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Review and Measurements of Gustard DAC-X26
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Viper Necklampy
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Any way to contact Gustard for technical info's about this dac?
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I confirm that the heatsinks are positioned on the two DACs present on the board, as can be seen from their website.It has two large heat sinks (under ribbon cables) mounted to large chips. Assuming they're the DAC chips but not certain.
Part of the heat produced also depends on the analog class A circuit, again from the site https://www.shenzhenaudio.com/gustard-dac-x26-dual-es9038pro-dsp-pll-native-balanced-decoder.html
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I don't cook at my desk
Tested it this morning, placed a digital thermometer flat on the Sabaj, after 3 hours playing temp is : 29° celcius/84.2 Fahrenheit. This in using the balanced headphone out driving a Beyerdynamic Amiron Home volume set at 21 on Sabaj, this results in an average spl between 65/75 depending on music played.
So forget baking eggs on the Sabaj, temperatur isn't even high enough for using it as an incubator
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The numbers look stellar, but has anyone here actually heard this beast in action?
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Exactly, i don't see no one talking about on how it sound yet here, how?? Only two comments on superbestaudiofriends.. Some comments about Gustard X26 here would be appreciated a lot..
I am planning to get it with usb version very soon, with THX aaa 789 that is yet shipping, with only pure silver cables, and Audeze Lcd-3 Fazor Post 2016
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Pure silver cables? Seriously?
Don't mix up audiofriends and audioscience forums
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Seriously what? Are you versus the silver up-occ conductors? Should i remove the cables part so maybe i will be accepted here?Pure silver cables? Seriously?
Don't mix up audiofriends and audioscience forums
graz_lag
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Seriously what? Are you versus the silver up-occ conductors? Should i remove the cables part so maybe i will be accepted here?
Don't be too stingy go for Gold instead.
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You should better ask yourself why.
Definitely a good place to start.
Spoiler: it sounds transparent. The end.
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Note that you're replying to an August post
thanks. Didn't paid attention. Well, that's a shame...Note that you're replying to an August post
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That is not. The end.
Whatever...
Hey,
I tried my best to find the differences between X26 and X22 DAC's but coulnd't find an answer after searching three forums. Does anyone have deeper knowledge of the differences between these two models and how they may perform?
There is used X22 for sale that has caught my attention. If this was matter of buying new I'd of course opt out for the X26 as their price difference isn't great.
I tried my best to find the differences between X26 and X22 DAC's but coulnd't find an answer after searching three forums. Does anyone have deeper knowledge of the differences between these two models and how they may perform?
There is used X22 for sale that has caught my attention. If this was matter of buying new I'd of course opt out for the X26 as their price difference isn't great.
Seems like dou didn't search that long... 2 min on Google gave me this: X22 is single ES9038 based, with rotary volume knob. X26 has dual ES9038 with buttons as volume control.
Oh geesh. If it wasn't clear enough I want to know how well the X22 measures up to X26.
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