GUSTARD - DAC-X26 Pro (Ex-Demo Unit)
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Chi-Fi
Excellence
Ideal for Audiophiles
Ideal for
Indoor Use
Bluetooth with
LDAC, aptX, aptX LL, aptX HD
ES9038PRO
Dual DAC Chip
Metal
Build
Pair with Laptop via USB
A majority of people use a laptop as the primary source device to listen to music or watch movies. Since the laptop is an essential part of the audio chain there are headphones and devices designed to work a laptop or computer system flawlessly. With the availability of USB connectivity, it becomes easier to pair various devices like an Amp, DAC or even headphones without worrying about drivers or any additional piece of software.
Connect With
IIS, Optical, Coaxial & AES
Volume Controls
DEMO UNIT
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Our careful selection of demo headphones gives you the experience of pre-burned in headphones - at drop dead prices. We do this sale every year to clear up our existing demos and to make way for new units instead. These demo headphones have been used at our Experience Studio in Mumbai. The pictures above depict the condition of the product and also indicate the accessories available with the headphone. For any specific questions about the condition please get in touch with us! While the product itself is fully tested by our Headphone Gurus and the outer packaging may have suffered some damage.
Get The Best Deal
You may or may not get the original packaging or some accessories may be missing & because of the fact that they've been extensively used as a demo at the Experience Studio, we give a good discount compared to a new gear.
Unchanged Policies
Received a defective Demo unit? Return it under our 7 Day Replacement Guarantee Policy.
P.S. If you do not like your gear, unfortunately we will not be able to accept the return.
Pre-Burned In
Demo headphones save you the time of burning in new headphones. Typically, brand new headphones take up to weeks to fully break in and sound as good as they should. With demo headphones, you get to enjoy the best sound out of the box.
Unbiased Customer Service
We have the same Headphone Zone customer support experience for Demo Units or any products.
Consider It Vintage
Vintage products have a certain charm that cannot be put into words. Think of old, discontinued demo headphones as vintage. They have a story; they have, how-to-say, character.
Professionally Inspected
A thorough inspection means you receive a 100% working headphone with no sound output issues.
IN THE BOX
| BOX CONTENTS |
1. GUSTARD DAC-X26 Pro (Demo Unit)
|
| 2. Power Cable | |
| 3. USB Cable | |
| 4. Remote Control |
| WARRANTY | 3 Months |
DESCRIPTION
POWERED WITH DUAL ESS ES9038 PRO FLAGSHIP CHIP FOR AN UNRIVALLED PERFORMANCE
Sporting a meticulous design and a sensible layout, the GUSTARD X26 Pro embodies high-quality workmanship and strong materials. Each channel of the GUSTARD X26 Pro has a flagship ESS ES9038 pro decoding chip with an independent power supply and grounding for outstanding performance. The high power requirement of the ESS ES9038 pro decoding chip is met by the Hybrid discrete IV conversation circuit and independent parallel circuit. The analogue low pass filter fully discrete Class-A circuits are fine-tuned specifically for the ESS ES9038 chip.
ULTRA LOW-NOISE K2 CLOCK SYNTHESISER FOR SEAMLESS OPERATION
For the primary clock, the GUSTARD X26 Pro uses a local femtosecond clock or external 10M constant temperature clock source. This minimises the effect of front-end signal source clock performance on the decoding link. All the digital inputs including the USB, IIS, AES, Coaxial, Optical and Bluetooth get the advantage of the synthesizer.
DISCRETE, ADJUSTABLE DEVICE SETUP TO ACHIEVE THE BEST PERFORMING RESULTS
Every discrete device is dedicated to its performance and is flexible in nature. Each parameter at any given level can be adjusted easily to get the best performing results. These parameters can be further developed and controlled to avoid distortion while providing multiple variable sound styles to different decoding architectures. One of the disadvantages of discrete devices is that the parameters have influence, and are difficult to design and debug. To tackle this a specific technical experience along with an extended debugging process is required. Due to the weak consistency, the use of sophisticated materials is necessary.
