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.
Below is a link to a forum post that asked the same question.
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/comparisons-gustard-a26-vs-r26-discrete-dac.968200/
I don’t consider Gustard to be poor quality junk. Nor do a lot of other happy owners. There have been a few recent posts from guys that had issues. Prior to that, I’d only read positive comments. I would suggest that you look for other reviews. |
