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GUSTARD X26III User Manual

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X26III DAC
Network Streamer
V1.02

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  • Page 1 GUSTARD User Manual X26III DAC Network Streamer V1.02...
  • Page 2 Catalog Packing list ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Parts and names ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Control Panel ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Setting Menu ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Remote ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Network Bridge and Streaming •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Windows Driver Setup ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Foobar2000 Setup for DSD Hard Decoding •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Trouble Shooting Foobar2000 DSD Decoding ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Specifications ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Warranty •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...

  • Page 3: Packing List

    Packing list Warranty card Product Power cable USB cable Remote control...
  • Page 4 parts and names FIXED DSD 22.5 Power button to toggle between standby and operating states. x26 remains in standby when the power switch on the rear is turned on. Displays the current input channel, encoding format, and sample rate *Displays entries when the menu is entered. Displays volume, -90~00dB for volume, FIXED for volume straight through *Options are displayed when entering the menu.
  • Page 5 parts and names Line out Line out Update 10Mhz 220V/110V Fuse RCA Right RCA Left input Firmware Clock input Voltage switching input UPDATA 10MHz IN 220V 220V Right Left COAX AES/EBU Optical 115\230V Analogue Output Digital input Must switch both Line out Line out TF card...

  • Page 6: Control Panel

    Control Panel The X26 uses a OLED display for real-time status indication as INPUT Ext.Clock well as function operation. The following graphic shows the status of the main screen display. Input Select： he X26 has a total of 6 input channels. In main page, short- press the “gear”...

