After listening to a ProAc floorstander -- not sure of the model but the dealer mentioned 7k -- I find myself often thinking about them! Although I listened only to a snippet from a CD, I recall being drawn to something about the sound.
So, what's the concensus on these speakers?
I have about 150 hours on mine so far. Really an excellent DAC. Clean, quiet, and transparent are the words that come to mind. Very good definition. I haven't done a thing to it yet. I am going to be sending it to Ric for the mod 1 package.
This is a very short review. In the second hour of operation having just received it, the unit shut itself down with a puff of smoke. I was driving my HE-6 and feeding it from my Gustard X-20. In my brief listening session I was unimpressed with the performance and would have returned it if it...
I've experimented with a monoprice RCA cable for coax and an Amazon Basics HDMI cable for I2S. The RCA might be slightly better. Using I2S and XMOS USB drivers found online (both an ASIO and kernel streaming driver) 128 DSD is the maximum, and I don't know how to make it stream DSD without using...
I've recently purchased the non USB version along with a U12 unit to provide USB to I2S bridging. I've been burning in both units for about 2 days now. I will say that right off the bat I noted the quietness and spatial qualities.
I will be pursing the level 1 mods. Do I go through the...
Amazing claims have been made about the Gustard X20. I note that the amazing mods being worked on in the other thread that got moved have not been updated since last year -- which seems to indicate those that have been raving about it have moved on, suggesting that it wasn't so wonderful to...