“The Taiko Audio Extreme is a State-of-the-Art Music Server designed to deliver the most realistic sounding / live reproduction from stored music files and streaming music from Qobuz and Tidal.”
Introduction
Emerging from many years of relentless researching, comparing, and listening, the Extreme Music Server is the culmination of what is possible in the field of music servers. The Extreme Music Server combines many technological breakthroughs completely unseen before in the world of digital High-End Audio. Only the best components from the most respected vendors are sourced for it, many of which are custom-designed from the ground up. The culmination of this is that the Extreme Music Server offers what is regarded by many as the very best there is.
The Extreme Music Server is fitted as standard with our proprietary Extreme Network Card and Extreme USB card. By developing our own USB interface and writing purpose-fit firmware for it, we were able to make a leap in performance that is not achievable using off-the-shelf products. Furthermore, we developed our own USB Driver along with user-selectable USB profiles to precisely fit the connected DAC.
Add to this our proprietary XDMS Server/Player/Control software available at no extra cost (currently available in its Alpha release) and the option to further increase the sound quality by adding the Taiko Audio Extreme Router, Extreme Switch, Extreme DC Power Distributor, and upcoming BPS solutions, and it should be clear that we, quite literally, take Digital Audio to the limit.
Main Features
- Dual Intel Xeon Scalable 10 core – 20 thread CPU (2nd Gen, selected for best performance)
- Twelve 4GB custom order industrial memory modules for 48GB in total
- Custom Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019 OS
- Roon playback software
- Ready for XDMS – our proprietary Extreme Direct Music Server Software
- Setup and maintenance will all be conducted remotely; no user action is needed
- In-house designed ultra-high precision passive cooling system
- Proprietary Extreme Network Card included
- Proprietary Enhanced USB Card included
- Standard storage provisions include 280GB of PCIe Intel Optane storage for the operating system and 2TB of PCIe storage for music files. Music storage can be increased in 2TB increments up to a maximum of 24TB
- No compromise linear power supply, 400VA transformer, Lundahl chokes, 700.000uF of Mundorf and Duelund capacitors
- CNC machined hybrid copper/aluminum/panzerholz chassis
- 45kg / 99Ibs, 483 wide, 455cm deep, 180mm tall, including feet.
The Extreme Music Server Stays Relevant
Hardware Updates
The Extreme Music Server has been kept up to date in several ways. In 2023, we introduced our proprietary Extreme Network Card. Available as an add-on to existing owners, the card is now included when purchasing a new Extreme Music Server.
Software Updates
In 2022, we issued an OS update that massively improved Roon sound quality. Additionally, we implemented 4 Dedicated USB Profiles to allow any DAC to interface ideally. In November 2023, we issued another software update, further enhancing Roon and XDMS Sound Quality and refining the performance of our proprietary Extreme Network Card.
USB Profiles
Our USB Profiles tie in with our proprietary USB Driver to cater more precisely to the specific needs of particular USB Interfaces on the receiving end. No matter the brand or type of DAC, our proprietary Enhanced USB interface works together precisely as intended. Please refer to the Downloads section on the Taiko Audio Website for the list of supported DACs and the associated ideal profile. Email us if your DAC is not supported, and we will investigate if we can also implement it.
More info can be found on the Taiko Audio Website
Taiko Audio Extreme Music Server Product Page
Taiko Audio Downloads Section
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