50 ohm, U18 clock input is 50 ohm, set OCK-2 to use 50 ohm.

I have tried playing around with UAPP streaming to U18 via a Cayin N6ii, I can't tell much difference with the various settings inside UAPP. Honest, only with very high quality streaming components will you be able to feel the difference, my notebook streaming has a dedicated LPS. Even a...

I used the middle setting, there are altogether 7 settings I think, I chose the 4th one. That is not the most analytical setting, but that setting gives the ambiance and atmosphere of jazz music which no other settings can give. It is not difficult to try, just try all 7 and see which one is...

I didn't even know one could have sound without installing the U18 driver !! BTW, since you are at it, try playing around with the buffer settings in the driver, it affects the smoothness of the sound, I like the sound with sample size setting in the middle, too high sample size it sounds too...

Great!! Congratulations!! BTW, I will just mention 2 things that you may be interested, which may bring your system to an even higher level : 1) for C18, connecting it to both U18 and the DAC has audible benefits, at least I am sure of this on X26 Pro, I haven't tried U18 on R26 much...

Never tried that before, since I am settled with the sound from PC, and I don't have any particular area I want to improve on that. BTW, I am using an Intel notebook and add a LPS supply. The LPS quiets down the PC a lot with much darker background and much more stable imaging.

Since you are trying the Ground Defender, you may as well try the AQ Jitterbug. Personally I like the Jitterbug more and am using it now, it increases soundstage size, give a bit more 'meat' to vocals AND also provide some beautiful tone and harmonics to musical instruments, which I found other...

For me, R26 does have stuttering issue using BubbleuPnP, connecting to external streamers will usually get rid of stuttering problem. I have been using a number of streaming methods, and has compared comprehensively iFi Zen Stream with internal uPnP and other streaming methods, let me elaborate...

wondered how Leo Bodnar compare with LHY OCK-2? I am a user of OCK-2, for one thing I know, OCK-2 provides improvement with direct connection to R26 without U18.

I use Windows to stream in a way nobody I know of uses. I use Fidelizer together with Foobar2000. I don't play direct from Foobar2000 though, I install uPnP component and use BubbleuPnP to stream to Foobar2000. In the background, I also have Audiophile Renderer running, but I don't use that...

Thanks mate! appreciate you all for the help. I use Tidal also, but mostly Qobuz. Tidal is good for some vocal recordings, but I listen to classical music a lot, and Qobuz seems quite a bit better in streaming classical music.

I tried Jplay before, it is not my cup of tea. Jplay kind of make the sound having some favor of its own, and it also brings soundstage a bit more forward, all in all it seems to make details easier to be heard on a lot of headphones and hifi systems. It also helps soften up edges, so it helps...

I am just trying to avoid having a PC in between. I have already used FMC between router and R26, and you won't believe how cheap things can be if ordered from a place like China, the whole FMC thing can be below USD10..... I have tried, via USB everything is fine, I am just trying to figure...

My R26 is connected directly to router. I use BubbleuPnP and MConnect connected to same network domain to stream via upnp to Gustardrenderer directly. 44.1khz Qobuz seems ok, but higher bitrate like 96khz sometimes stutters. Streaming DSD64 sometimes stutters as well. I don't believe it is a...

In your opinion, do you reckon changing to a faster sdcard could help?