ALL-NEW DESIGNING MODULE THAT BALANCES FUNCTIONS AND PERFORMANCE
The fresh design module adopted for the GUSTARD X26 Pro consists of an ARM microprocessor, high capacitor memory, DSP processor, Bluetooth chipset, XMOS XU216, CPLD programmable chip. There are self-constructed digital integrated circuits with logic functions, clock management, 2nd PLL, digital shaping, DOP decoder, PCM / DSD depop switch and other exclusive technologies that lay a strong foundation for exceptional sound quality. The USB interface of the GUSTARD X20 PRO uses an XMOS XU216 chip to support PCM768K DSD512 full MQA decoding.
ADVANCED DIGITAL FILTERING AND ANTI-ALIASING NOISE ALGORITHM FOR CLEAR SONIC RESPONSE
The high-performance digital filter solution used in the GUSTARD X26 is developed on the Analog Device SHARC digital audio dedicated DSP platform. The unique function of this is a self-developed high-performance anti-aliasing noise algorithm. It uses high-precision floating-point 64-bit operations to eliminate aliasing noise to get better sound quality performance which is done by upscaling and noise shaping the original digital audio stream signal. You get 3 modes under PCM: Vivid, Composite & Gentle while the NSOS function is available in two modes: No digital signal sampling mode or direct analogue conversion of the original signal.
CSR8675 POWERED BLUETOOTH 5.0 AND DEDICATED TOROIDAL TRANSFORMERS FOR EFFICIENT POWER SUPPLY
Powered with the CSR8675 chip, the GUSTARD X26 Pro extends support to Bluetooth 5.0 along with audio codecs like the LDAC, AAC, SBC and APTX. Moreover, two high-quality audio dedicated toroidal transformers equipped in the X26 Pro supply power to digital and analogue circuits separately keeping the power supply independent and free of mutual interference. There is an independent multi-stage voltage regulator to ensure that the right and left audio channels are perfectly separated avoiding any kind of interference.
A HOST OF LATEST AUDIO INPUTS & OUTPUTS FOR SEAMLESS CONNECTIVITY
With the X26 Pro, you get XLR & RCA digital outputs along with optical, AES, IIS-H, coaxial, Bluetooth and USB digital inputs. While the GUSTARD X26 Pro adopts IIS-H ultra-high specification digital interface, it does not connect to the usual HDMI as it cannot be used with the HDMI interface of the TV. Within 10 seconds of use, the brightness settings will be automatically remembered by the GUSTARD X26 Pro. The brightness of the X26 Pro's screen is adjustable and it remembers the last setting and leaves space for humanized operation control.
SPECS
| COAX | PCM 16-24 BIT/44.1-192kHz DSD DOP64 |
| AES | PCM 16-24 BIT/44.1-192kHz DSD DOP64 |
| OPT | PCM 16-24 BIT/44.1-192kHz DSD DOP64 |
| USB | PCM 16-32 Bit/44. 1-768kHz DSD DOP64-DOP256 NATIVE DSD: DSD64-DSD512 |
| IIS | PCM 16-32 Bit/44. 1- 768kHz DSD DOP64- -D0P256 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 mac0S Linux |
| AMPLITUDE FREQUENCY RESPONSE | 20- 20 kHz /±0.1dB |
| DNR | >128dB |
| CROSSTALK | -140dB@1 kHz |
| IMD | <0. 0006% @-1dBFs |
| THD + N | ≤0. 0001%@1 kHz |
| RCA OUTPUT LEVEL | 2. 5Vrms (Volume 00dB) |
| XLR OUTPUT LEVEL | 5Vrms ((Volume 00dB) |
| OUTPUT IMPEDANCE | 100 ohms |
| AC POWER SUPPLY | AC 115V/230V 50/60Hz |
| POWER CONSUMPTION | <60W |
| COLOR | Black Silver |
| DIMENSIONS | Width 330 mm * Height 65 mm * Depth 260 mm (Excluding protrusions) |
| WEIGHT | 7Kg (including packaging) |
| BOX CONTENTS | 1. GUSTARD DAC-X26 Pro (Demo Unit) |
| 2. Power Cable | |
| 3. USB Cable | |
| 4. Remote Control |
OTHER DETAILS
| GENERIC NAME | Digital Audio Converter |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN | China |
| IMPORTER DETAILS | Importers Name: Ferrari Video Address: 63/18, 1st Main Road, Gandhi Nagar, Chennai - 600020 Contact No: 044-24420733 |
| NET QUANTITY | 1 |
| PACKAGE CONTENTS | GUSTARD DAC-X26 Pro (Demo Unit) Power Cable USB Cable Remote Control |
Headphone Zone Certified Demo Headphones
Our careful selection of demo headphones gives you the experience of pre-burned in headphones - at drop dead prices. We do this sale every year to clear up our existing demos and to make way for new units instead. These demo headphones have been used at our Experience Studio in Mumbai. The pictures above depict the condition of the product and also indicate the accessories available with the headphone. For any specific questions about the condition please get in touch with us! While the product itself is fully tested by our Headphone Gurus and the outer packaging may have suffered some damage.
Get The Best Deal
You may or may not get the original packaging or some accessories may be missing & because of the fact that they've been extensively used as a demo at the Experience Studio, we give a good discount compared to a new gear.
Unchanged Policies
Received a defective Demo unit? Return it under our 7 Day Replacement Guarantee Policy.
P.S. If you do not like your gear, unfortunately we will not be able to accept the return.
Pre-Burned In
Demo headphones save you the time of burning in new headphones. Typically, brand new headphones take up to weeks to fully break in and sound as good as they should. With demo headphones, you get to enjoy the best sound out of the box.
Unbiased Customer Service
We have the same Headphone Zone customer support experience for Demo Units or any products.
Consider It Vintage
Vintage products have a certain charm that cannot be put into words. Think of old, discontinued demo headphones as vintage. They have a story; they have, how-to-say, character.
Professionally Inspected
A thorough inspection means you receive a 100% working headphone with no sound output issues.
| BOX CONTENTS |
1. GUSTARD DAC-X26 Pro (Demo Unit)
|
| 2. Power Cable | |
| 3. USB Cable | |
| 4. Remote Control |
| WARRANTY | 3 Months |
POWERED WITH DUAL ESS ES9038 PRO FLAGSHIP CHIP FOR AN UNRIVALLED PERFORMANCE
Sporting a meticulous design and a sensible layout, the GUSTARD X26 Pro embodies high-quality workmanship and strong materials. Each channel of the GUSTARD X26 Pro has a flagship ESS ES9038 pro decoding chip with an independent power supply and grounding for outstanding performance. The high power requirement of the ESS ES9038 pro decoding chip is met by the Hybrid discrete IV conversation circuit and independent parallel circuit. The analogue low pass filter fully discrete Class-A circuits are fine-tuned specifically for the ESS ES9038 chip.
ULTRA LOW-NOISE K2 CLOCK SYNTHESISER FOR SEAMLESS OPERATION
For the primary clock, the GUSTARD X26 Pro uses a local femtosecond clock or external 10M constant temperature clock source. This minimises the effect of front-end signal source clock performance on the decoding link. All the digital inputs including the USB, IIS, AES, Coaxial, Optical and Bluetooth get the advantage of the synthesizer.
DISCRETE, ADJUSTABLE DEVICE SETUP TO ACHIEVE THE BEST PERFORMING RESULTS
Every discrete device is dedicated to its performance and is flexible in nature. Each parameter at any given level can be adjusted easily to get the best performing results. These parameters can be further developed and controlled to avoid distortion while providing multiple variable sound styles to different decoding architectures. One of the disadvantages of discrete devices is that the parameters have influence, and are difficult to design and debug. To tackle this a specific technical experience along with an extended debugging process is required. Due to the weak consistency, the use of sophisticated materials is necessary.
ALL-NEW DESIGNING MODULE THAT BALANCES FUNCTIONS AND PERFORMANCE
The fresh design module adopted for the GUSTARD X26 Pro consists of an ARM microprocessor, high capacitor memory, DSP processor, Bluetooth chipset, XMOS XU216, CPLD programmable chip. There are self-constructed digital integrated circuits with logic functions, clock management, 2nd PLL, digital shaping, DOP decoder, PCM / DSD depop switch and other exclusive technologies that lay a strong foundation for exceptional sound quality. The USB interface of the GUSTARD X20 PRO uses an XMOS XU216 chip to support PCM768K DSD512 full MQA decoding.
