Check This Out!

This Galle DAC is certainly interesting (both Mk I and II), and cool looking in a retro/deco Fleetwood Sound or Fern & Roby sort of way. I suspect it may look even better in person.

I will be interested to hear what the initial reviewers think of it. There is certainly a lot of money invested in the casework and I am always a little suspect until I can actually see the insides of something - I should probably live in Missouri.

I still haven’t heard anything that makes me want to replace my Mojo Audio X SE with nano-crystalline chokes and AD-1862N-Z chips, including the Tambaqui or the Merason DAC1 MkII. Totaldac is on my list to try if I get the chance but I will wait on considering the Galle until more information comes out.

@grannyring - The Mystique X SE with Lundahl nano-crystalline chokes and AD-1862N-Z chips, that I also have here, is mostly better than the EVO Pro. However, I am typically interested in new stuff that may sound better, so I will keep my ears open to hear more about the Galle. I am curious, have you heard/compared a Totaldac in your system?

@grannyring - Probably d1-Unity at $11,500 euros, maybe with the live power upgrade but that seems expensive for the modest improvement described in Lavorgna’s TM review.  I would have interest in used units except he changes designs so much that I would worry about obsolescence.   Also, I am not thrilled about the low output voltage of the former models.  Most of their current models output a more reasonable 3.5v/7v rms into rca/XLR.  Also, seems to be a somewhat subdued market for them here in the USA.

I really look forward to reading the first review of the Galle Dac.  

@grannyring - Did you get yours yet?  Any further thoughts on how it performs and what it does well as a DAC?  I like the looks of it and I actually apprecate the absence of bells and whistles.  Like the Mojo Audio DACs, I believe it is more important that their effect is heard rather than seen.