Denafrips Gaia anniversary edition
Hello i currently have an R30 by Gustard and thinking of upgrading my DDC from the singxer su 6 to the Denafrips GAIA. Denafrips says it won't work cause the clocks don't match(10mhz vs 45mhz) so the devices aren't compatible. However it says on the devices main page that "works with wide brand of dacs" I'm confused here. Maybe I'd benefit from the upgrade maybe not? Need some insight here.
@sls883 Thats like a master clock? i'm not sure how those work. Depending on the overall tone of your chain you might not need to. I did because mine leans on the side of neutral with a bit of extension at the top. As far as how it sounds It sounds almost like the x30 but with that R2R spice. Much better on bad recordings I would say and only slightly behind in transients and resolution. I had the vmv d2 by SMSL prior. Need to sell it. |
@sns Now this is interesting were the blacks even more black and was every audio aspect improved overall? I contacted Denafrips and they said to be patient they're working on a 15th series for their DDC lineup so i'm interested even moreso now. |
@sls883 are those outputs like flexible? Like can it reach other clocks as well therefore flexible with other dacs clock inputs? How you liking the upgrade so far COMING FROM THE D1SE? Like night and day |
@soix Correct no clock inputs on that but Idk if that means i can add one to the R30's 10mhz input. Idk if it can work with the current DDC in place. I did order a better i2s cable to see how it fares out compared to this cheapo AQ cinnamon hdmi cable. |
