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GUSTARD DAC-X18 User Manual

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  • Page 1 Gustard -X18 High Performance Audio DAC User’s Manual...
  • Page 2 Features  Based on ES9038Pro, the Ultimate IC from ESS  USB interface using XU216— the latest 16 cores processor from XMOS, support native DSD and 32bit PCM  Two crystals with jitter in fs level from ACCUSILICON  Large scale DSP system based on CPLD from ALTERA @Intel ...
  • Page 3 About MQA MQA is an award-winning British technology that delivers the sound of the original master recording. The master MQA file is fully authenticated and is small enough to stream or download. When the screen shows ‘MQA’ or ‘MQA . ’it indicates that the product is decoding and playing an MQA stream or file, and denotes provenance to ensure that the sound is identical to that of the source material.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Front Panel· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·4 Back Panel·...

  • Page 5: Front Panel

    Front Panel 1. The Standby button is to switch between standby and working. 2. The screen shows current input type, stream format, sampling rate and volume. 3. Encoder can adjust the digital attenuator or change the values in menu. 4. Menu button can select the input channel in main page or options in menu by click, enter/exit menu by long-press.

  • Page 6: Display & Menu

    1. DAC-X18 uses a high-resolution OLED screen to display the working situation and functions. The following figure is main page of the display. 2. Input DAC-X18 has 6 types of input. In main page. Click the menu button can select the input port by the order of COAX——AES——OPT——USB——IIS——BT 3. Volume On the main page, the encoder can adjust the digital attenuator by rotating clockwise to increase the volume and counterclockwise to decrease the volume.
  • Page 7 5. Setting Options a. PCM FILTER: There 7 types of PCM filters for DAC-X18, by clockwise order are: L-SLOW——L- FAST——M-SLOW——M-FAST——APO-FAST——H-FAST——BRICK. L-SLOW & L-FAST are linear-phase filters, which provides the most accurate sound. M-SLOW & M-FAST are minimum-phase filters, with no pre-ringing but long post- ringing, can simulate the lingering sound from true instruments.

  • Page 8: Ir Remote

    IR Remote *DAC-X18 use the new model of remote, enter DAC mode by long-press the DAC key 3s. ① Standby：Switch between standby and working. ② Menu：Enter menu. ③ Pad with 4 direction keys： On menu page, use up/down to choose the option, left/right to change the value, central key to save and exit.

  • Page 9: Driver Installation

    Driver Installation on Windows *The included CD contains Gustard’s USB driver. *The driver supports Windows 7 with SP1, Windows 8 and Windows 10 or Higher *The MAC OS integrates a driver, no need to install a driver 1. For tower PC usage, better to use the original USB 2.0 port on the back panel of the tower.
  • Page 10 4. Then keep clicking next or install. 5. When showing: Setup requires that the device is..., please reboot U18 or reconnect the USB cable. - 9 -...
  • Page 11 6. Complete. Click Finish. - 10 -...

  • Page 12: Dsd Hardware Decoding On Foobar2000

    DSD hardware decoding on foobar2000 foobar2000 configuration ● 1. Open foobar2000_DSD_0.7.X, double-click ASIOProxyInstall-0.7.2.exe, then keep clicking next or install to finish. 2. Run foobar2000, click File—>Preferences. - 11 -...
  • Page 13 3. Click ‘Components’ on left bar, then click ‘Install’ on bottom-right corner. Select two files under foobar2000_DSD_0.7.X folder, and click ‘Open’. - 12 -...
  • Page 14 Two new components will appear in the list, click ‘Apply’. Click yes in the message box, foobar2000 will relaunch. 4. Click File—>Preferences. - 13 -...
  • Page 15 5. Click ‘Playback’—> ‘Output’—> ‘ASIO’, then double-click ‘foo_dsd_asio’. 6. In the new window of ‘foo_dsd_asio’, select ‘Gustard USB Audio’ in ASIO Driver Select ‘ASIO Native’ in DSD Playback Method, other options should be same as the figure. Click X to exit.
  • Page 16 7. Click ‘Output’ on left bar, then select ‘ASIO:foo_dsd_asio’ under ‘Device’ 8. Click ‘Tools’—> ‘SACD’, then select ‘DSD’ under ‘Output Mode’. Click ‘OK’ to complete. - 15 -...

  • Page 17: Dsd Playback Issues

    DSD playback issues foobar2000 ● 1. Q: Why there is no ‘ASIO’ option under ‘Playback’-> ‘Output’? A: Because the ASIO components is not installed. Drag the ‘foo_out_asio.fb2k- component’ under ‘foobar2000_DSD’into foobar2000’s ‘components’page. Then click apply and yes to relaunch foobar2000. You can use ASIO now. - 16 -...
  • Page 18 2. Q: Why there is no ‘SACD’ option under ‘Tools’? A: Because the SACD components is not installed. Drag the ‘foo_out_sacd.fb2k- component’ under ‘foobar2000_DSD’into foobar2000’s ‘components’page. Then click apply and yes to relaunch foobar2000. You can use SACD now. - 17 -...
  • Page 19 3. Q: Finished all settings, I got such a bug when playing DSD file. A: It is caused by version conflicts of ASIOProxy and SACD component. They should all be 0.7.x. If you are using an old version of foobar2000 whose SACD component is 0.6.x.
  • Page 20 There are two solutions. The first is to upgrade the SACD component[following Q&A2]. But some versions of foobar2000’s components is locked, it would work to reinstall the official version. If you do not want to reinstall your foobar2000, you can choose the old version of ASIOProxy like ASIOProxyInstall-0.6.5.exe.

  • Page 21: Specifications

    Specifications Inputs: COAX : PCM 16-24bit/44.1-192kHz, DSD DOP64 : PCM 16-24bit/44.1-192kHz, DSD DOP64 : PCM 16-24bit/44.1-192kHz, DSD DOP64 : PCM 16-32bit/44.1-768kHz, DSD DOP64-256, NATIVE DSD64-512 : PCM 16-32bit/44.1-768kHz, DSD DOP64-256, NATIVE DSD64-512 Bluetooth 5.0 : LDAC/AAC/SBC/APTX/APTX LL/APTX HD/LDAC (up to 24bit/96Khz) *USB supported OS：WIN7/WIN8/WIN10 32/64bit, macOS, Linux Outputs Frequency Response: 20-20kHz /+-0.08dB...

  • Page 22: Warranty Service

    Free Warranty Service GUSTARD X26pro 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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