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SStellabagpuss reacted to Jake2's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.Cheers Damien. Incidentally I read that distance - which you’ve achieved I understand by removing em from the chassis - achieves the...
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SStellabagpuss reacted to Jake2's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.OK, last MuMetal post for now.. measured, cut and fitted a shield for the second transformer and tidied up the first one. Measured and...
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SStellabagpuss replied to the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge.Good work Jake, you inspired me to do a similar work. Although l'm going a different route, lron covers, and cover in 3M CN3190 copper...
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SI’m about 100 hours of burning in for the UIP. Apart from soundstage improvements, instruments have a lot more weight. Vocals tend to...
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SStellabagpuss replied to the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge.Thanks Jake... l'll look forward to playing with the stuff. ls this the same stuff as Ultraperm 80, l only ask as you can pick it up...
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SStellabagpuss reacted to Jake2's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.Here’s where I got it from.. the cheapest Mu Metal I could find from a seemingly reputable source. Quite thin and cheap so you could do...
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SStellabagpuss replied to the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge.Interesting Jake, l'm always up for trying a different approach. Just moving the transformers to a different enclosures made a...
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SStellabagpuss reacted to MikeLS's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.Will do Jake. I’ll post my comments after another 100 hours or so. Now burning in 24/7 with music playing ☺️
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SStellabagpuss replied to the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge.Thanks Jake, l'll follow with interest. The lnnuos was once on my radar, and for a long time, l was a USB guy. Then the discovery of...
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SStellabagpuss reacted to Jake2's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.FYI I’ve set up a dedicated thread for the LHY UIP USB isolator at the request of a few folk. Will share listening impressions of the...
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SStellabagpuss reacted to Jake2's post in the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge with Like.Hi Damien, in terms of streamers used just the Zen Stream (with iFi Power X + DC iPurifier2) and direct from my Mac Mini M1 (stock SMPS...
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SStellabagpuss replied to the thread GUSTARD DAC-R26 Balanced Decoder R2R+1Bit Dual Native Decoding Music Bridge.What Streamer or method are you are you using Jake? l take it you you have Streamer running into the Phoenix, then USB into R26?
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SI followed your guide as best I could with the materials I could get at the time. The cable used in that box was ElecAudio FC125TC...
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SI have made several different cables to try with the box and connected them to my Dac’s digital and Analogue connections and to my DSP...
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SThe first box I pictured above weighs 3.5kg. I made this second box with 3 binding posts and a different setup inside and it weighs...