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| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Pete Townshend Secret Policeman’s Ball | |
| Gustard R26 On another site they said the firmware was for roon end point. One owner said it disables some functions when he did the update. I will not be using roon thus I am holding off on update. Everything I need is working fine. | |
| Gustard - Warranty Repair in the US? I picked up my R26 from Aoshida. They cover warranty repairs for Gustard. You need to cover shipping cost to but they pay it back. My simple rule is the same buying a tv at Best Buy. When they ask if I want extended warranty. I will reply that if ... | |
| Gustard R26 Gustard R26 delivered today. Order placed on 8/31/22 seven day delay from ccp lock downs in city of warehouse . Have up and running in system playing Austin blues radio stream. First two hours I am already very happy. Fist big notice is bass. No... | |
| You want a DAC that sounds *different.* What factor helps you find it? If your end goal is to get a DAC with a signature sound you need to focus on the output stage. Weather it is class A or tube output stage you can influence the sound character. I my self want my DAC to be neutral with no sound signature, just want... | |
| Schiit Audio I have had great experiences with them. Like their products great value. Yes they are mid fi but they are at the top of that market. Yes they are not known for their customer service almost to the point of being smart asses. I guess that does keep... | |
| What’s your latest high-end audio purchase? Gustard R26 dac it is sitting in customers at Anchorage AK hope to have by end of week. Then I also bought new xlr cables and power cord for it. | |
| Best vibration isolation for speakers on carpet? I had same issue and bought two pieces of granite that I placed on the carpet. The weight of the granite snd speakers self leveled. Then I use nob springs to put speakers on. You can use what ever you want as isolation between granite and speakers. | |
| $5K DAC OPTIONS In that price range look at Holo May. I would buy if I wanted to go that high. My Gustard R26 just shipped from china today. Can’t wait! | |
| Where did you buy your first audio gear? TV Lenney’s American TV. Place was fantastic. You never paid full price sales people were commission and you could talk them down sll the time. Had a high end listening room that always stocked the best of the best in retail stereo gear. My first ... | |
| DAC suggestions My Gustard R26 just shipped from china today. Hope to have in hand by end of next week. Will hook up right away with balanced xlr’s upgrade power cord and play a radio stream through it 24/7 for a week before I sit in the sweet spot and do a leave... | |
| Tuner - FM over the air - suggestions I hope you like commercials!! Current over the air raiding ain’t what you remember it being 10 years ago. All the stations are owned by three corporate conglomerates. In the chicago are you can tune to four stations back and forth to hear the same... | |
| Disservice: XLR interconnects Yes cables and interconnects matter BUT. IMO there is a point of diminishing returns. Meaning that yes going from lamp cord to quality oxygen free speaker wire will have an impact that will justify the cost difference. Then there is a point that ... | |
| Where to invest the most in the "digital chain"? The DAC is 99% of the end result. slso look at small green computer fiber converters. | |
| Its not vinyl The post have gone where I thought they would and that is what I wanted to point out. Which ever delivery system you use digital or analog it should not be about one beating or one equaling the other. Analog only needs to better analog and digita... |