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@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.

I expect the dac early next week! Hard for me to be patient, but based on my extended audition it is worth the wait. I will share on the initial sound as well as the sound after break in.  

@hchilcoat the playback designs mpd8 is fantastic, can’t go wrong with that. There’s also an actual resale market for that, and local support.

I’m intrigued by the Galle, esp the model II based on the power supply upgrades, but the comments are something of a black box…essentially comparing this small batch boutique product to another small batch boutique product that very few have heard (Tron), as opposed to a standard industry reference (like a Tambaqui, MSB, etc) that many have heard / owned…hard to put much value on that, to be candid - it’s like someone who’s never had a fine dry aged ribeye, telling me how amazing their filet mignon was…