  • Page 7: Setting Menu

    3.NOS MODE ENABLE INTERNAL 4.REF CLOCK The menu is switched by the movement of the digital cursor, in order: MODE1 EXT.10Mhz (Gustard) 1.PCM digital filter adjustment MODE2 2.DSD digital filter adjustment 5.IIS MODE 3.NOS mode adjustment MODE3 4. Reference clock source selection...
  • Page 8 Setting Menu 1 . PCM FILTER X26 uses self-developed high-performance DSP PCM digital filters with a total of three PCM digital filter types. VIVID ——Default GENTLE COMPOSITE VIVID filters are similar to the FAST roll-off type of conventional digital filters, but with much better ringing characteristics, with very small front ringing, and fast converging rear ringing.
  • Page 9 INTERNAL For internal reference, the onboard clock is used. ——DEFAULT EXT. 10Mhz select an external 10Mhz reference source, it is recommended to connect the Gustard C16 or C18 10Mhz master clock. When EXT. 10Mhz mode is selected and the external 10M is In the state of External Clock, if the external clock is lost, or correctly locked.
  • Page 10 DATA/DSDR+ Among them, MODE1 is the same as the Gustard DATA/DSDL+ DATA/DSDR- BCLK/DSDCLK+ BCLK/DSDCLK+ BCLK/DSDCLK- mode, if you are connecting a Gustard devices such as U12, LRCK/DSDR- BCLK/DSDCLK- LRCK/DSDL+ LRCK/DSDR+ LRCK/DSDL- MCLK+ U16, U18, S16, S26, etc., you can match the connection with...
  • Page 11 Setting Menu 6 . PHASE This feature has two options: NON-inverted （RCA Positive Phase Output - XLR American Standard） ——default （RCA Inverted- XLR Japanese/European Standard） Inverted When NON-inverted, the X26's RCA's are positive phase outputs and the XLR balanced outputs are American Standard polarity outputs. That is, 1 ground, 2 hot, 3 cold.
  • Page 12 Remote enter DAC mode by long-press the DAC key 3s. AMP AND STREAM mode for other Gustard product use ① Standby：Switch between standby and working. MENU ② Menu：Enter menu. ③ Pad with 4 direction keys：On main page,use up/down to switch the input channels.
  • Page 13 Network Bridge Streamer After the X26's RJ45 is connected to your LAN. Select the Streamer channel and wait for the system boot to complete. (about one minute, when the screen shows DSD 24.5Mhz) From a PC Browser on the LAN, you can type: http: //X26.local to open the X26 bridge's setup page as shown below: Streaming protocols that are currently not frequently used can be turned off from the web side to maximize the efficiency of the system's...
  • Page 14 Use the USB cable to connect the USB port of the Gustard device to the computer and then turn on the power of the device, the computer will prompt the discovery of new hardware and try to set up the device, if not prompted, please try another USB port or re-switch the Gustard USB port.
  • Page 15 Windows USB Driver Setup Double-click and run the Gustard_UsbAudio_v4.82.0_ setup.exe Click next or install as prompted. program (this is an example driver, newer version is the same setup). If the “User Account Control” window pops up, click “Yes”. -13-...
  • Page 16 Detect the device, if there is a red text message: Setup requires that click Finish to complete the installation. the device is..please reboot the Gustard USB port or unplug the USB cable again. If any other prompt box appears, select YES.
  • Page 17 Foobar2000 Foobar2000 Setup for DSD Hard Decoding Open the folder foobar2000_DSD_0.7.X , double-click to Run the Foobar2000 program. Click on File -> Preferences. run ASIOProxyInstall-0.7.2.exe, click next or install in turn to complete the installation. -15-...
  • Page 18 Foobar2000 Click on “Components” on the left side, and then click on Press Ctrl to select both files at the same time, and then click “Open”. “Install” in the lower right. -16-...
  • Page 19 Foobar2000 Two new rows will be added to the list of components, then tap Click File-> Preferences again. “Apply”. Expand Playback - Output - ASIO on the left side. Then double click “foo_dsd_asio”. A box will pop up and you can click “OK”. Then the Foobar2000 software will rerun.
  • Page 20 In the small pop-up window “foo_dsd_asio v0.7.2.” In the first Click “Output”on the left, then select “ASIO:foo_dsd_asio” from the “Device” drop-down menu on the right. line of the ASIO Driver drop down menu select“Gustard USB Audio” Select “ASIO Native” in the drop-down menu for DSD Playback Method in the second row.
  • Page 21 Foobar2000 Trouble Shooting Foobar2000 DSD Decoding Then click Tools->SACD, and select “DSD” in the drop-down menu of Output Mode on the right side. Finally, click “OK” to complete the setup. Why there is no ASIO in Playback->Output of my foobar2000 parameter options? Because the ASIO component is not installed.
  • Page 22 Foobar2000 Why is there no SACD in the Tools section of my foobar2000 Why is it that after all the above settings are correct, the parameter options? following error is reported when playing a DSD file. Because the SACD component is not installed. Drag and drop the foo_input_sacd.fb2k-component file in the foobar2000_DSD_0.7.X folder to the blank space on the right side of the component options of foobar2000, and then click on the “Apply”...
  • Page 23 Foobar2000 Some users are using the old version of foobar2000, the This is because the version of ASIOProxy conflicts with the version SACD decoding component is still using the 0.6.X version, if you of the SACD decoder component. The correct version of the package install the ASIOProxyInstall-0.7.2.exe program, then foo_dsd_asio is shown below, both are 0.7.X ..

  • Page 24: Specifications

    Specifications Digital Input • COAX/AES/OPT input format support: PCM 16-24bit/44.1-192kHz; MQA up to 384K; DOP64 • USB input format support: PCM 16-32bit/44.1-768kHz; MQA up to 384K; DSD DOP64-DOP256; NATIVE DSD: DSD64-DSD512 • STREAMER input format support: PCM 16-32bit/44.1-768kHz; MQA up to 384K; DSD DOP64-DOP256; NATIVE DSD: DSD64-DSD512 (STREAMER function can be set up to open and close the protocol, and can be upgraded online) •...

  • Page 25: Analog Output

    Specifications Analog Output • Frequency Response:20-20kHz/+-0.3dB • Dynamic Range:> 128dB • Signal to Noise Ratio:> 127dB • Channel Crosstalk: - 132dB@ 10kHz. • THD+ N:<=0.0001% @1kHz • MD: ≈0.001% @ -1dbfs • IMD: ≈0.001% @ -1dbfs • RCA output level: 2.5Vrms (VOLUME FIXED) •...

  • Page 26: Warranty

    Free Warranty Service GUSTARD product 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. Beyond the Warranty Service Belonging to one of the following circumstances, products are no longer provided warranty service.
  • Page 27 Gustard Technology Co., Ltd. Address:Rm.302, Bldg.1.Huiminyi Rd 28, Guanlan, Longhua District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Prov., China. Tel:+86-18682080102 http://www.gustard.com Email:service@gustard.com...

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