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Well @jc51373 your post is not helpful in any way.  If you want to add something helpful, then post on your actual experience  with the Galle dac.  If you have no experience with it, then please don’t make a comparison claim to a dac you happen to own. You have absolutely no idea how the two dacs compare in your system. Zero insight or knowledge. Your negative post seems way out of line and certainly makes me question the rest of your post.  

I heard it at Capital Audiofest and did not know it until reading about it here.  I heard the setup by Gestalt and was really impressed by the sound.  My focus was on the open baffle Cinnamon speaker which sounded fantastic.  I have no idea what the DAC contributed to the sound, but the system as a whole was impressive.

@larryi I heard the Cinnamon dac and speakers at Gestalt Audio and agree the music sounded fantastic.  I was also impressed with the build quality of those open baffle speakers. 

I also heard that same setup at CAF and didn't see this thread until now. I was wondering who the heck Cinnamon Audio was as those speakers were stunning looking as well as sounding great. Like @larryi I thought the system sounded great overall but didn't pay too much attention to the Galle Dac. I liked the other Gestalt room also and have liked all his rooms in the past at CAF Colin obviously has very fine ears.

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.