[sbgk]

Anybody else made their own esoteric fuses ?

I replaced the standard fuse by a Littelfuse 3A slow blow which got a spiral shape wire.

Next I used a Dremel with miniature cutting disc to make a hole in the glass of the fuse.
Needed a few tries as a few times the glass cracked completely.
Next I melted some Wiertz beeswax in a small cup using a hair dryer.
Put the fuse in a couple of times using long nose pliers, making sure it was filled up with beeswax completely.
Let it cool off with the hole facing up obviously, and cleaned it thoroughly (paper & iso alcohol).
PFTE tape to cover the hole in the fuse.

Yet another tick on the mod list.

why do you need a fuse, has anyone ever blown a fuse ?

 

[Dandoudou]

why do you need a fuse, has anyone ever blown a fuse ?

It's good for our peace of mind to know that it's there.

 

[Jake2]

why do you need a fuse, has anyone ever blown a fuse ?

Putting to one side local laws which may make it illegal to omit ‘em, same argument as for house insurance, very low probability, why not just save your money, or in the case of a fuse get a better sound by replacing the fuse / fuse circuit with a solid conductor. I really should have at least temporarily tried the latter before buying a fancy fuse…

 

[TherealJohnD]

I see LHY has a new Fmc switch 'SW-6' @ about $450 cheaper than the SW-10. I might give it a try. I've been pleased with the Ock-1 clock.
John

 

[Deleeh]

Looks great the good piece for the clean side certainly an upgrade.

 

[BShaw]

I'm waiting on the new Gustard N18, $400US, should be released within the next month.

 

[camrector]

Looks great the good piece for the clean side certainly an upgrade.

Not for the clean side.
You would want to plug your “dirty” components into its Ethernet ports(computer, router, etc) then fiber out to your clean side FMC.

 

[sbgk]

has anyone tried to clean up the USB using fibre the same way as the FMC ethernet mod ? Think there are USB to fibre convertors and fibre to USB

 

[Dandoudou]

has anyone tried to clean up the USB using fibre the same way as the FMC ethernet mod ? Think there are USB to fibre convertors and fibre to USB

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/aliexpress-cables.963919/page-255#post-17641225

 

[rodthebod]

Wave Theory just posted his lukewarm review of the r26 on YouTube:

This guy is a glass half empty type............. couldn't listen to all of it...... it's like he doesn't want to be doing the review at all and has better things to be doing!
He lost me at plastic sides......

 

[LarsHP]

Wave Theory just posted his lukewarm review of the r26 on YouTube:

He obviously prefers the Chord Hugo 2 over the R26, but it appears that, when comparing to other DAC's, he mostly used Singxer SU-6 as bridge, and not the LAN input. He obviously didn't try LAN via an FMC either, but that's understandable. Modding like that is for those who already own an R26, or have settled on it otherwise.

I think it's interesting that he hears the Chord Hugo 2 as more detailed, while Sandu Vitalie (soundnews.net) says there is not much difference between the R26 and the top of the line Chord DAVE, costing about nine times as much as the R26. To me, this suggests that the differences between high end DACs are subtle and perhaps more system dependent than we think.

 

[sbgk]

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/aliexpress-cables.963919/page-255#post-17641225

thanks, interesting thread

 

[BShaw]

This guy is a glass half empty type............. couldn't listen to all of it...... it's like he doesn't want to be doing the review at all and has better things to be doing!
He lost me at plastic sides......

I'm not a fan, I don't think he's very good, but figured I'd put it up for whatever it's worth. While I was watching I got the impression that he was trying to differentiate himself by finding issues with an internet darling and going against the grain a bit. I'm sorry, you don't review a DAC without a decent speaker setup, I don't care how much your headphones cost, and a pair of cheap desktop Jamos just doesn't cut it.

 

[sbgk]

with the R26 will the streamer/ethernet be a debian/alsa route and playing via spdif/i2s/usb be more of a hardware xmos fpga route ?

 

[cglin222]

Is the R26 LAN port speed fast ethernet? I plugged in router and just recently noticed that my router led is amber/orange instead of the white led
As I've tried plug in my pc, on the same port and it showed white led instead of orange.. so wondering , always thought r26 has a gigabit ethernet port