[Daiyama]

A smaller A26 so to speak, for half the price!

Roon Bridge, NAA protocol (for HQP), AKM 4499EX, balanced 1 watt at 32 ohm output.

For more details see AH90 Product page

 

[Daiyama]

Tough crowd here.
In my view, this is a pretty comprehensive package at a great price (599 USD) and from the same company as the Gustard brand.

 

[WDitters]

Any ideas whether streaming for Qobuz & Tidal is only supported via Roon? Or is it natively integrated?

 

[Daiyama]

Good question.
As Spotify is mentioned in the product sheet, the AH90 seems to support native streaming apps as Spotify is not available via Roon.
But if mentioning Tidal also means it as it's own native app and no mentioning of Qobuz means only via Roon, is to be seen.

 

[camrector]

I’m into this and have been keeping close tabs on it.
Similar specs and I’m guessing the same renderer as the R26 and A26 which is really good.
I’m looking to upgrade my R26 but for now either this or the A26 will suffice mainly because of how DSD is processed.

 

[holzohr]

Any ideas whether streaming for Qobuz & Tidal is only supported via Roon? Or is it natively integrated?

The AH90 arrived today. Tidal Connect is working. The same with Spotify Connect, Roon Bridge, NAA and as UPnP renderer (in my case with JPLAY iOS app). The Gustarender version is 1v43.

 

[WDitters]

The AH90 arrived today. Tidal Connect is working. The same with Spotify Connect, Roon Bridge, NAA and as UPnP renderer (in my case with JPLAY iOS app). The Gustarender version is 1v43.

Any sign of Qobuz?

 

[camrector]

The AH90 arrived today. Tidal Connect is working. The same with Spotify Connect, Roon Bridge, NAA and as UPnP renderer (in my case with JPLAY iOS app). The Gustarender version is 1v43.

So exact same at R26
How does it sound?!

 

[holzohr]

Any sign of Qobuz?

I am not using Qobuz but just tried the app. The Gustarender is only visible and possible to use via Airplay/Bluetooth. When you have an iOS device the JPLAY iOS app is probably the way to go.

 

[camrector]

I am not using Qobuz but just tried the app. The Gustarender is only visible and possible to use via Airplay/Bluetooth. When you have an iOS device the JPLAY iOS app is probably the way to go.

Gustard has optimized the Gustarender to work best with Roon. I would expect drop outs and connections issues using any Upnp protocols.
Roon has been rock solid for me and many many others since the beginning with the R26.
Jplay was the best performer of the others that were tested.

 

[holzohr]

Is there a way to go into the Gustarender settings? I would like to set a fix ip address. Each time when I change the input from LAN to USB and back the LAN connection gets rebuild with a new ip address.

JPLAY via UPnP was stable after I set update intervall on 12000 and 'safe transistion mode' on iOS app. NAA seems to be rock stable, too.

Soundwise I am pretty impressed so far but I need more time for evaluate.

 

[camrector]

Is there a way to go into the Gustarender settings? I would like to set a fix ip address. Each time when I change the input from LAN to USB and back the LAN connection gets rebuild with a new ip address.

JPLAY via UPnP was stable after I set update intervall on 12000 and 'safe transistion mode' on iOS app. NAA seems to be rock stable, too.

Soundwise I am pretty impressed so far but I need more time for evaluate.

As far as I know there isn’t. Many people have thought that the R26 was broken when it was actually just stuck waiting for a new IP.

 

[Lindholdt]

It's a shame they did not include Wifi on this one, would have been very convenient.

 

[camrector]

It's a shame they did not include Wifi on this one, would have been very convenient.

For noise purposes and interference it’s a dream that they didn’t!

 

[Lindholdt]

For noise purposes and interference it’s a dream that they didn’t!

Noise?
I understand interference if the connection isn't optimal, but I don't know what you mean when you say noise?