LampizatOr GOLDEN GATE 3 DAC

Description

The Golden Standard… LampizatOr GOLDEN GATE 3 DAC

Golden Gate, is LampizatOr’s former flagship, it was the most successful of all their products. It reigned for 3 years as the top choice of critical audiophiles around the world. Since it was superceded by the Pacific, it still has cult following. And tens of great reviews. We decided not to discontinue it but instead – trickle down as much technology as is feasible from the Pacific and make Golden Gate a very solid performer for less money than the Pacific. And that’s how Golden Gate 3 was born.

Key Features

The Golden Gate 3 came out in 2022 and boasts the follwoing improvements compared to the GG2:

• New, completely redesigned PCM digital engine called ENGINE ELEVEN up to 384kHz/32bit
• DSD 512 (8xDSD) Support
• Auto-switching between formats
• A revised power supply scheme
• Revised tube heating scheme
• Much improved volume control implementation
• Custom boutique footers from STACORE
• Proprietary AC filtration circuit
• Revised grounding scheme
• And much, much more waiting for you to discover…

It is a trickle down from Horizon High End DAC, that change makes a big improvement in natural presentation, liquidity and resolution of bass.

The tube rolling paradise feature – heater switch that in turn allows for using circa 7 DHT tube types, like 300B, PX-4, PX-25, 101D, 45, 242 and the like. Also with mechanical adapter of the socket we can use KR-T-100 gigantic triodes. We also use new USB firmware, better DSD engine, from September 2022 512x DSD as standard.

What we kept – is the gorgeous copper chassis, new but old looking Lampi front, and a flight case to protect this baby during travel.

All in all – Golden Gate 3 has obvious Lampizator pedigree, while being much better DAC than its predecessor – in every area we can name.

It is all very well looking pretty, but musical performance is what this DAC focuses on. The first facet that any new user will recognise upon inserting a Golden Gate into their system regardless of choice of speakers or electronics is an enveloping and enormous 3-dimensional soundstage that projects forwards and backwards beyond room boundaries at a level that is state of the art. It is a window to the music, no coloration or flavor.