About MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) 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.
Front Panel 1. Waiting/using switch (default waiting when power on) 2. Screen: Input Chanel, format, rate and volume. 3. ‘+’ ‘-’ button: Adjust volume in main screen, change item’s value in menu. 4. Input/menu: short press to switch input channel, long press to enter/exit menu. - 3 -...
A26 In main page, short-press the menu button can select the input port by the order of COAX—AES—IIS—USB— OPT—LAN. 3. Volume In main page, press ‘+’ ‘-’ keys can adjust A26’s attenuation. There are 90 steps of digital volume from -90dB to 0dB. Increase the volume from 0dB to ‘FIXED’ can bypass the attenuator 4. Menu Long-press the menu button can switch between main page and menu page.
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*When enable, there will be a slight clicking sound when switching between PCM and DSD 4) REF CLOCK Built in clock is generated by Gustard-K2,a low noise clock synthesizer. With ultra-low phase noise, the synthesized clock has ultra-low jitter in femtosecond level and can directly provide the near-end performance of the reference clock.
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5) Sound Different sound quality mode provided by AKM. 6) ATTENUATOR A -24dB built-in analog attenuator, provide lower loss in dynamic range. Auto Use the attenuator when volume is lower than -24dB. -Default Only use digital attenuation. Force turing the attenuator on. 7) PHASE NON-inverted:...
Remote * Enter DAC mode by long - pressing the DAC key 3 s. ① Standby: switch between standby and working. ② Menu: enter menu. ③ Pad with 4 direction keys: In menu page, use up/down to choose the option, left/right to change the value, central key to save and exit. In main page, click central key to mute/unmute.
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Free Warranty Service GUSTARD A26 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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