New DAC : Gustard X16 or D70s?

Audio Gear Talk
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Hi,

I’m in the process of getting a new DAC. More than on the sound point of view, I’m interested to learn which of the two models is more “Roon friendly” as I read, for example, that there were some issues with the D90SE …

Thanks!

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As much as I love them there have been some reports regarding the later models. I’m very happy with my original D70 though. But volume can’t be controlled via Roon lossless.

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Thanks. I read about the D90SE…not sure anything on the D70s… let’s see.

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i own a gustard A22, works great with roon.

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3 weeks ago, I got a D90SE which while I loved it, I had to return it because was dropping and cutting with MQA songs played with Roon. If you don’t care about MQA, then the D90SE should work just fine.

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Thanks Enrico. I’ll try to find out if the issues impacting the D90SE are also present in the D70s. I believe they don’t share the same chipset…
I’m skeptical on the MQA benefits but it also bothers me spending a significant amount of money on something that I know it has some incompatibilities out of the box…

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the Gustard A22 doesn’t sound so fine with MQA, sometimes you think you can hear a very faint crackling sound. I switched from Tidal to Qobuz, there are no problems in HiRes.