About two months ago, I got the Gustard A18 prototype. Found some bugs and notified the manufacturer.
This DAC is now officially on the market, and I have applied for a device to measure it.
Gustard is very interesting. I praise the P26 Preamp, but I don’t like many of his products.
However, among the three manufacturers I often measure, Gustard's chassis has always been the best in shape and production.
I prefer their design!
Beautiful aluminum alloy shell, fine workmanship! Except that the texture of the buttons and wheels is slightly inadequate (should use a coarser grained surface), I have almost no complaints (at this price level---559.99USD)
In my aesthetic view, its industrial design and shell manufacturing standards are superior to ToppingD90 and SMSL M400
Now let's see, is this an Apple of Sodom?
At a standard measurement level of 4V, the 118+ SINAD is not very good. But considering that the MAX output level is as high as 6.35V...
We can look at the measurements at 5V and MAX output:
This DAC is now officially on the market, and I have applied for a device to measure it.
Gustard is very interesting. I praise the P26 Preamp, but I don’t like many of his products.
However, among the three manufacturers I often measure, Gustard's chassis has always been the best in shape and production.
I prefer their design!
Beautiful aluminum alloy shell, fine workmanship! Except that the texture of the buttons and wheels is slightly inadequate (should use a coarser grained surface), I have almost no complaints (at this price level---559.99USD)
In my aesthetic view, its industrial design and shell manufacturing standards are superior to ToppingD90 and SMSL M400
Now let's see, is this an Apple of Sodom?
At a standard measurement level of 4V, the 118+ SINAD is not very good. But considering that the MAX output level is as high as 6.35V...
We can look at the measurements at 5V and MAX output: