My X26 PRO review hit a home run, as believe it or not, it’s still the most read and discussed article around here and I thank you all for stopping by and leaving a comment, I’m greatly appreciating that! Months passed by and I tried the very best units of Singxer, Topping and SMSL and yet, X26 PRO was still sitting on a pedestal as the true ruler of delta-sigma DACs coming from China, that wouldn’t cost you a small fortune. It outplayed and outgunned my beloved Matrix Element X without the right to appeal at less than half its price! In fact, it performed so well in both of my setups, that any other chip-based oversampling DACs felt muddy, dull, small sounding, but most importantly…dead with little to no dynamics left to excite me. The following days, I succumbed and accepted the fact that X26 PRO was the very best Delta-Sigma oversampling DAC that I’ve tried at my place, that won’t break the bank, forever changing my preconceptions about chip-based converters, especially about their limitations. After powering it on and letting it play for a few days…I refused to believe my ears and I wasn’t at peace with myself, as it outperformed my own, much pricier DAC. Expect a world-first review for the Rockna Wavedream ULTRA somewhere next year…but until that happens, let’s focus on down to earth units like the one that I will be testing today.Īfter trying every single DAC released by Gustard and sharing my experiences with you, I didn’t know what to expect when their massive X26 PRO landed on my table about a year ago. That’s precisely why I’ve ordered a high-end unit that will be showing up in the following months. I have tried plenty of units in any of these segments, including a substantial number of R-2R units that had unique traits and unforgiving weaknesses, but I could never omit their different way in dealing with natural harmonics. When Aroon-Up and Aroon-Down move in parallel (horizontal, sloping up or down) with each other at roughly the same level, then price is range trading or consolidating.I have a long history of reviewing all kinds of DACs, starting with regular chip-based, software-defined FPGA DACs and finishing with the ancestors of modern digital-to-analog converters that are called R-2R ladder DACs. If it remains persistently between 70 and 100, and the Aroon-Up remains between 0 and 30, then a new downtrend is underway.
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