Introduction First of all, I would like to thank Aune (@AuneAudio) for giving me the opportunity to review their unit. This is the link to the relevant head-fi thread: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/final-list-announced-aune-s6-32bit-384k-dsd-128-dac-amp-worldwide-review-tour.830399/. I would like to mention that I am not affilitated to the Aune company in any way. Associated Equipment, including Hardware and Software Not a lot changed after the Aune X1S review. Anyway, these are my setups. At Home Hardware Dedicated Mini PC with Intel Atom D510...

Introduction I bought the full Gustard Stack early this year, after long work of selection and long time spent reading the corresponding threads on head-fi as well as other sources. The stack is composed of the U12 (a USB interface), the X12 DAC and the H10 headphone amplifier. Recently I upgraded the H10 with a full Burson V5-OPA-D / V5-OPA-S op-amp Kit. I used both the single "S" and the Dual "D" series of the OP-AMPs. A total of four pieces, to be clear. TL;DR: An AMAZING upgrade for an already very good amplifier!       Associated...

Introduction First of all, I would like to thank Aune (@AuneAudio) for giving me the opportunity to review their unit. This is the link to the relevant head-fi thread: http://www.head-fi.org/t/777650/aune-x1s-32bit-dsd-dac-worldwide-review-tour-reviewers-wanted. I am not affilitated to the Aune company in any way; the tour ends with five units delivered for free to the author of the best reviews:       Five luckly winners will be  chosen to get a set of X1S DAC for free according to the reviews    As you will probably notice if you will read...