Luvdac's latest activity
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Luvdac reacted to camrector's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.I would imagine that a $1200 usb card and lpsu with a $500 usb cable might give the R26 LAN a challenge.
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Luvdac replied to the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge.Usb seems to be getting a really bad shake in this thread. I agree that it should be the least used protocol when the usb from the...
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Luvdac reacted to milkdudd's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.I personally use silver (or at minimum silver plated) cables everywhere when possible. What some describe as lean or over emphasizing...
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Luvdac replied to the thread FiiO 2023 New Product Schedule.What you folks over at Fiio need to consider is a dap which can take a sim card a la hiby r8 stainless. With streaming services and now...
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Luvdac reacted to duffer5's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.Just tried NOS for the first time and wow. Soundstage really opened up and I just fell into the music. Not sure why the change but I...
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Luvdac reacted to camrector's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.That’s my piano reference album !! ❤️
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Luvdac reacted to duffer5's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.Very helpful. So many ways to go with this hobby, lol. I am using a Mac mini in a separate room for my Roon Core and for my server I...
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Luvdac replied to the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge.Absolutely. I don't know what you're using as a core but upgrading the usb card to a jcat xe ( pricey at 700 euros) will improve things...
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Luvdac reacted to markkpa's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.Did some additional testing between USB to U18 vs USB to R26 w/OCK-1 master clock. The direct USB connection to the R26 with OCK-1...
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Luvdac reacted to markkpa's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.My guess is that you have not optimized the USB/DDC setup; i.e. linear power supplies, common grounds, ethernet cables, usb cables, I2S...
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Luvdac reacted to camrector's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.Mine is Kieth Jarret The Köln Concert 🙌🏻
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Luvdac replied to the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge.Mine wobbles....but who cares! Its a great dac. Just put a blob of blu tack or some folded paper under one foot and you're good to go.
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Luvdac reacted to Forgisound's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.If you listen to music via a streaming service, the sound quality is limited. If I listen to the same recording from a local disk and...
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Luvdac reacted to Chodi's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.I've been waiting for someone to point this out.
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Luvdac reacted to Jake2's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.Although I'd agree that the benefits of an external clock are probably maximised when the R26's K2 is actively reclocking the input...