Only common use for toslink these days are TVs and older game consoles, and most people use fancy AV receivers for those or just HDMI. Better to use coaxial S/PDIF over toslink anyway if it's available in practically all cases.
Any chance for a SINAD vs level graph? To see the optimal level
Only common use for toslink these days are TVs and older game consoles, and most people use fancy AV receivers for those or just HDMI. Better to use coaxial S/PDIF over toslink anyway if it's available in practically all cases.
I use the default settings for linearity measurement. Amir's settings are more accurate, but I think my settings are more "general"
I know right, most TVs only have an optical out. So where are we supposed to plug our TVs into?
People in the other forums. They saw his early measurements, and then went on a rant about me and hence the results being useless. I also got manufacturer questions asking me about them. Since I did not make the measurements, it put me in a difficult spot to explain.Can I ask - confusion for who? Why was it a problem? You guys have made this forum wonderfully open, would be great to see the work done here acknowledged. I would also love to see the numbers in the review charts like the DAC comparison one.
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People in the other forums. They saw his early measurements, and then went on a rant about me and hence the results being useless. I also got manufacturer questions asking me about them. Since I did not make the measurements, it put me in a difficult spot to explain.
Good news is that if you search for these products, Google sends you to Wolf's threads here so no issue with people finding it.
Plastic. It's almost flush with the surface, and not wobbly. It doesn't feel cheap. It's implemented well. Of course, the remote does everything the jog shuttle does. I just noticed the volume on the remote moves in 1 db increments, while the jog shuttle is finer grained requiring two clicks per db.Is the wheel metal or plastic?
No. I suppose setting the volume to 0db achieves the same effect. The menu is simple: some filter options, phase invert, display toggle, and display brightness. And there's no switch for RCA and XLR out, both are active.Does the A18 have a volume bypass "dac only" mode?
Thank you for the detailed answer James.No, up to day, Gustard is the only one manufacturer among Chinese Table Hi Fi manufactuers, such as Topping, SMSL and other, who has no its website. If you want to know some of its products, could go to Apos, or Taobao. The problem is - you will feel hopeless due to all inquires to Taobao never got prompt response, this is very weird, compare to other sellers, they almost reply all questions in minutes, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. But most interest thing is - Gustard do has quite a lot loyal customer to follow up. They talk to the owner for all of their suggestions, then, he will make new products plan based upon their common. P26 is such a typical product. So teh owner Mr. Huang, looks like an audiophile rather than a businessman.