New Gustard X30 Pro launched at USD 2700/-

[Yelamanchili manohar]

New Gustard X30 pro with the latest ESS 9039 chipset is now showing online at the exact same price as the Laiv Harmony dac. They seem to have doubled the chipset from the previous flagship X26 Pro for a fully differential balanced output. I felt the previous X26 pro was very detailed and sweet sounding. They seem to be intent on wringing out more detail it seems .

Though it remains to be seen if the previous class A output sweetness will be retained, as they seem to have changed for a passive preamp output stage, which might contribute to more detail, minus the sweetness.

The aesthetics and exterior design and build seem to have improved a few notches in my opinion. Though thats very subjective of course.

https://aoshida-audio.com/products/gustard-x30

 

[amrutmhatre90]

I love the features offered by the Gustard DAC, especially its upgrade potential.
The inclusion of external clocks and a LAN input, which eliminates the need for streamers if you use Roon, is fantastic.

I'm also pleased to see they've included two types of I2S inputs this time.
Finding a Gustard-specific I2S cable was a nightmare, and I ended up building my own.

Waiting on how they will upgrade the R26 this time around

 

[Yelamanchili manohar]

@moderators, request to kindly change the subject title to Gustard X30, and please remove the Pro at the end. As it seems, this is just the X30, with the ESS 9039S Pro chip. And is not the X30pro version of this dac. Thanks in advance