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

    Looking forward to that!
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Thanks Emile, possibly I was projecting my own desire for a superior interface to USB onto this project! Given stage one of the project now seems complete and with Lukasz on board am I correct in assuming stage 2 of the project will be focused on the replacement for USB? Can you give us a...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    One thing that still confuses me is that XDMI was developed, if I understand this correctly, to replace USB but is being implemented in the Olympus without this functionality. It tells me I don’t really understand what XDMI is. I have read this whole thread twice and am still confused on this...
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    Taiko Audio XDMS - Extreme Direct Music Server Software

    I got a surprise Christmas present, when Ed messaged me at 7.30am Christmas day (Europe time) requesting a team viewer session to install NSM. The installation has fixed some issues I was experiencing plus I am enjoying the noticeable improvement that NSM offers. Taiko support continues to...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Thank you for your reply. My feeling is that the uncertainty about manufacturers uptake makes it all the more important to have a sense of how much of the benefit we would get using XDMI to AES/SPDIF, in case our manufacturers don’t come on board. For example would cd quality recordings sound...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Hi Emile, There is a lot to come to grips with in your latest announcement. it might assist everyone if you could clarify what the relative performance of XDMI is with a AES/SPDIF connection to the DAC compared to an end to end XDMI connection? In other words what proportion of the ultimate...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Is there any news on the XDMS general release? I recall it was awaiting Apple sign off and then there were tweaks underway.
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Emile, thank you for the fascinating information on the design of the ”mini” bps. Does your current approach allow one battery section to power the extreme while the other is offline being charged (with software to manage the interchange and allow continual battery operattion)? Or is that an...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Steve, I appreciate your thoughtful comments on this. I agree that a rushed release would be problematic for both users and Taiko (which could impact other projects, which none of us want). From your observations on ’plenty of bugs still to squashed’ and ‘some basic functionalities still...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I know my question is like the classic one of the kids from the back of the car asking ’are we there yet?’ when you’ve hardly left the driveway on a long drive. But still, I have to ask! Like the kids I’m excited to get there.
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Hi Emile, Is there any update on when XDMS beta will be released? I gather from this forum that the alpha users are pretty happy with the current version, so I am wondering if there are some specific issues waiting to be resolved before beta release? What do alpha users think?
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    The real question is how much better….
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Thanks to my wife I have some behind the scenes photos to share. Emile asked that I not post any pictures of the switch in case it gets copied, so I won't show the new listening room (which Christaan has already posted pictures of). Emile did allow me to hold the switch which weights 15...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Forgive the long post, but I wanted to share my experience of visiting Taiko Audio in Oldenzaal. A little background first. My Extreme has been packed away for a year now for house renovations, so I’ve been following developments here with greater than usual interest. I hope my report here...

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