Garlubidor Divinity DAC

Read Our First Impressions of the Divinity DAC About Garlubidor  Garlubidor audio operates under the same parent company or "umbrella" as Denafrips. Garlubidor appears to be a new brand that leverages Denafrips' expertise in R2R DAC technology, but aims to offer products with slightly different features or design approaches. "Spoiler: I know of no other DAC in this price range that can compete with this one. It has that R2R sound which is detailed with killer dynamics along with a balanced top to bottom performance. I’d take this over a Pontus 15th, easy" - Steve Huff reviews The Garlubidor Divinity DAC is a new brand with close ties to a famous Chinese manufacturer of very high quality R2R DACs. The solid aluminum chassis features a 24 bit R2R architecture, high precision/low jitter clock, and a volume control. The large OLED display is easy to read from 10-15 feet away, and with the optional remote ($69) you have the ability to switch inputs and control volume. Separated Power Supply It has has an internal divider, separating the power supply from the rest of the circuitry to keep the noise floor low. The power supply has separate toroidal transformers for the analog and digital circuitry. This is unheard of at this price point... "When I checked online, yes, Garlubidor is owned by Denafrips. They are under the same umbrella but here with the Garlubidor brand I feel they are making things even better and bringing features many have looked for in a DAC." - Steve Huff Sound The sound is on the side of slightly warm, with a huge soundstage and abundance of dimensionality. This expands all around the room. The midrange is very special. Goosebump inducing, endorphin pumping, and holographic. Able to render close harmonics with separation in a very natural, unforced way. This is perhaps the DACs strongest area of performance. The other areas are no slouches either. Bass is powerful, textured, punchy, pulsing and accurate. The highs are deeper in the musical layer. Resolution is still there, it just doesn't sparkle as much as some delta sigma DACs might. The flipside is that there is no listening fatigue no matter what you play. None. "I have never heard a DAC this good for under $3k. Yea, it’s a great buy!" - Steve Huff Reviews Hans Beekhuyzen (YouTube) Hifi Huff (YouTube) Tharbamar (YouTube) iwii reviews (YouTube) Product Overview FPGA for digital signal processing 24Bit R2R architecture DAC High precision, low jitter active crystal oscillator 45.1584 MHz, 49.152 MHz Full digital FIFO buffering with reclocking STM32F446 proprietary USB audio based on AMR Volume control OLED screen (3.12 inches, orange) Two low-noise custom toroidal transformers. one for analog circuits, the other for digital Power input: AC 115V/230V, 50/60Hz (automatic selection) Panel buttons: standby button, audio input/confirm button, menu (confirm/exit) button Display section: OLED screen (3.12 inches, 256 * 64 dots, orange) Optional Remote control function: Supports (infrared), factory optional: GRC-2 remote control. Input support functions: USB audio, OPT, COAX, AES, I2S-1, I2S-2 (HDMI socket). Output support function: 1 set of XLR (balanced) and 1 set of RCA (unbalanced), which are left and right output channels respectively. Details Supported Bitrates: DSD and PCM up to 384kHz/32 bit Inputs: USB, Optical, Coax SPDIF, AES/EBU, I2s-1, I2s-2 via HDMI Outputs: Balanced, RCA Dimensions: 107mm high x 330mm wide x 332mm deep