GUSTARD U18 DDC USB Digital Interface DSD512 PCM768Khz XU216 K2 Fully Isolation AS338 Hi-End Crystol IIS USB Audio Interface (Black)

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Pros

Gustard u18 is a wonderful addition to gustard x26 pro. Ddc removes the electrical distortion by separating the usb signal. It uses its excellent internal k2 femto clock to precisely time-aiign the digital signal, which effectively removes the digital... Read More

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Quality

Each upgrade, including cables, has added to the sound quality.

Clean, crisp, and trasparent sound in across all frequecy spectrum.

It has tons of electric distortion and digital jitter which makes your computer audio, especially its background and higher tre... Read More

My audio streaming setup was an overhauled bluesound node 2i connected to a gustard x26 pro dac.

Price

By the time i added in a custom built length of lmr400 50-ohm coax and trew in an after market fuse i had over $500 into it.

I am at the point where money thrown at higher priced components is unnecessary, a very nice place to be.

Plus another $200 for a pangea power cord.

Shipping

So then i throught i would try a risk-free trial of the u18 d2d convertor, which i got through amazon with about an 8 week wind... Read More

I probably would have sent it back, but since i got it on ali express, the return shipping would have not left me with much ref... Read More

Competitiveness

The gustard u18 is a wonderful addition to gustard x26 pro.

I had to get another 50-ohm coax, but the end result was i slaved both the u18 and the r26 in parallel to the same ock-1 external clock.

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This product had a total of 23 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 28 2024.