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WOW 12,995 for a Dac,that's way out of my price range...

Don't worry too much....if you're going for just sonics, you can get 99% of the sound with some dacs in the ~3k price range. 

There are a couple of genuine gems in the high end for that 1%, but...plenty of garbage out there propped up by the paid press as well.

Unless you have construction from scratch and pertinent treatment to address the room resolution bottleneck, ya heard nothing from 'ultra' high end..especially the guy with the finished garage and non-funtional panels thrown around (haphazardly).

@deep_333  I take it you have heard this DAC, by the comments you made.

I just purchased the Galle dac after hearing it in my system. No, other $3000 dacs are not 99% as good. My goodness folks, please post here based on your actual experience with the Cinnamon Galle dac. My favorite two dacs up until this point have been the Tron Atlantic Signature and Mojo Audio Evo Pro with all possible upgrades. These dacs cost $12-$15,000 and are outstanding. The Galle just pleased my soul even more. Considerably more. This is a very special dac folks. One of those special pieces that one just can’t forget about after hearing.

Yes, you can buy some wonderful sounding dacs for $3500 and up.  No doubt about it! However, dacs such as the Galle can certainly deliver far more realism and can be actually be worth the price in the right system and with the right person.  Great big audio world out there! 

The Cinnamon Galle dac will be at Capital Audio fest. The importer/dealer Colin of Gestalt Audio Design has two rooms #653 & #325. The dac will be in one of these rooms and most likely room #653. These rooms will include products from Cinnamon, Wolf Von Langa and some other interesting companies.

 other $3000 dacs are not 99% as good. My goodness folks, please post here based on your actual experience with the Cinnamon Galle dac

+1 , although my wallet wishes otherwise.  While there have been many fantastic sounding DACs <5k in the past few years, sonic improvements can be easily heard at higher quality/engineered/prices gear.  Like all things high-end audio, diminishing returns is the norm BUT the “99%” comment is baselessly incorrect.

I have a sonic high quality analog rig so needed a high sonic DAC good enough so that the digital side won’t sound like a letdown.  

@lalitk - I’m on the west coast, Silicon Valley - so Capital Audio Fest not on my radar.  Being on the west coast I checked out T.H.E. show, Pacific Audio Fest, in addition to AXPONA and the late RMAF.Thanks for the suggestion