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V1.0

19th July 2020

GAIA DDC

 

OWNER’S MANUAL

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for GAIA DDC

Page 1: ... DENAFRIPS CO LTD VINSHINE AUDIO PTE LTD SINGAPORE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED V1 0 19th July 2020 GAIA DDC OWNER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...IGITAL ISOLATION 4 3 2 OVEN CONTROLLED CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR OCXO 4 3 3 ADAPTIVE FIFO BUFFER RECLOCKING 4 3 4 PROPRIETARY STATE OF THE ART USB INTERFACE 5 3 5 PROPRIETARY SPDIF DIGITAL AUDIO RECEIVER 5 3 6 DDC ARCHITECTURE 5 3 7 CLOCK IN 5 4 OPERATING INSTRUCTION 6 4 1 Quick Start Guide 6 4 2 USB DRIVER INSTALLATION WINDOWS OS 10 5 SPECIFICATIONS 14 6 WARRANTY 15 ...

Page 3: ...equipment the mains supply is turned off Position the power cord and signal interconnects where they are not likely cause trip and fall hazard Do not use the DDC near water or place water filled containers on the DDC Entry of liquid into the DDC is hazardous and may cause electric shock and or fire hazard Do not place the unit under direct sunlight or heat source Do not remove any covers or try to...

Page 4: ... the market The flagship DDC built upon the success of the DENAFRIPS Digital Know How GAIA DDC isolates and buffers the digital signal re clock them via the local OCXO The cleansed ultra low jitters digital output can be connected to any external DAC It is the answer to the Digital Audio System The top quality performance of the GAIA DDC is for the serious audiophile who seek the very last bit of ...

Page 5: ... are specially designed for high end audio applications with ultra low phase noise and ultra accuracy The dual OCXO are powered by the o core transformer supplying constant current to the OCXO The adequate power reserves ensure the superior linearity and stability of the OCXO 3 3 ADAPTIVE FIFO BUFFER RECLOCKING The DENAFRIPS approach to address the jitters issue by FIFO BUFFER RECLOCKING The adapt...

Page 6: ...TAL AUDIO RECEIVER The SPDIF Coaxial Optical AES EBU input support up to 24bit 192kHz digital audio format The GAIA abandon the use of Digital Audio Receiver chip The digital data is decoded by the on board FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array signal path is shortened and eliminated the undesirable coloration 3 6 DDC ARCHITECTURE DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING All digital input data are stored in the on ...

Page 7: ...able disable the CLOCK IN feature Press Setup button once enter config mode Press OPT button twice CLOCK light should be on off as the OPT button is pressed momentarily CLOCK light on Enable clock in CLOCK light off Disable clock in To confirm the setting press Setup button once to save and exit config mode 2 Input Selection Button Press the following button to select the desire input to use with ...

Page 8: ...ng table illustrate the Input Sampling Rate LED status Base Sampling Rate Indicator Input Format 44 1 kHz 44 1K 44 1 kHz 88 2K 88 2 kHz 176 4K 176 4 kHz 352 8K 352 8 kHz 705 6K 705 6 kHz 48 kHz 48K 48 kHz 96K 96 kHz 192K 192 kHz 384K 384 kHz 768K 768 kHz DSD 64 DSD 64 128 DSD 128 256 DSD 256 512 DSD 512 Table 1 Sampling Rate ...

Page 9: ...nge from 100 250VAC The Please use a good quality power cord with earth ground pin connected 2 Digital Input Interface There are 4 Digital Input Interfaces namely COAX AES EBU OPT USB 3 Digital Output Interface There are 6 Digital Output Interfaces namely COAX AES1 AES2 OPT I2S A I2S C All outputs are active simultaneously I2S A HDMI LVDS I2S C RJ45 LVCMOS 1 3 2 4 ...

Page 10: ...N The GAIA supports the following clock frequencies input leveraging the high quality OCXO of the TERMINATOR PLUS DAC it may be connected to GAIA CLOCK IN to improve the sonic performance MASTER CLOCK 45 1548MHz 49 152Mhz Use Case Example Table 2 Use case examples of GAIA CLOCK IN ...

Page 11: ...io playback for Computer Audio System NOTE Mac and Linux OS do not require the USB driver Installation Guide Download the driver from the support page https www denafrips com support Do not connect the USB cable from the computer to the DDC Remove it before the USB driver installation Double click the DENAFRIPS_UsbAudio_v4 82 0 or the latest version to install the USB driver Follow the on screen i...

Page 12: ... DENAFRIPS CO LTD VINSHINE AUDIO PTE LTD SINGAPORE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Figure 4 Default Installation Directory Figure 5 Preinstallation Successful ...

Page 13: ...IGHTS RESERVED Figure 6 Completed Restart the computer to complete the installation Connect the USB cable to the DDC Power on the DDC Select USB input The USB DDC shall be detected The driver status can be monitored as follows Figure 7 Taskbar Control Panel ...

Page 14: ...L RIGHTS RESERVED Select DENAFRIPS USB DDC as default Windows OS Soundcard Press Set Default button Properties of the DENAFRIPS USB DDC Direct Sound default format ASIO Buffer Size Playback software recommendation roon JRiver Foobar2000 Sonicstudio Amarra ...

Page 15: ...s from 184V to max 253V Power Consumption 30W Digital Input Coax SPDIF via RCA TOSLink x 1 AES EBU x 1 USB External Clock Input 45 1584MHz 49 152Mhz Digital Output Coax SPDIF via RCA TOSLink x 1 AES EBU x 2 I S HDMI LVDS Standard I S RJ45 LVCMOS Standard Supported Format DSD DSD64 All Input DSD64 DSD512 USB I S Only Supported Format PCM 24bit 44 1 48 88 2 96 176 4 192 kHz All Input 44 1 768 kHz US...

Page 16: ...chever later Defective Within Warranty Policy First 30 Days DENAFRIPS to bear both way shipping fee Within 1st Year Customer to bear one way shipping fee DENAFRIPS shall cover the return shipping fee Within Warranty Period Customer to bear both way shipping fee DENAFRIPS to repair at free of charge Out of Warranty Customer to bear both way shipping cost DENAFRIPS to provide repair maintenance serv...

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