Denafrips Terminator Plus/Gaia compatibility
I have an original Terminator Plus and and Gaia DDC (very early unit). I had been using this with an i2s connection which worked well, but after upgrading the firmware on the Terminator Plus in 2023 using the update provided by Vinshine, the i2s connection stopped working.
I assume this is because the i2s configuration changed. I have tried changing the i2s mode on the DAC, but have been unable to find a setting that works with the Gaia. My Gaia does not have programmable i2s outputs.
I have been using the AES connection between the Gaia and DAC which sounds very nice, but before the firmware update, I felt that the i2s was a bit better than AES.
I am toying with the idea of upgrading my Gaia to a Gaia 12th with the assumption that I can make this work over i2s to my DAC.
Does anyone have experience with this issue?
I have upgraded my Terminator Plus with the Hermes DDC without any issues. Have you tried to contact Denafrips or Vinshine Audio technical support? They should be in position to help you out with this problem. I recall that the Terminator firmware upgrade was a little quircky. Have you tried to upgrade again the Terminator? |
What I did was set my Hermes (Also older unit not 12th) to 000. Then I went through ALL the combinations on my Denafrips DAC’s untilI found the one that worked without static and didn’t switch L-R channels. If that don’t work start Gaia back with 010, 001, 100, 110, 111 etc on Gaia. Each time go through all the configs on the Terminator. There will be a match. |
Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately, my Gaia is one of the first units. I preordered it when it was first announced. It does not have programmable i2s outputs. i didn’t have any problems with the Terminator FPGA update and I liked the changes in sound quality. But it also changed the way i2s works and my Gaia is no longer compatible. Vinshine was not helpful at the time (other than to tell me that my early Gaia does not have the ability to change the i2s pinout). I am hoping that there is someone on the forum that updated their original Terminator Plus firmware and has had success using it with a Gaia, and if so, which version of the Gaia
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