[The State of DACSES]

Any opinions here in the recent DACs that Gustard of China has released?

The Gustard A20H is a dual AK4497 balanced design with headphone output that is balanced too.



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[Soekris DAC1541]

so all of that (the last pic) is that just the headphone amp, or is it also used as the output buffer for the xlr/rca
way goofy if its just for the headphone. and I really don't like digital volume control.

Does Soren participate in this forum or only on diyaudio? I would like to know more too. Maybe you should look at the dac1321 board photos for comparison since it has no headphone stage. But maybe that's not enough to go on...

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[Soekris DAC1541]

$60 USD for me in California. There is also a surcharge if you use credit card, which is avoidable by using bank transfer.

Thanks for the info. I would always use credit card if only in case something went awry. Delivery issues or disputes.

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[Soekris DAC1541]

FWIW, I just got a dac1541 in and I found the filter differences were most audible to me when playing Cups from the Ultimate Pitch Perfect album. I've only had a chance to play a few tracks so far.
Does Soekris have a US distributor for their previous DACs? I ordered the dac1541 direct from Denmark.

How much was shipping from Denmark?

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[Soekris DAC1541]

output buffer may be a diamond follower, hard to tell. rest of it after the dac certainly looks like stacked current mirrors. certainly a complicated design similar to what you see inside integrated circuits. obviously assembled with high resolution pick and place machines. much better built than a lot of stuff I have been seeing these days. Now a year or 2 to make the software perfect and the thing will be gold. no sanded off parts either like the denafrips, so they are proud of their work. Only one board error with that hand soldered diode.
nice stuff and an indication of whats coming.

Hi Kevin, you have listened to the 1541. You probably seen the photos for the 1321 which omits a headphone stage, balanced outputs, an internal power transformer, and of course has a lower performance DAC section. I understand you haven't heard it but how do think (speculate) the 1321 would fair against other DACs in the ~$700 range?

I'm looking for an upgrade from the humble MF V-DAC MK1.

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