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RE: Then there's the Gustard X30

My OPPO BPD-105D has the same ESS9018 as your HA-1. My OPPO Sonica had the ESS9028.

Both were more digital and leaner sounding than the Cambridge 851N's Twin Analog Devices AD1955 DAC that I upgraded to in 2020.

I once compared the Cambridge Analog Devices DAC to an ADI-2-DAC FS AKM using AES/EBU connection. Via AES/EBU these two DACs sounded more or less on the same level.

The new AKM DAC in the Eversolo A8 to these ears sounds more refined than the ADI-2-DAC.

As you suggest - implementation is probably the key factor here.


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  • RE: Then there's the Gustard X30 - Reindane 11:02:13 03/10/25 (0)

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