Recent content by Kingsrule

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    Taiko Audio Extreme Music Server

    What NAS and drives is everyone looking at? I need 24Tb of storage, 12v seems perfect. Can't start too early to get ready for Olympus
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    AXPONA 2024 Ron Reporting

    The best of the youtube reports. What an effort. Thank you Ron
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    Axpona 24’ Mike Lavigne pics

    Mike Thank u for spot on coverage technique! Makes the rest pale in comparison....
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Or get Ted a bunk in the shop Or a guy or two on a night shift !
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    Rhapsody.Audio Listening Rooms

    Shipping the speakers horizontal instead of vertical is a good move by Magico.
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Hi Emile The level of craftsmanship is just outstanding...keep the photos coming!
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I just put a new Schurter in afew days ago after 4+ years. Definitely smoother and maybe a bit fuller body
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Is the stock Schurter fuse used in Extreme directional?
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    ARC announces price increase effective Mid-March '24

    Guys, Just a clarifying FYI: AR does not refer to Audio Research Corporation AR = Acoustic Research ARC = Audio Research Corporation (Audio Research for short)
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    Taiko Audio Extreme DC Power Distributor

    *To avoid getting into trouble, that switch shall remain unnamed. But we like trouble...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Good question Biggest design flaw on Extreme....
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    Taiko Audio Extreme Router

    There was a sticker in my router case that has the user name and password on it, in the correct position...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    When I had the Vivaldi stack, the preamp was horrible. Actually the whole dCS implementation was pretty bad. Mappers, upsampling, filters, cables, beta after beta software, just a mess. This was before APEX but still seems to be the case. The virtues you speak of are the poor dCS preamp, not...
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    Soulution 511 Amplifier Impressions

    Interesting I ran a pair of 511's in mono on Magico MProjects and it wasn't good. Basically the exact opposite of what u described. Thin, hard, not very dynamic. Couldn't wait to move on They were gone in a few months
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    R.I.P. Jim Winey

    LMAO My experience almost identical: In 75 I was off to Grad school on a full R,B,T scholarship. So what did I do? Took out a student loan and bought some gear: Tympani 1C's (maybe D's) ,SP3A, and a Quatre Gain Cell amp, all from Stereo Emporium in Buffalo,NY. Maybe in the Spring of 76 I bought...

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