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  1. engadin

    Show us your cable management system

    You can connect an oszilloscope to a metal baking tray suspended above the floor. Next lower the tray towards the floor. You will measure and see an increase of noise in the scope. Some chap here tried that to prove that raising cables from the floor does have a measurable impact. Not only in...
  2. engadin

    Taiko Audio Extreme DC Power Distributor

    Maybe best to ask here in the dcd thread: Which dc cables did you try with dcd, switch, router? What are your experiences and recommendations? Cheers, Ulrich
  3. engadin

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I did go to SR master fuses for Taiko Extreme and Sean Jacobs mini arc6 dc4 linear power supply (for Taiko dcd, router, switch). Bug step up. Too long ago to give a detailed review, but much improved dynamics, microdynamics, emotion. No tonal effects (which the purple has, imho). Mike Lavigne...
  4. engadin

    Taiko Audio Extreme Switch

    Which footers on what kind of shelf did you try?
  5. engadin

    Stillpoints Ultra 5 , Ultra 6 as feet for Stillpoints ESS rack?

    I own an older ESS rack. Removing the black (Delrin?) hats which came as feet with this rack and replacing them with original Stillpoints cones pointing down into inverse risers immediately improved sound. I have acquired a recent double wide ESS rack. It will get filled with a few hundred lbs...
  6. engadin

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

    Thx, Steve. I think I will try to put the Extreme in a new ess rack, double width. Did you use ultra footers on acrylic shelf or rail grid or ? please let me know. Cheers, Ulrich
  7. engadin

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

    I think there is a misunderstanding. I did not intend to say that stillpoints ultra stopped working. I do agree, my stillpoints ultra footers will certainly live & work flawlessly much longer than I will. They work pretty well, I like most things they do very much. I invested in another...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    I would like to remind all users of Taiko switch, router & dc distributor of Christaan‘s write up of experiments with footers. Do take footers seriously with Taiko switch, router, dcd. I had them all sitting on an acrylic shelf of an old stillpoints ess rack on their copper feet. Nicely rounded...
  9. engadin

    Incredible Stillpoints

    I recently acquired a used but very recent stillpoints ess rack, to be used in a few months - relocation is imminent. I have seen pics of the new ess ultra rack, which seems to sport ultra 6 footers at the end of all columns. Has anybody tried ultra 5 or ultra 6 as footers for a lowly ess...
  10. engadin

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I will have to retry the Ediscreation with T router & T switch, in front of both. Next step will be trying to remove the (parallel to T router/Tswitch) Ediscreation without degrading sonics, plugging tv and home office directly into the ips Swisscom router. Hope this works well. Then I’ll try...
  11. engadin

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    With removal of the (very good) Ediscreation extreme switch in front of Taiko switch, I had a loss of big scale dynamics, of thrust, impact. Meanwhile the Taiko router and dc distributor have arrived. Setup was done without problems, to my considerable surprise. There are a few things in my...
  12. engadin

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    The future is here, indeed. A few patches of NSM had been implemented previously in XDMS before, allowing things I had not thought possible with Digital at all: Subtle dynamic gradations, nuance in the voice of a singer, all those things which separates a soso musical performance from a great...
  13. engadin

    Incredible Stillpoints

    … not much traffic in this thread recently. How would you describe differences between stillpoints ess rack and say, hrs, cms, artesania racks?
  14. engadin

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Sablon EVO usb cable with T+A SD 3100 hv dac here: no problems, just beautiful music.
  15. engadin

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Oh, something else. Slightly disappointing results? Yes. Little Netgear 105 was disconnected from all lan cables, but still connected to Taiko wall wart, which was still plugged into Orange filter, still plugged into mains. Removed Netgear, unplugged Orange filter from wall socket. Dynamics...
  16. engadin

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I took a cheap netgear gs105 switch, connected it to the unused Taiko supplied 12V wall wart (better than the wall wart which came with the Netgear) and powered it from an prehistoric Orange Filter (transformer + filter, quite a brickwall to emi), not to pollute mains. I let it warm up 12...
  17. engadin

    REL No. 31 and other REL subwoofers: fuses and power cords?

    The cable is available unterminated or you can find it with fake Furutech ncf plugs. Longer lengths only with those fake Furus. I replaced them with a genuine Furu ncf rhodium and Oyaide armoured. Pretty good. Not expensive. Putting a SR master into the REL helped things further.
  18. engadin

    REL No. 31 and other REL subwoofers: fuses and power cords?

    The Chinese Nordost ripoff won. Following my friend‘s advice I configured the wiring different to the color coding. See the attached jpeg. Quite a pita, but worth it.
  19. engadin

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I did try and connected Swisscom box to tv, home office disconnected lan wire to Ediscreation switched off Ediscreation No Ediscreation and having the Swisscom box do all the switching (if this is the reason?) - injected some slight boredom - reduced energy in transients and bass impact -...
  20. engadin

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Thanks for having a look! Before I got the Taiko switch, the Ediscreation switch had made a very beneficial impact. I will try removing the Ediscreation switch from the pathway to Taiko switch. There is also a lowly Netgear GS108E switch BEFORE the Swisscom internet box, distributing internet to...
  21. engadin

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Thanks to team Taiko and Emile himself performing the update! To my considerable surprise, now roon sounds better here. For some reason, XDMS somehow lacks dynamics, excitement now. I wonder what might got wrong. No need to go back to the sw before the update, as roon is now pretty listenable...
  22. engadin

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Great news! May I ask meanwhile for a “How to best rip Cds (SACDs) onto the Taiko extreme for digital dummies” ”How to upload from highresaudio.com and similar sources for digital dummies” As an utter dork in things digital … I would really appreciate that.
  23. engadin

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Are there any news about shipment of more chrome routers?
  24. engadin

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Thx! That was the post I had remembered but could not find! Well, Viborg or Elecaudio, what to choose?
  25. engadin

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/jack-dc-plugs/elecaudio-dct-25g-male-jack-dc-5525mm-connector-tellurium-copper-gold-plated-3-p-15442.html For those making or having made their dc cables: this connector had been mentioned favorably in this thread and preferred to Oyaide. This plug is compatible...
  26. engadin

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Estimated delivery for the rest of chrome routers &dcds?
  27. engadin

    DC cables? Your recommendations?

    Thx a lot for your comment, Di-fi! You must not forget Mundorf’s new Angelique wire, an amalgam of silver, gold, copper. My SJ mini arc6 dc4 came with these cables, as they were preferred and recommended above Mundorf silver by the lps maker. Current recommendations for my upcoming fritzbox...
  28. engadin

    DC cables? Your recommendations?

    I didn’t end up …
  29. engadin

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Fritzbox 5590 fiber needs 12V, 2.5A. At least that are the needs stated on the 5590 bottom. Test mag stated 18Watts consumption when downloading.
  30. engadin

    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Ok. @nenon: Would the SJ mini arc6 dc4 be capable to drive Taiko router, Taiko switch and a current fiber Fritzbox?

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