Mola Mola / Tambaqui

Perfect Condition - after 2 weeks the client upgraded to the Makua/Internal Tambaqui DAC.

Some products collect good reviews. The Mola Mola Tambaqui has inspired a remarkable chorus of reviewers to call it a benchmark, a reference and, in several cases, the finest DAC they have heard. Designed by Bruno Putzeys, Tambaqui converts every incoming signal through Mola Mola’s proprietary upsampling, noise-shaping and discrete 32-stage FIR conversion architecture. The result is extraordinary resolution without the glare, hardness or flattened dimensionality too often associated with digital playback. The praise has been unusually direct: “An astonishing benchmark in musical expressiveness and transparency.” — Greg Weaver, Enjoy the Music.com “The Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC is an absolutely extraordinary, top-o’-the-heap product, true reference-grade in every way.” — Dr. David W. Robinson, Positive Feedback “If you’re in the market for perhaps the best stand-alone DAC available on the market … you owe it to yourself to hear what Bruno Putzeys has created.” — Clement Perry, Stereo Times “The Tambaqui laid the music bare and it was spellbinding in the extreme!” — AudioKey Reviews “This is one DAC you must hear.” — Andrew Everard, Hi-Fi News “I think it is the best-sounding DAC I’ve ever heard in my life.” — Steve Guttenberg, The Audiophiliac, describing the Tambaqui-based DAC section in the Mola Mola Kula “Looking for Summit-Fi without the price tag? This little fishy could just be your ticket upstream.” — Grover Neville, pt.AUDIO Tambaqui is equally accomplished as a reference DAC, a lossless digital preamplifier, a Roon Ready network endpoint and a serious headphone source. Its connectivity includes Ethernet, USB, AES/EBU, S/PDIF, optical, I²S over HDMI and Bluetooth, with balanced XLR line outputs plus balanced and single-ended headphone outputs. Compact, beautifully machined and effortless to operate through the Mola Mola app, it can anchor a full reference system without the usual tower of digital boxes. GTT is the North American distributor for Mola Mola, and we know the Tambaqui at a level few sellers can match. This is an opportunity to acquire one of digital audio’s genuine modern references from the people who have represented, demonstrated and supported it from the beginning. If you have been waiting for a Tambaqui, you already know why this DAC is so difficult to replace once it enters a system.