Golden Gate, our former flagship, was the most successful of all our 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 Since it was superceded by the Pacific, it still has cult following.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 2 was born.

 

Since late 2022 we ship GG3 with following improvements versus the  GG2:  New, completely redesigned digital engine called ENGINE ELEVEN, a trickle down from Horizon 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.

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RETRO-FIT UPGRADES of GG2

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• Any Golden Gate DAC no matter the age or variant can be upgraded to the "Engine Eleven" status for a fixed price of 2000 Euro. We replace the whole digital section

• Older Amanero USB cards get replaced with the newest JL-USB.
  Shipping and customs fees are in addition to the 2000 Euro fee.
  The upgraded DAC gets a 3 years warranty (excluding tubes) on the Engine11 parts and labour.

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• Please read about the Eleven upgrade in our dedicated "11" page

NOTE: The Golden Gate  after upgrade will be identical in sound to GG-3  but we will not rename it. The name of the original production stays. You get the GG-3 sound but without the "3" in the name. You get a sticker with ELEVEN certificate.

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