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Fflyboibirdy replied to the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge.No I have not. I imagine it have been done before but no one wrote about it or talked about it yet. Hopefully one day. Or if someone...
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Fflyboibirdy replied to the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge.That nice. I only wished we are able to buy everything all at once and do A/B test to really see the difference. Take this with a grain...
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Fflyboibirdy reacted to George Hincapie's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.Any decent HDMI cable from Amazon will work perfectly. Go for an 8K one - less than £30.
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Fflyboibirdy replied to the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge.The good thing about the U18 and Gustard product is they use regular HDMI protocol/standards, as there is no real standard for I2S and...
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Fflyboibirdy reacted to Aeonyx's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.Cool. I ordered an SR Purple, along with Gustard upgrade fuses to try. Will do some comparisons once everything is setup and report...
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Fflyboibirdy replied to the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge.adding to that, the soundstage didn't really open up for me. I was running a Monoprice USB cable. I recently added the AudioQuest...
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Fflyboibirdy replied to the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge.Yes I did. I want to say it's the best bang for the bucks improvement. Everything got more musical, as in the tones were better. I was...
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Fflyboibirdy replied to the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge.I changed both of my fuses (R26, and U18) to the Gustard upgraded fuse, however I didn't do A/B to the stock fuse, so I couldn't tell...
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Fflyboibirdy replied to the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge.You will need a BNC cable that is rated for 50ohms.
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Fflyboibirdy reacted to Jake2's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.Understandable sentiment re not feeling like one needs to spend more after spending ~USD1.5k on a DAC. There's no question from my and...
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Fflyboibirdy replied to the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge.Mine is only warm to the touch and it is enclosed. If you run an external clock it gets even cooler and not as warm.
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Fflyboibirdy reacted to Deleeh's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.Hello, I've been keeping this rather small until now. I have also tested silver against copper usb cables. The price has remained at...
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Fflyboibirdy replied to the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge.I am running the following chain: U18 > R26 > C18 connected to both > ifi Pro Signature Series > Susvara. Square results in better...
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Fflyboibirdy reacted to DeckHiFi's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.Recently purchased this Dac. I made the huge jump from Modius to Gustard R26 based on all the positive reviews online and wanting to...
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Fflyboibirdy reacted to camrector's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.I sold my Pontus2 and didn’t buy the Venus2 I was auditioning. The R26 beat them both. My Pontus2 was great, but did not have the level...