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  There are two solutions. The first is to upgrade the SACD component[following Q&A2].

But some versions of foobar2000

’

s components is locked, it would work to reinstall

the official version. If you do not want to reinstall your foobar2000, you can choose
the old version of ASIOProxy like ASIOProxyInstall-0.6.5.exe.

Summary of Contents for DAC-X18

Page 1: ...Gustard DAC X18 High Performance Audio DAC User s Manual...

Page 2: ...SILICON Large scale DSP system based on CPLD from ALTERA Intel MQA decoding rendering support on USB Coaxial AES Optical inputs HD OLED white light concise UI full function remote Specific toroidal tr...

Page 3: ...am or file and denotes provenance to ensure that the sound is identical to that of the source material MQA indicates that not only is it playing an MQA Studio file but the file has also either been ap...

Page 4: ...3 Table of Contents Front Panel 4 Back Panel 4 Display Menu 5 IR Remote 7 Driver Installation 8 DSD hardware decoding on foobar2000 11 DSD playback issues 16 Specifications 20 Warranty Service 21...

Page 5: ...2 The screen shows current input type stream format sampling rate and volume 3 Encoder can adjust the digital attenuator or change the values in menu 4 Menu button can select the input channel in mai...

Page 6: ...put port by the order of COAX AES OPT USB IIS BT 3 Volume On the main page the encoder can adjust the digital attenuator by rotating clockwise to increase the volume and counterclockwise to decrease t...

Page 7: ...4 DSD cutoff frequency for DAC X18 by clockwise order are 47K 50K 60K 70K choose the levels by sampling rate eg 47k for DSD64 c NOS MODE Turn on to bypassing the internal interpolating FIR filter sour...

Page 8: ...ge the value central key to save and exit Back Back to the main page Vol On menu page decrease the volume Vol On menu page increase the volume Note Care about the distance and angle The remote may not...

Page 9: ...a driver 1 For tower PC usage better to use the original USB 2 0 port on the back panel of the tower The port on front panel will introduce more loss and bugs 2 Turn X18 on after connecting it to PC a...

Page 10: ...9 4 Then keep clicking next or install 5 When showing Setup requires that the device is please reboot U18 or reconnect the USB cable...

Page 11: ...10 6 Complete Click Finish...

Page 12: ...ardware decoding on foobar2000 foobar2000 configuration 1 Open foobar2000_DSD_0 7 X double click ASIOProxyInstall 0 7 2 exe then keep clicking next or install to finish 2 Run foobar2000 click File Pre...

Page 13: ...12 3 Click Components on left bar then click Install on bottom right corner Select two files under foobar2000_DSD_0 7 X folder and click Open...

Page 14: ...13 Two new components will appear in the list click Apply Click yes in the message box foobar2000 will relaunch 4 Click File Preferences...

Page 15: ...Output ASIO then double click foo_dsd_asio 6 In the new window of foo_dsd_asio select Gustard USB Audio in ASIO Driver Select ASIO Native in DSD Playback Method other options should be same as the fi...

Page 16: ...15 7 Click Output on left bar then select ASIO foo_dsd_asio under Device 8 Click Tools SACD then select DSD under Output Mode Click OK to complete...

Page 17: ...is no ASIO option under Playback Output A Because the ASIO components is not installed Drag the foo_out_asio fb2k component under foobar2000_DSD into foobar2000 s components page Then click apply and...

Page 18: ...option under Tools A Because the SACD components is not installed Drag the foo_out_sacd fb2k component under foobar2000_DSD into foobar2000 s components page Then click apply and yes to relaunch foob...

Page 19: ...g when playing DSD file A It is caused by version conflicts of ASIOProxy and SACD component They should all be 0 7 x If you are using an old version of foobar2000 whose SACD component is 0 6 x The ASI...

Page 20: ...SACD component following Q A2 But some versions of foobar2000 s components is locked it would work to reinstall the official version If you do not want to reinstall your foobar2000 you can choose the...

Page 21: ...o 24bit 96Khz USB supported OS WIN7 WIN8 WIN10 32 64bit macOS Linux Outputs Frequency Response 20 20kHz 0 08dB Dynamic range 128dB Crosstalk 130dB 1kHz THD N 122dB 1kHz vol 02dB 20k BW THD N 123 5dB 1...

Page 22: ...nd purchase date do not match the actual product and warranty card c Without GUSTARD technician permission unauthorized modifications to the circuit components or self repaired product d Damaging caus...