sls883
Responses from sls883
| Gustard X30 DAC I’m not a big Chinese buyer. My amp, preamp, speakers, and phono preamp are made in the USA. Streamer in Portugal and turntable in Germany. SACD player and phono cartridge in Japan. Cabling is made in USA and Germany. | |
| Gustard X30 DAC That's fair. It's also fair to say that thousands of people have had positive results from well reviewed Chinese gear. Especially dacs. As an owner of "Chi", I find your comments disturbing much like you do my "idfk". | |
| Gustard X30 DAC I'm not talking about the review. I'm referring to your comment about Chi gear. | |
| Gustard X30 DAC You haven't heard the X-30 which is the topic of this post. You might research where some of your gear is made. | |
| Gustard R26 - different sound signatures in different units Sounds like something was wrong with it. I wouldn't buy from that dealer again. They'll probably box it up and resell it. A $100 dac shouldn't sound like what you described. Stupid question, but did you check the voltage switch? I don't even k... | |
| Gustard X30 DAC I watched again. He did say 85%. Question is, what is his 15% worth? Idfk. Lol. I’m going to be happy with what I have. I just ordered a new audio cabinet, so I have something else to focus on. :) | |
| Gustard X30 DAC The reviewer says that the X-26 mkIII is 75% of the performance of the X-30. I'm good with the X-30 if it's that much better. | |
| Gustard X30 DAC And, they are supposedly coming out with an R30, or something like that, towards the end of 2025. I like the X-30, so I won't worry about the other offerings. | |
| Gustard R26 - different sound signatures in different units @bigshutterbug I’m sure a few units with issues get through or could get damaged internally in shipping. I shipped a conrad-johnson preamp and it got knocked around enough that a bunch of capacitors came loose. Did you try different filter settin... | |
| Gustard R26 - different sound signatures in different units Mine has the tiny font. I updated the firmware and I thought it would enlarge the font, but it didn't. I suspect the price drops are a result of competition and the fact that their development costs are covered. And like you said, it's no longer... | |
| Gustard R26 - different sound signatures in different units I don't think we can make generalizations based on a bad unit. There are too many rave reviews on the product. Is it perfect? No, it's a $1500 dac. But, many reviewers believe it competes with more expensive dacs. System matching also plays a ... | |
| Gustard R26 - different sound signatures in different units I've only had one R26. I had none of the issues that you experienced. Were the menu settings the same on all of the units? Filter setting, etc? | |
| Gustard X30 DAC @baylinor It’s been about an hour of playing music. Top is still around 91 degrees. The right side is 93 degrees. For grins, I pointed the thermometer at a tube in my preamp. It measured 137 degrees. | |
| Gustard X30 DAC @baylinor My infrared thermometer showed up. Pretty neat little device. The temperature of the X-30 is at 91 degrees. That's with the U18 sitting on top of it and potentially keeping it a littler warm. The U18 ddc is around 87 degrees. My C... | |
| Gustard X30 DAC @baylinor I have not heard the A26, but I’ve read good things about it. I’m curious to see what the temp is on the X-30. For grins, I ordered an infrared thermometer on Amazon. It was cheap and if I ordered some coffee with it, I get free same da... |