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  1. J

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

    Since the router and switch also had tech to reduce noise and could be powered by external LPS via the DCD- I’m personally hoping for a XDMI device, possibly housed in something similar to the switch/ router housing, interfacing with the Extreme via an interface card, and potentially being...
  2. J

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

    But doesn't the XDMI in on the Lampi doesn't need to be powered with a BPS in order to fully reap the benefits of the much lower noise? After all, this is why the Extreme cannot have the XDMI installed.
  3. J

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

    USB options: 1x Olympus + 1x Olympus I/O = 72.800 > 2x Extreme = 56.000 > 1x Olympus = 52.000 > 1x Extreme + 1x Olympus I/O = 48.800 > 1x Extreme = 28.000 > 1x Olympus I/O = 24.000 XDMI options: 1x Olympus + 1x Olympus I/O = 86.200 (intro 81.200) > 1x Olympus = 65.400, intro 60.400 > 1x Extreme...
  4. J

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

    Also to do balanced analog out would you need two TACDA cards and so yet another battery in the Olympus or Olympus I/O?
  5. J

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

    Btw I’m still confused so just to clarify: Olympus I/O will hold the network cards and usb cards and TACDA or TACDD with battery power supply. (One battery for network, one for usb or TACDA or TACDD as all 3 won’t be used at the same time) This also means a second power cord for the I/O in...
  6. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I couldn't see the firmware upgrade either until I reset the Taiko Router (via software). One question- despite me setting a static IP on my main asus router, my Taiko Router keeps acquiring a new IP upon reset. Anyone know why this is the case?
  7. J

    Plixir Statement LPS : I bought this flagship grade LPS just now.

    Suggest you ask sound affairs (plixir manufacturer). They are very well acquainted with Weiss, I think they’re a dealer for the brand so lots of first hand experience :)
  8. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Thank you @Taiko Audio and the team for getting me setup with the right length of grounding screw: (new one on left)
  9. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    For number 3: if we use port forwarding, meaning that connection is already active with only one RJ45 cable connected (same one as to main house router), does it drop that the noise caused to below #2? As mentioned I have no choice but to use port forwarding due to weak signal, but just curious.
  10. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I had a few issues prompting me to do port forwarding: 1) I use a headphone setup so I’m at my desk when I listen to music. My desktop which I use to control XDMS is below my desk and it couldn’t detect the taiko wifi so I was forced to look at port forwarding 2) I use my computer to control...
  11. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    For those of those doing this, you may want to allow access to the router as well: to do this set a firewall rule to allow port 80. Thanks @nenon ! Here's a screenshot from him:
  12. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    This is me (except I connect via laptop wifi, not tablet). I've even removed the Internet cable from the router because I noticed I could surf the internet through it when connected with my Laptop and wanted to remove that accidental occurance from happening.
  13. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    My personal guess why this is the case: I think Roon is set up to keep pinging the roon servers to authenticate the account, and when it can't it will keep retrying- ie, chatty.
  14. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Thanks for the effort. Does it sound as good as without forwarding?
  15. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    @Taiko Audio instead of the BPS, would it be possible to use an LPS with the DCD to power the NIC/ DAC/ any other components that would normally take the BPS?
  16. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    That's really interesting- I've been waiting for feedback on this- the effect of the DCD filters on my switch has been much larger than on my router! (ie the opposite)
  17. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Question to @Taiko Audio , you mentioned that Windows will keep looking for a network and that is one of the factors that makes making no network inferior to having a router and switch connected. What if there's no internet to that network? In my current case as I don't use streaming I've...
  18. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I received a separate card with this print out as well- not just under the router. At this point your best choice may be to email taiko with your SN# and have them email you the password.
  19. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    For 1) What's most likely the problem is that an "L" in lower case is actually an "i" in upper case. Try different combis of that (or zoom in and look very very closely) and it should work.
  20. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Doesn’t look like it- there are many day 1 features which haven’t been worked on yet.
  21. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Thanks again! I'm loving this flexibility, surprised that I would enjoy it so much, it was a "+1" to the purchase of the router almost :)
  22. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Would be interesting and helpful to get a chart to see at what freq the filtering starts and how much relative filtering there is- although I understand if this is not available. Also is it really the case that the BPS as an input sounds exactly the same with default, alt1, alt2 and unfiltered...
  23. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    From a technical perspective would it be fair to say Alt2 filters the most and Alt1 the least? Or do they start filtering at different frequencies (Alt1 higher cut off and Alt2 lower?)
  24. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I’ve struggled a long time the past two years with my purchase of the Robert Koda k10 preamp. With my 300b monos, they were too much of a good thing in terms of colouring the sound, but technically I could tell they were a cut above everything else I had. So I tried changing cables and footers...
  25. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    For those who are trying various DCD combinations- have you also found that the signature of the filter is stronger when used on the switch?
  26. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    So you lose signal and have to power cycle as well? Me too, actually. It's rare, but it happens.
  27. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Yes I’ve sometimes had this but I haven’t looked into when it happens. I’ve gotten home from work and the TaikoAudio wifi is missing unless I reset the router.
  28. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Yes that’s what I thought as I was trying. Especially since I can live with both default / default and alt1 / default, I’ll probably be switching between both depending on how neutral that component I’m using is. Currently I’m using a more musical preamp and power amp, so if I use more neutral...
  29. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Try alt1 on the router (makes no diff to your burn in I guess) and default on the switch. You probably will still prefer default default, which sounds more musical, but I think you’ll like it more than alt1 on the switch. Personally I still prefer alt1 router/ default switch with my plixir. The...
  30. J

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I pretty much do the same thing, except that I unplug the wan cable from the taiko router to make sure I don’t accidentally route my internet traffic for my laptop through the taiko router. BTW my laptop is a mac and I can set the priority of each network service ('set service order'), so I've...

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