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

    For someone looking for the very best in NAS gor Olympus there is industrial QNAP. It's by far best from all NASes I tested about 4 years ago. Fanless, industrial memory ( far better than normal) few RJ45 connections, great looking as well. It was quite expensive that time but it was introduced...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    I suspect Preamp will be Pilium as well.
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Can't be happier. I preferred to stream everything in the past. I liked the storage only because of increased SQ and zero waiting time , but it sounds Olympus has eliminated the difference. From the other hand 400 to 450 Euro for additional 4TB is very attractive. No-brainer for someone who...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    What will be the standard storage capacity for the music files? Have you already decide ? Extreme was 8 TB I believe. Additional cards as an option.
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    It will be fantastic to see a real chassis pictures. But I understand the time will come.
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    This is great news ! Is the XLR bslanced analog output going to have a volume control? Will it be software based VC ?
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Here some MQA summary opinion published 2 years ago.
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Everyone should read the true opinion of the music creators about the MQA modifications this company did to their files. Few were able to compare the two files before and after and they were shocked . This as not what they created anymore, MQA was basically altering the upper frequencies. I...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Thank you Emile So the idea of additional separate power supplys is vivid . I understand that could be for example the long awaited battery pack for switch and router.
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Dear Emile Did you test the Olympus IO solution with more than 2 separate battery power supplys? It looks like there is potential of further developement by having 3 or 4 separate battery packs for Olympus IO placed inside bigier Olympus chassis . In This case there would be 2 identical bigger...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Post nr 20,022 by Emile: Choosing the right channel You can use the Intel® Killer™ Control Center (If you are using an Intel Killer Wireless adapter) or any third-party Wi-Fi Analyzer to determine which channels are least used on each band (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) and change your Wi-Fi router’s...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    You should always pick channel 1, 6 or 11 Otherwise they will interfere with other networks.
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Exactly. We are suffering as it has no Balanced audio XLRs. You are just perfect using RCA direct from analog outputs. But in Emile we trust to get balanced XDMI audio card one day
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Fantastic list of top performers. We would need a SS preamp being added to this list for a full spectrum : Soulution 725 Soulution 727 (not sure if anyone knows it) Boulder 3010 Boulder 2110 CH precision L10 DarTzeel Gryphon Commander ...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Fantastic. So it looks if you add a top preamp to the analog XDMI output , With above 50K sticker price this should give it a very big improvement .
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Emile. What preamp was used here ? Or was it direct to amps ? Will the Olympus analog Xdmi out be much better with top preamps ?
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    Rockport Lyra

    Fantastic setup. Looks like you got one of the very best systems . No savings. All top Class components. I am thinking about the CH L10 or Soulution 727 or order 725 to pair it with Emm Labs MTRX2. Will need to borrow it somwere to see the difference
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    Rockport Lyra

    How do you like CH M10s wirg Rockport ? Also what is the linestage (preamp) you use ?
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Some people including myself simply need perspective and justification for such a big expense. Especially current Extreme sounds amazing. If a panel of few people did that % difference judgement and we have a reference point ( switch and router in % ) we can easily say that this very big and...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Wall to Wall? This is not what I look for. I already have 2x bigger Soundstage than my room is, with Extreme making it happen. So the good news is you don't need a bigger room. You might need a better electronics, speakers or cables to open Extreme potential.
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    Reality is Cruel : Cybershaft new Ultimate OCXO 10M Clocks Shootout OP20 vs OP17

    It is also system dependent I tested it myself 3 times with 2 different brands in my system. I always preferred the no additional clock solution. The closer the clock is the better. If you need a 1m cable and 2 cicuits on both ends the overall benefit might be covered with additional noise...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    I am not sure if they would calculate it the way you do it. This would not make sense to ask 20 k for 9% you are referring to. Switch for 2500 did that kind of improvement. I believe they checked just the difference Olympus xdmi v Olympus + Olympus IO xdmi I was in PM contact with Emile an I...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    This is easy. Listening Taiko panel decided you can expect about 25% better performance. This is about same as the Taiko router + Taiko Swich together Did.
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    Rockport Technologies Introduces Orion Loudspeaker

    There is also one thing that you realize after you spend some time with top Rockports. You hear the box and it's coloration in every other brand speaker. This is unpleasant to your ears and brain. I stopped visiting to audition others systems as it makes no sense. But I like to invite others...
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    Ron’s New System

    Thanks for sharing all this details. I will look for those things. Also it looks we have identical SQ taste in regards to air and liveliness . This is the only thing I cant listen without.
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    Ron’s New System

    Thank you Ron I had similar issues when I build my room 8 years ago. I tested things in others systems but nothing was " good enough" So than I purchesed few other things over last few years and ended with good thick AC wires dedicated just for my system.. 2 lines for monoblocks 1 line gor all...
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    Ron’s New System

    Hi Ron Fantastic system. I am at point of getting my AC power fixed and was wondering of you could briefly mention what you use ? I have 3 separate 8AWG lines on 240v circuit and 3 Gigawatt automatic Fuses but I believe I need some sort of Cleaning . There is about 3.9 % harmonics and Flicker...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Just look at the size of one battery Pack That Emile showed long ago. And Look at Poseidon DAC I believe there is NO way this is going to fit inside Poseidon. I wish I am wrong but it looks the XDMI recivers card inside DAC will be powered by LPS.
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    Rockport Lyra

    Exactly. This is standard . I asked them and biwire makes no sense . Only if you want to biamp they say it has " potential benefit " meaning no guarantee. They added info that those are very easy to drive speakers so benefits of biamping are questionable. And costs are extreme with biamp...
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    Rockport Lyra

    Any speculation at this time unftunatelly makes no sense. But we try to predict future any way. Andy's success is based on "starting open minded" principle. It was mentioned here already and in Andy's video that this company is not tight to any technology or crossover order that was "deeply...

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