[DreamKing]

   
This seems to call into concern the versatility of the H10's pre input section; maybe it's a bit fussy about matching with certain output sections.
 
I've heard of this before; some dac output sections, despite being very good quality, cause the dac to have very different sound characteristics, with different amps, because of impedance mis-matches with certain pre-amp sections.
 
I wonder if that's what, or the reverse of it, is happening here; maybe the dac matches better with the additional pre, and/or the additional pre matches better with the H10, but the dac doesn't match well when connected directly to the H10.

 
I think this could be my case. Some time near I will purchase an R2R dac to experiment and test this hypothesis. I honestly would rather use one amp rather than the Capella to the H10 but my ears are more in bliss with the latter. But the system as a whole needs to be acknowledged so that's where the DAC experimentation is warranted.

 

[GioF71]

For those who have U12 and X12: which hdmi cable do you guys use?
In case you bought something better than standard tv cables, did you notice some improvements?
Thanks

 

[blasjw]

  For those who have U12 and X12: which hdmi cable do you guys use?
In case you bought something better than standard tv cables, did you notice some improvements?
Thanks

Pangea Audio - HD-24PCe - HDMI Cable - 4% Silver Plate - .6 Meter.  Haven't tried anything else.

 

[GioF71]

  Pangea Audio - HD-24PCe - HDMI Cable - 4% Silver Plate - .6 Meter.  Haven't tried anything else.
 

Nice! Did you notice some improvements?
 
I bought this one:
 
http://www.ricable.com/supreme-hdmi-2.0.html
 
0.5 m length and loved the results. A bit hard to bend due to its short length but worth it.
 

 

[blasjw]

  Nice! Did you notice some improvements?
 
I bought this one:
 
http://www.ricable.com/supreme-hdmi-2.0.html
 
0.5 m length and loved the results. A bit hard to bend due to its short length but worth it.
 

Excellent!  Yes, I do notice some improvement vs. AES.

 

[hgpsemaj]

For your information:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Regards,

 

[money4me247]

exciting at above. any new word about possible release date? edit: and price point?

 

[hgpsemaj]

  exciting at above. any new word about possible release date? edit: and price point?

 
 
RRP RMB4,000 excluding postage.
 
 
Mr. Huang of Gustard forwarded those pictures to me about 15 mins ago, and I shall keep you update in due course.

 

[SodaBoy]

Looks amazing, I see a lot of changes on the board, don't have the old photos saved but the input section has definitely changed, and the ribbon cable may be hidden?

 

[hgpsemaj]

  Looks amazing, I see a lot of changes on the board, don't have the old photos saved but the input section has definitely changed, and the ribbon cable may be hidden?

 
Prototype of X20:
 
 

 

[SodaBoy]

Thanks, wow, everything has improved. I was a bit puzzled back then when I saw parts of the PCB were unpopulated, but it looks like it is complete now.
 
Kicking myself for being broke after the HD800 and NFB-1AMP purchase, guess I'll have to be happy with my X12 and U12 for now...

 

[hgpsemaj]

Please note, post#171 superseded this post.
 
 
 
Regards 

 

[abartels]

   For your information:
 
Gustard DAC X20

 
 

 
 
 
Regards,

 
Hello hgpsemaj,
 
Looks very promising! Any info on what kind of XO's used? Are they replaceable?
 
I don't see any Discrete output stages, are they build around opamps??
 
 
Regards,
 
Alex

 

[Lohb]

Well it won't stack symmetrically with H10 anyway.
Wonder if "project H20" will use this form factor (wide vs deep).

 

[Noodlz]

Looks amaaaazing. Question @hgpsemaj do you know if the XLR and the RCA outs of the X20 can be used  both at the same time? That would be pretty awesome to connect the H10 by XLR, and then my tube amp by RCA~