Mine is just the 1st red pcb version without superclock nor new firmware. I think that would be called gen 1?
To offer some clarification, Golden Gate owners should not feel upset about their Golden Gate investments. We will be offering an introductory 100% trade in for owners who wish to transition from a GG (or GA) to a Pacific of same specification.
The Pacific is slated to start at 22,000Euro not $35,000 USD.
The active triode loading implementation, enhanced superclocks and a few other features in the Pacific will not be available in the Golden Gate 2.
The Golden Gate 2 will still be a large update over even late model Gen 5 Golden Gates. Be on the lookout for a professional review from David Robinson at Positive Feedback who owned and lived with the original Golden Gate prior to getting the GG2 upgrades for review. Spoiler alert: he's grinning.
We are also hoping to see some feedback on the Pacific posted in the next couple of days from our very experienced beta tester in the US who has spent time with virtually every model dac and says the jump from his Golden Gate balanced (final specific with r2r, superclocks, etc) to the Pacific was more significant than the move from his Big 7 to Golden Gate!
Stay tuned--things are about to get interesting.
