the advice but I need to connect the X16 to the computer for other purposes such as Audio apps and watching movies etc.

Of course! I just meant you can use the phone to test USB on the DAC.

Good luck with this. Sounds to be a great DAC!

 

[frankh]

Of course! I just meant you can use the phone to test USB on the DAC.

Good luck with this. Sounds to be a great DAC!

Thanks Dannemand, X16 is a very good sounding DAC. All Gustard needs to do is to tweak it's v5 driver to kill the digital glitching issues on WIndows 10 and enable volume control on Mac OS and everyone gets a perfect DAC from X16.

 

[lizhuoyin]

Thank you for pointing to the link to the Windows Playback tips. I'll go through that soon. I'll also try your advice of using USB port from the back of PC.

It sounds like you are using front panel USB ports of your Windows PC. It's well known that the front ports are unreliable. You can either try in your laptop WIndows or back ports. Good luck.

 

[BHazard]

Can the X16 send sound (transmit) to a Bluetooth headphone directly, like Sony's XM3? I can't find a way to do it. The only thing I see is to add Gustard BT as a source to my PC, but that would still make me have to use a headphone wired to my amp.

 

[curiouspeter]

The USB cable is near 6 feet from end to end. It's rated 28AWG/2C+24AWG/2C.

Thanks. What about the power cord. Is it 6 feet too?

 

[lizhuoyin]

Thanks. What about the power cord. Is it 6 feet too?

About the same length but I just use a generic one for PC.

 

[Oukkidoukki]

Has anyone here owned Gustards previous dacs like x22, x20pro etc......these were highly praised couple years ago. If so, how this x16 compares to them sound quality wise? More clarity? Same? Worse?

 

[Morla]

transparent.