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Review and Measurements of Gustard DAC-X26

Patrick1958

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It has two large heat sinks (under ribbon cables) mounted to large chips. Assuming they're the DAC chips but not certain.

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Similar to Sabaj D5 also equipped with a heatsink.
The Sabaj gets warm but i wouldn't say hot.
 

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Hmm ... This is the ultimate test we would like to see from you Patrick ... :)

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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?
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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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
Pure silver cables? Seriously?

Don't mix up audiofriends and audioscience forums :)
 

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LancerFIN

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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.
 

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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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