Gustard A26
Has anyone here heard the Gustard A26 and compared it to other Gustard DACs, in particular the R26? I find the R26 has some remarkable qualities in terms of microdynamics, musicality (musical details), but poor quality control and among the 4 R26's I listened to, all had (different) tonal balance problems.
Maybe the A26 would be a solution. I'm using a 10 MHz clock (the Gustard C16) and a good clock cable, along with the U18 DDC to feed the DAC through a very good Coax cable. This sounds a lot better than the USB input.
@magon - I have not heard the A26 but if you live in the US you can buy one on Amazon and return it to Whole Foods so it's pretty low risk. I do have an X26 Pro. I'm looking at your connections with the DDC. I think I read on this forum that if you connect your clock to the DDC and then connect the DDC to the DAC via HDMI, the DAC "sees" the clock as well . Might be worth a try. |
