From the streaming point of view, R26 is still immature product, it require a customised firmware for each streaming technology, the one size fit all approach doesn't work well due to the RAM shortage. It probably won't be fixed by the firmware upgrade, you need to wait for the new model with more RAM to get flexibility in chosing streaming standards. Run cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub > authorized_keys && mkdir (your R26 mount path)/root/.ssh && cp authorized_keys (your R26 mount path)/root/.ssh but replace (your R26 mount path) to actually mounted directory. If you have other type of SSH key, replace id_ed25519.pub with appropriate file. I see you have the Audio-gd DDC. It is supposed to be very good. The denafrips Gaia DDC is supposed to be great, but so is the price I got the itch to try a new DAC. I wanted one that was excellent that did not cost a small fortune. Strings disperse differently between the two. The A26 had a subtle and soft climax, while the Qutest gets springy and excited.

If you're going to Windows WSL route, follow this to mount Gustard R26 to your WSL. Otherwise, just mount your R26 using mount on Linux. Additionally: If you are not using Roon, you can save 50MB of RAM by disabling Roon Bridge. Temporarily: systemctl stop roonbridge.service Completely disable: systemctl disable roonbridge.serviceCombining a mid-forward sound with a clearer image, the sound felt stronger and somewhat weightier, carrying more music with every single strike. … Sounds weren’t traveling long distances as A26 felt more intimate, delivering higher energy when hitting my eardrums at the cost of a less impressive layering. In this regard, A26 was very impressive, getting clear and defined bass notes that were playful and quite fun at the same time. The nuance and control of the Gustard A26 over the entire frequency range is but a tiny portion of what makes it a compelling DAC. With a cleaner interface and a slight price advantage, the delta-sigma twin of the R26 is in it to conquer the segment. Sound impressions were compiled using the Earmen CH-Amp and ST-Amp amplifiers combined with the Dan Clark Ether 2 and the Audio Technica ATH-ADX5000. Summary The remote has a Gustard logo on the bottom to set it apart from other remotes lying around. Aside from this feature, there’s nothing too special about it seeing it is mostly built with cheap plastic that at least seems rugged enough for daily use. At this point I thought it would probably be safer to remove the SD card and do the work on a Raspberry Pi using an SD card reader. it gave me the same warning about the hybrid partition table(s). Reading a bit it seemed that the answer was to use fdisk to edit both the GPT and hybrid MBR consistently. I did this and the resulting 'p' outputs look like this once I'd deleted the 2G partitiona and re-added it as 20G:

As a general rule of thumb, you are getting a softer sound with resistor ladder DACs and a speedier one with chip-based converters. If you wanted to have them both, then you needed to eat more bread and less pudding & cook your own meals for a few blood moons. Nonetheless, Gustard shattered my preconceptions with R26, which I’m still using on a daily basis. I wont try and do an indepth review. The A26 does not dissappoint, it is excellent. It has a big soundstage, nice and wide, maybe not as deep as wide. Lots of detail and great bass. Voices are centered, but maybe a little closer than I am used to...probably just a smidge. The A26 is still burning in and by all accounts it needs 50 or 100 hours to really shine, but I think it sounds pretty dam good out of the box. If I had to nitpic the A26 could use a metal remote, but really I dont care. The display is a little hard to read, but that is my failing eyesight. The build feels great and it has some weight. Is -00 dB etc, the range that I use to control volume if the DAC is connected directly to a power amp? And is 0 dB "silent" aka, no sound, Before any listening, I needed to volume match them, since X26 PRO is outputting 5V on the XLR and Element X a weaker signal of 4.5V. For that I used a MiniDSP E.A.R.S. system and a 300-Hz sine wave. E.A.R.S. detected a difference of exactly 0.7 dB at the listening level of 85 dB with the Audeze LCD-4. Before listening, I volume matched them, I’ve used the same power cables, the same interconnect and USB cables for both devices.In my main headphone setup, A26 was connected to a Trafomatic Primavera or Enleum AMP-23R – which I consider to be the absolute best tube and solid-state headphone amplifiers, driving all sorts of headphones, but mostly high-end ones. Hifiman Susvara was used the most part, followed by Meze Elite, Kennerton Rognir and Sennheiser HD800S.