ADVANCED DIGITAL FILTERING AND ANTI-ALIASING NOISE ALGORITHM FOR CLEAR SONIC RESPONSE
The high-performance digital filter solution used in the GUSTARD X26 is developed on the Analog Device SHARC digital audio dedicated DSP platform. The unique function of this is a self-developed high-performance anti-aliasing noise algorithm. It uses high-precision floating-point 64-bit operations to eliminate aliasing noise to get better sound quality performance which is done by upscaling and noise shaping the original digital audio stream signal. You get 3 modes under PCM: Vivid, Composite & Gentle while the NSOS function is available in two modes: No digital signal sampling mode or direct analogue conversion of the original signal.
CSR8675 POWERED BLUETOOTH 5.0 AND DEDICATED TOROIDAL TRANSFORMERS FOR EFFICIENT POWER SUPPLY
Powered with the CSR8675 chip, the GUSTARD X26 Pro extends support to Bluetooth 5.0 along with audio codecs like the LDAC, AAC, SBC and APTX. Moreover, two high-quality audio dedicated toroidal transformers equipped in the X26 Pro supply power to digital and analogue circuits separately keeping the power supply independent and free of mutual interference. There is an independent multi-stage voltage regulator to ensure that the right and left audio channels are perfectly separated avoiding any kind of interference.
A HOST OF LATEST AUDIO INPUTS & OUTPUTS FOR SEAMLESS CONNECTIVITY
With the X26 Pro, you get XLR & RCA digital outputs along with optical, AES, IIS-H, coaxial, Bluetooth and USB digital inputs. While the GUSTARD X26 Pro adopts IIS-H ultra-high specification digital interface, it does not connect to the usual HDMI as it cannot be used with the HDMI interface of the TV. Within 10 seconds of use, the brightness settings will be automatically remembered by the GUSTARD X26 Pro. The brightness of the X26 Pro's screen is adjustable and it remembers the last setting and leaves space for humanized operation control.
| COAX | PCM 16-24 BIT/44.1-192kHz DSD DOP64 |
| AES | PCM 16-24 BIT/44.1-192kHz DSD DOP64 |
| OPT | PCM 16-24 BIT/44.1-192kHz DSD DOP64 |
| USB | PCM 16-32 Bit/44. 1-768kHz DSD DOP64-DOP256 NATIVE DSD: DSD64-DSD512 |
| IIS | PCM 16-32 Bit/44. 1- 768kHz DSD DOP64- -D0P256 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 mac0S Linux |
| AMPLITUDE FREQUENCY RESPONSE | 20- 20 kHz /±0.1dB |
| DNR | >128dB |
| CROSSTALK | -140dB@1 kHz |
| IMD | <0. 0006% @-1dBFs |
| THD + N | ≤0. 0001%@1 kHz |
| RCA OUTPUT LEVEL | 2. 5Vrms (Volume 00dB) |
| XLR OUTPUT LEVEL | 5Vrms ((Volume 00dB) |
| OUTPUT IMPEDANCE | 100 ohms |
| AC POWER SUPPLY | AC 115V/230V 50/60Hz |
| POWER CONSUMPTION | <60W |
| COLOR | Black Silver |
| DIMENSIONS | Width 330 mm * Height 65 mm * Depth 260 mm (Excluding protrusions) |
| WEIGHT | 7Kg (including packaging) |
| BOX CONTENTS | 1. GUSTARD DAC-X26 Pro (Demo Unit) |
| 2. Power Cable | |
| 3. USB Cable | |
| 4. Remote Control |
OTHER DETAILS
| GENERIC NAME | Digital Audio Converter |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN | China |
| IMPORTER DETAILS | Importers Name: Ferrari Video Address: 63/18, 1st Main Road, Gandhi Nagar, Chennai - 600020 Contact No: 044-24420733 |
| NET QUANTITY | 1 |
| PACKAGE CONTENTS | GUSTARD DAC-X26 Pro (Demo Unit) Power Cable USB Cable Remote Control |
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"It should be clear by now how impressive the X26 PRO by Gustard sounded in several setups. It is not that often when you see a fully discrete output stage, a dual mono design from input to output."
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"X26Pro is a fantastic DAC at the price. It has a very natural & refined tuning, comprehensive functions, & an extraordinary decoding power.Excellent option for audiophiles who want hi-end DACs."
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