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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    I for one have not found a significant difference between streamed .flac and stored .wav. with my Extreme. So I haven't stressed about it -- I much rather would listen to music than listen to formats. Now, when I had another brand of streamer that also had an onboard drive for ripping CDs and...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Steve Z
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    You do know that Roon now supports (gasp!) folders. . . Steve Z
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    https://www.rapidtables.com/calc/wire/voltage-drop-calculator.html Steve Z
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Baby steps, David. Right now all of my NAS are internally 120VAC powered. Maybe at a future date I'll explore replacing the internal AC to DC power supply in one of them with a DC jack but that won't be for some time. Much easier to use a really good Shunyata Research power cord (already have)...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    I'm not sure I understand why it would necessary or desirable to have the NAS in the listening room. If it is going to be connected via the Taiko router, the ethernet cable doing so can be 1 meter or 10 meters or 50 meters. No need to have an acoustically noisy NAS in the listening room. And...
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    Taiko Audio Extreme Music Server

    Welcome @audioquattr / Jeroen! Steve Z
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    Taiko Audio Extreme Music Server

    Amen to that. I have three NAS here and one of them used to be where I served music from. However, I am not planning on bringing any of them into the living room to plug into the Taiko router and/or power from the DCD. For my application a large-capacity USB drive (which can be powered from...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    No wonder John T is happy all the time. Saluto, Giovanni! Steve Z
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    I'm getting goose-bumps just listening to Lukasz describe listening to music via XDMI. Thanks for doing the interview and asking the right questions, Ron. Steve Z
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    I'm very tempted by the quick and easy approach -- plug a high capacity USB drive into the Taiko router and power it from one of the unused outputs of the DC Distributor. Steve Z
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    I'm guessing boards and cinder blocks don't match your decor. Steve Z
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    So on the XDMI digital output daughter board I see you've provided a place next to the existing RCA style output for another connector. XLR for AES/EBU? I can make either work into my DAC, but I already have the AES/EBU cable. . . Steve Z
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    About Taiko Audio

    Congratulations, Chris. Dream job indeed! Sincere best wishes for continued success going forward with Taiko, to you and the entire Taiko team. Steve Z
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    You guys play rough in the high-end. Here's hoping for a fast and full recovery for all concerned! Steve Z
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