You can't have your cake and eat it too!
Good point. The Enleum I have has good punch/slam/tightness and just a hint of bass emphasis, so probably good either way honestly.
It should as a reply from Sandu to me on his site was that the A26 sounds closer to the X26Pro which is known for tight, articulate, and refined yet punchy bass. This is one area where the A is somewhat better than the R.
From a UPNP application or with HQplayer, which is much better but requires an HQPlayer server and a licence....
Gustard do not have a own App? How do you use it with Qobuz? No Roon
Thanks. Have to get a new computer first for HQ. But mcconnect should work with my ipad pro.
Do you have the X26 or the X26Pro? If the Pro, I'm curious as to what happened with it and what was the return process like?
Not sure what exactly happened with it, it just randomly made a very loud pop and the right channel stopped working. Though after going direct to speakers with it since hifigo wanted a video of the issue, the right channel was still working though at a drastically reduced volume. I sent the x26 pro back to them and from what they said theyre sending it to gustard to either fix or just replace. I really doubt the purple fuse was the culprit of it so looking to put it in the A26 when it arrives since it made a nice difference to the x26 pro.
Is Qobuz gapless using Bubble? Thanks!
Interesting. Similar situation here. I have a U18 externally clocked with a OCK-1 feeding my X26Pro via I2S and a couple of times recently I have lost my right channel just as you described. A pop and then right channel was gone. Like yours, mine wasn't totally gone as i could hear it very slightly if I went up to the speaker. But at my listening position it sounded like it was dead. The DAC was fine if I used USB or optical inputs so I knew the DAC right channel was ok. Troubleshooting found pulling the power cord out of the U18 and re-powering it resolved the problem both times. I have a couple of posts about this in the U18 thread.
Thats interesting you were able to fix it. I don't remember off the top of my head if I tried power cycling it that way or not. Still wish it never happened as it's honestly the best d/s dac I've heard and made me come to terms with preferring the extra detail/resolution d/s has over r2r. Though if I do end up liking the A26 more I'll just put the x26 up for sale at a very reduced price noting it was repaired. Doubt it'll sell since I'm going to be open about it being repaired but never know. With what people are saying about the A26 it seems like it'll be slight improvements across most of the board compared to the 26pro.
