@pinwa (and @sgreg1) -thank you for the impressions and additional thoughts. Just out of curiosity, when this DAC processes DSD, does it do so through chips rather than r 2 r?
Gustard R26
Is anyone else looking forward to the reviews coming out on the Gustard R26 r2rDac? I am interested to see if it can compete with the Holo Spring at a lower price point. How will it stand up to the other r2r dac’s out there right now. It does present well and is feature rich right out of the box. Is it a true proprietary resistor board or is it off the shelf and tweaked? I know the other Gustard equipment is well received and liked so my hopes are high for this as well.
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I can’t recall off the top of my head. I am on another thread for the r26 that gives this level of detail. I would post the link but I know agon would pull it. I know the access to the r2r ladder is determined by the input used. Not the sample rate. People adding an external clock will by pass internal clock snd it goes straight to the ladder. |
@whart I'm guessing @sgreg1 is referring to the thread at Head-Fi which is almost 2300 posts long. Many of the posts are fairly technical so that might be a better place to ask your question about DSD. I'm looking forward to seeing how the R26 changes with more burn in. I was just excited about how it sounded after only 36 hours. |
Thanks both. I'll do a little digging. I'm glad you are excited, @pinwa That's usually a good sign. |
@pinwa I have to ask why you wouldn’t also feed the R26 with the Iris? When I fed my R2R DAC with the Iris and an i2S connection the difference was quite remarkable. Seems like the R26 is fighting with one arm behind its back at this point. |
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