GALA DAC - New Product, Coming Soon

[orchardaudio]

I guess this is 8-10x value of the parts involved, with no distribution costs, unknown after sales service, etc., I would honour this with 4-5x value the pieces the highest...... Pls go ahead with no USB, love it!!

Are you taking into account the following:

• Cost of PCB
• Cost of PCB Assembly
• Cost of PCB Testing
• Cost of Enclosure (it is 14 gauge steel)
• Cost of final assembly
• Cost of final testing
• etc.

 

[restorer-john]

SNR: 130dB (0dbFS, A-Weighted)

I'm going to call this number now as absolute fantasy, I'm sorry :

SNR: 130dB (0dbFS, A-Weighted)

That equates to 1.5uV of A weighted noise with respect to your elevated 5V RMS output.

 

[orchardaudio]

For those that were interested.

 

[orchardaudio]

I'm going to call this number now as absolute fantasy, I'm sorry :

SNR: 130dB (0dbFS, A-Weighted)

That equates to 1.5uV of A weighted noise with respect to your elevated 5V RMS output.

I measured it, and when Amir measures it, you will be proved wrong.

The measurement was performed over a bandwidth of 10 - 20kHz, and with the DAC running at 24-bit with 192kHz sampling frequency.

 

[restorer-john]

The measurement was performed over a bandwidth of 10 - 20kHz, and with the DAC running at 24-bit with 192kHz sampling frequency.

So you feed it a 24 bit 192KHz signal and then brickwall the S/N measurements at 20KHz? How about a decent bandwidth? Let's see what is going on up there.

...I measured it...

What with? I'm interested.

 

[orchardaudio]

What with? I'm interested.

With an APx515.

 

[restorer-john]

With an APx515

Nice unit. I note it is specified as having a residual noise of 1.4uV.

 

[orchardaudio]

Nice unit. I note it is specified as having a residual noise of 1.4uV.

In order to get the 130dB number, I had to subtract the unit's residual noise using the RSS method which was 900nV (input shorted).

 

[orchardaudio]

GALA is on the way to @amirm. He should get it on Thursday.

 

[Veri]

GALA is on the way to @amirm. He should get it on Thursday.

Awesome

 

[orchardaudio]

Two weeks left to sign up to receive an extra 10% discount on launch day:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gala-ultra-high-performance-stereo-dac/coming_soon/x/19247162

 

[rajapruk]

GALA is on the way to @amirm. He should get it on Thursday.

Waiting for this!
I need 8 channels of DA-conversion in my system, so I might be interested in buying your pcb:s only. The cost will be too high for me buying 4pc of your ready made dac, unfortunately.
SPDIF-coax (or preferably AES3) digital input, and balanced analogue output, with SOTA SNR, good low THD, and totally pop-free, are the "only" things I need And also, that several dacs does not drift apart in timing (when inputed with the same source/clock )

 

[orchardaudio]

I might be interested in buying your pcb:s only.

PCB only will be $275 on Indiegogo.

 

[orchardaudio]

With all the work and running around trying to get the Indiegogo project running, I never had the time to sit down and properly listen to GALA.

Finally got GALA hooked up to my entertainment center, it sound much better than I could have imagined. It's hooked up to a pair of my own custom designed 25W mono-blocks.

 

[TimW]

The reasoning is that, you can get USB to SPdif converters for under $30.

What product are you referring to? I'm interested.

 

[orchardaudio]

What product are you referring to? I'm interested.

I have the older version of this one, works really well:
https://www.amazon.com/Nobsound-Coa...&qid=1538732522&sr=8-15&keywords=usb+to+spdif

 

[orchardaudio]

I just received word that GALA will be certified under the Arrow Certification Program.

This is a big advantage for this project as Arrow's engineers have rigorously reviewed all aspects of the design and confirmed that it either meets or exceeds all current industry standards.

 

[Veri]

I just received word that GALA will be certified under the Arrow Certification Program.

This is a big advantage for this project as Arrow's engineers have rigorously reviewed all aspects of the design and confirmed that it either meets or exceeds all current industry standards.

Very nice congrats @orchardaudio

 

[orchardaudio]

For those who are interested here is some more info:

GALA - What's Inside?

Full GALA Specs

• SNR: 130dB (A-Weighted, 10Hz - 22kHz bandwidth)
• THD+N: <-108dB (0dbFS)
• Output Level: 5 Vrms (XLR)
• Output Impedance: 100 ohm
• Frequency Response: DC - 22kHz
• Input: Gold Plated Coaxial S/Pdif
• Sample Rates: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192kHz
• Resolution: 16 and 24 bits
• Size: 5.5'' x 4.25'' x 2.375''
• Volume Control: 0 to -80dB, and mute (knob turned fully counter-clockwise)
• Manufactured in USA

 

[pos]

@orchardaudio, is there a way to completely bypass the SRC4193 when not using the volume control?