Denafrips Pontus II 12th VS Gustard R 26

I believe Gustard is coming out with an R26 without the streamer soon so might be worth looking into. 

Well, here’s a well-written review of the R26 that he gave an overall score of 94.  This reviewer also reviewed the Denafrips Terminator Plus and gave it the same score, so it would be logical to assume he’d prefer the Gustard to the Pontus ll 12th Anniversary as the Terminator is a couple models up in the Denafrips line and is considerably more expensive.  FWIW…

https://soundnews.net/sources/dacs/a-new-point-of-reference-gustard-r26-discrete-r-2r-ladder-dac-review/