I took out my FMC mod as I felt it sounded too thin and took away some musicality in my system. Of cos this may differ in your setup. I run lan into my A6 streamer and output via usb (with addition of LHY UIP) to the R26. Found a cheap lan isolator and tried it. To my surprise it gave quite...

No offence taken. I was just sharing the options to upgrade the A6 and reiterating that the UIP does its job well 😊

I have an A6 ME. I do agree that it can sound bright but I love it for its packed features eg easy software update, external storage, internet radio. The UIP helped a lot with improving the sound quality. I have an order for an LHY LPS for the A6 which should arrive end of week. By the way, it’s...

”Better than R26” 😢 But then again different price point.

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Talking about FMC, just installed mine with a LHY LPS thanks to the guys over in the R26 thread Mickey and Jake included. Very good results and an even darker background. Question when I get my OCK 2 do I connect it to both the UIP and R26 or just to the UIP?

Thanks Jake. This is really useful information.

The clock is next on my list. Still pondering between OCK-1 or 2. The latter costs almost twice. @Jake2, have you had experience with both that you can share.

I’m about 100 hours of burning in for the UIP. Apart from soundstage improvements, instruments have a lot more weight. Vocals tend to fill the room rather than being in a single position. Not sure how to describe this but it’s like moving from the middle row to the front row of a concert...

Happy owner too. I’ve got less than 100 hours so will comment in time to come. I’m running the UIP from my DMP-A6 to Gustard R26 connected to my Willsenton R8 tube amp. Initial impressions are very promising thus far with marked improvement in terms of soundstage. ☺️

Will do Jake. I’ll post my comments after another 100 hours or so. Now burning in 24/7 with music playing ☺️

Coincidentally I just received my LHY UIP. It was out of stock from China as I ordered from Taobao so had to wait. Just plugged in couple hours. First impression was particularly the soundstage was bigger in every aspect especially the height. Everything appears to have more weight and a tad...

Tidal connect appears on my renderer but nothing happens when I click on it. Anyone knows how to resolve this? Thanks.

Got it! Thanks Jake and Cam.

So if I’m getting this correct, extender to first FMC use a good insulated lan cable, from second FMC use a cat 6 cable?

Wouldn’t I be connecting the DAC to the FMC unless I understand the setup wrong. Satellite to FMC via LAN cable > FMC to FMC via optical > FMC to DAC via lan cable.

Good question 😂

Hi guys I’m going to try fmc with my limited knowledge on networking. I have a main router in other room and satellite currently hooked up to my R26. Do I do this mod with the main or satellite? Also the lan cables do I need to use 2 good lan cables ie router to fmc and fmc to dac. Was trying to...

Have you tried HQplayer + Roon > DMP A6 > R26. Sorry I don’t use HQplayer or Roon and basically just stream Tidal connect so I don’t know if this is possible. But I will possibly use them in the near future. Thanks

Sorry may I ask how you connect DMP A6 > streaming via LAN

Thanks for the info and links.

Lol back to page 1. This is all very new to me. I came from a basic ifi Zen to D90. Knowledge of network gear and stuff is very limited. So many ways to play this thing!

Thanks camrector for your reply. Strangely I tried Lan with my Netgear satellite connected to the R26 using JPLAY vs streaming via my Eversolo dmp-a6 and found the usb sounded better. So I thought I’ll squeeze all the juice via USB way. I’ll revisit the Lan see what I missed. Thanks ☺

Hi I'm new here. Like to ask if anyone has tried LHY USB isolator with the R26. Sorry if this is a repeat question cos I’ve read till pg 38 only. Or would I be better off getting a DDC. I’m not a techky but I know they do different things, just wanna know which gives a better result.

Hi everyone I'm new here. Wish to get some info on my Gustard R26 which I recently got and also join in the discussion. Good day everyone!