Gustard
R26
Introduced 2022$1,729 MSRP
The Gustard R26 is a fully discrete R-2R ladder DAC with a built-in network streamer, offering dual-mono balanced conversion, NOS and DSD Direct modes, and an outboard 10 MHz clock input. It is built around custom high-precision resistor ladders and a discrete analog output/filter stage rather than an off-the-shelf DAC chip.
MSRP
$1,729
Used market · Excellent
$1,150
-33% vs MSRP
as of Sep 1, 2026MSRP to used market
From $1,100 at launch to $1,150 today.
Specifications
- Price
- $1,650
- THD n
- ≤0.003% @ 1 kHz
- Inputs
- USB, I2S (HDMI), AES/EBU, coaxial, optical, Ethernet (Roon endpoint/UPnP)
- SNR
- 121 dB
- Weight
- Approx. 7 kg packaged
- Max DSD
- DSD512 (native USB)
- Max PCM
- 24-bit/1536kHz (I2S/USB)
- Outputs
- RCA, XLR
- Clocking
- Custom "K2" ultra-low-noise clock synthesizer with femtosecond crystal clock; supports external 10 MHz reference clock
- Dimensions
- 330 mm × 260 mm × 65 mm
- Output level
- RCA 2.5 Vrms; XLR 5 Vrms
- Digital inputs
- USB, coaxial, AES/EBU, optical, I2S, LAN, plus 10 MHz external clock BNC input
- Format support
- PCM up to 32-bit/768kHz via USB/I2S; native DSD64–DSD512
- DAC architecture
- Fully discrete R-2R resistor ladder, dual-mono, balanced from input to output
- Dynamic range SNR
- 115 dB dynamic range / 122 dB SNR
- Network streaming
- Roon Ready, AirPlay, UPnP, Spotify Connect, Bluetooth 5.0 via onboard XMOS XU216
- Chip or architecture
- Discrete dual-mono R2R ladder, K2 processing, FPGA clock management, LAN renderer module
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