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GAIA DDC
OWNER'S MANUAL
V1.0
19th July 2020
© DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE)
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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  • Page 1 GAIA DDC OWNER’S MANUAL V1.0 19th July 2020 © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CLOCK IN ........................5 OPERATING INSTRUCTION ....................6 Quick Start Guide ......................6 USB DRIVER INSTALLATION – WINDOWS OS ............10 SPECIFICATIONS ........................ 14 WARRANTY ........................15 © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...

  • Page 3: Installation & Safety Instructions

     The electronics in modern hi-fi equipment is complex and may, therefore, be adversely affected or damaged by lightning. For protection of the audio system during electrical storms, disconnect the mains plugs. © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    2. INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the DENAFRIPS GAIA DDC. It is a state-of-the-art Digital to Digital Converter, one of the finest available on 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.

  • Page 5: Design Highlights

    OCXO. 3.3 ADAPTIVE FIFO BUFFER RECLOCKING The DENAFRIPS approach to address the jitters issue by FIFO BUFFER RECLOCKING. The adaptive FIFO buffer store the source digital audio data in the memory. These data are read from the memory using the ultra-low phase noise, ultra-accuracy OCXO, located right in the DDC.

  • Page 6: Proprietary, State-Of-The-Art Usb Interface

    The GAIA is equipped with the proprietary USB Audio Solution, powered by STM32F446 Advanced AMR Based MCU. DENAFRIPS redesigned and optimized circuitry, allow the DDC to be used as high-end DDC with computers / streamers. It supports 24bit/768kHz PCM data stream, and native processing of DSD up to DSD512.

  • Page 7: Operating Instruction

     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 the GAIA DDC. a. USB b. OPT c.
  • Page 8 48 kHz 96 kHz 192K 192 kHz 48 kHz 384K 384 kHz 768K 768 kHz DSD 64 DSD 128 DSD 256 DSD 512 Table 1. Sampling Rate © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...
  • Page 9 (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) © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...
  • Page 10 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 © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...

  • Page 11: Usb Driver Installation - Windows Os

     Double click the “DENAFRIPS_UsbAudio_v4.82.0” (or the latest version) to install the USB driver.  Follow the on-screen instruction to complete the installation Figure 3. Welcome screen © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...
  • Page 12 Figure 4. Default Installation Directory Figure 5. Preinstallation Successful © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...
  • Page 13  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 © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...
  • Page 14  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 © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE)

  • Page 15: Specifications

    24bit/44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192 kHz All Input Supported Format (PCM) 44.1 – 768 kHz USB & I²S Only Dimension 340W x 260D x 66H mm (Feet +18mm) Weight 6.0kg © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...

  • Page 16: Warranty

    6. WARRANTY DENAFRIPS GAIA purchased from the Authorized Distributor comes with 36 months of warranty from the date of purchase / delivery (whichever later). Defective Warranty Policy Within First 30 Days DENAFRIPS to bear both way shipping fee. Within 1st Year Customer to bear one-way shipping fee.

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