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GUSTARD DAC-X16 User Manual

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-X16
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High-performance Audio DAC
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  • Page 1 Gustard -X16 High-performance Audio DAC User’s Manual...
  • Page 2 Functions and features  Use two ESS company ES9068AS digital-to-analog conversion chips  USB uses XMOS’s xCORE-200 series 16-core XU216 processor, supports native DSD and 32-bit PCM  Use 2 American ACCUSILICON femtosecond crystal oscillators as the global master clock ...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Front panel Introduction· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·3 Rear panel Introduction·...

  • Page 4: Front Panel Introduction

    Front panel 1. The screen will display the current input channel, encoding format and sample rate, volume and other status. 2. Turntable can adjust digital volume attenuation; or adjust each menu option in the menu state. 3. Function button, short press to cycle through digital input channels, switch items in the menu;...

  • Page 5: Display And Menu

    The following graphic shows the status of the main page of the screen. 2. Digital input channel selection: The DAC-X16 has a total of 6 input channels. In the display state of the main page, short press the function button, you can select the current input channel in the order of COAX——AES——OPT——USB——IIS——BT.
  • Page 6 ENABLE (RCA inverted output - XLR Japanese / European standard) optional. When this function is DISABLEd, the RCA output of the DAC-X16 is positive phase, and the XLR balanced output is the American standard polarity output, which is 1 ground, 2 hot, and 3 cold.
  • Page 7 e. DISPLAY (display control): "ALWAYS" means that the screen is always on and displays various states. "AUTO OFF" automatically turns off the screen. If there is no operation, the screen will automatically turn off after 10 seconds. Any operation of the fuselage and remote control will wake up the screen. If there is a new change in the current playback sampling rate, it will also wake up the screen.

  • Page 8: Ir Remote Control

    ① Mute button: In the non-mute state, press this button once, the DAC-X16 will be muted; press this button again to unmute. ② Menu button: Press this button once to enter the setup menu of the DAC-X16, press this button again to exit the setting menu.

  • Page 9: Windows Driver Installation

    * This driver supports Windows 7 (SP1 and newer); Windows 8; Windows 10 1. For users who use a desktop PC to connect to the DAC-X16, it is recommended to use the native USB2.0 interface.It is also highly recommended to use the USB port on the back of the chassis.
  • Page 10 3. Open the CD and double-click to run the Gustard_USBAudio_v1A_2018-10-15_setup.exe program. If the "User Account Control" window appears, click "Yes". 4. Click the next or install button as prompted. - 9 -...
  • Page 11 5. When the installer checks the device, if there is a red text prompt: Setup requires that the device is..., please restart the GUSTARD DAC-X16 or re-plug the USB cable. 6. The figure below shows the screen for successfully installing the driver. Click Finish to complete the installation.

  • Page 12: Dsd Playback Settings Using Foobar2000

    DSD playback settings using foobar2000 1. Open the folder foobar2000_DSD_0.7.X, double-click to run ASIOProxyInstall- 0.7.2.exe, and then click next or install to complete the installation. 2. Run Foobar2000. Click File -> Preferences. - 11 -...
  • Page 13 3. Click on "Components" on the left and click on "Install" on the bottom right. Use the mouse to select two files at the same time, or press Ctrl to select two files at the same time. Then click "Open". - 12 -...
  • Page 14 Two rows of component information will be added to the component list, followed by "Apply". The window shown below will pop up and click "OK". Then Foobar2000 will restart. 4. Click File -> Preferences again. - 13 -...
  • Page 15 5. Expand Playback - Output - ASIO, and double-click foo_dsd_asio. 6. In the "foo_dsd_asio v0.7.2" window. Select "Gustard USB Audio" from the drop-down menu of the first line ASIO Driver. Select "ASIO Native" from the drop-down menu in the second line of the DSD Playback Method.
  • Page 16 7. Click "Output" on the left, then select "ASIO:foo_dsd_asio" from the drop-down menu for "Device" on the right. 8. Then click on Tools -> SACD and select "DSD" from the drop-down menu in the Output Mode on the right. Finally click "OK" below to complete the setup. - 15 -...

  • Page 17: Dsd Playback Troubleshooting

    DSD playback troubleshooting for Foobar2000 1. Q: Why does my foobar2000 preference window play (Playback) -> Output (Output) does not show ASIO? A: Because you don't have the ASIO component installed. Drag the foo_out_asio.fb2k- component file from the foobar2000_DSD_0.7.X folder to the space in the box to the right of the component option in the preference window of foobar2000, then click the "Apply"...
  • Page 18 2. Q: Why is there no SACD in the tool options in my foobar2000's preference window? Because don't have SACD component installed. Drag foo_input_sacd.fb2k-component file from the foobar2000_DSD_0.7.X folder to the space in the box to the right of the component option in the preference window of foobar2000, then click the "Apply"...
  • Page 19 3. Q: I have installed the above two Foobar2000 components. Why do I see an error window like the one below when I play the DSD file? A: Because the version of your ASIOProxy conflicts with the version of the SACD correct decoding component.
  • Page 20 Some users use the old version of foobar2000, and its SACD decoding component stays in the 0.6.X version. If the ASIOProxyInstall-0.7.2.exe program is installed, the version of the foo_dsd_asio window is 0.7.2. This creates a conflict with the SACD decoding component. There are two solutions.

  • Page 21: Product Specifications

    Product specifications Sample rate supported by digital input channels: COAX ：PCM 16-24bit/44.1-192kHz；DSD DOP64 AES ：PCM 16-24bit/44.1-192kHz；DSD DOP64 OPT ：PCM 16-24bit/44.1-192kHz；DSD DOP64 USB ：PCM 16-32bit/44.1-768kHz；DSD DOP64-DOP256；NATIVE DSD：DSD64-DSD512 IIS ：PCM 16-32bit/44.1-768kHz；DSD DOP64-DOP256；NATIVE DSD：DSD64-DSD512 BT Bluetooth 5.0 : PCM LDAC, AAC, SBC, APTX, APTX LL, APTX HD and other high frequency encoding, LDAC can achieve 24B / 96K high code transmission * USB input supported operating system：WIN7 SP1/WIN8/WIN10 32-64bit；macOS；Linux Analog output performance：...
  • Page 22 Free Warranty Service GUSTARD DAC-X16 from the purchasing date in the free warranty period, the user uses the product in normal, and the product fails due to component quality or manufacturing problems.
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