You can use a USB drive ofcourse, there’s some degradation but the caching mechanisms are pretty solid nowadays, for both Roon as XDMS. Assuming you have the USB card to connect to your DAC the “old” on board USB port labelled “DAC” performs reasonably well. It does help to use a drive which can...
1) That would make sense yes (avoiding 2 releases for the same product)
2) Something more creative, with no further details to be disclosed at this time ;)
Hi @MarkusBarkus ,
We're working on it! It's a bit complicated due to the custom proprietary nature of the MSB PRO ISL interface, which requires design efforts in both hardware as software/firmware. But it's in progress!
The other interface options/expansions we're working on in parallel are...
Hi @RichardA , the Olympus footers are modular and can be exchanged, as that leads to quite some possible permutations I cannot say anything definitive about it yet, most likely we could design a footer with a surface interacting favourably and/or optimally with the Daiza. But as a start we’re...
Hi @rocco1113 , no it doesn't, and I'm afraid we have no plans to implement it either, with the MQA bankruptcy and controversy around it's popularity, it would be a waste of our resources IMHO, I would rather spend our efforts on something else :)
Hi @Kris ,
Yes we did but there’s currently no additional performance to be gained from that. The modularity of the system though could allow for easily retrofittable further improvements with future technology, for example if we run out of room one could add a second I/O and move modules...
It's a larger upgrade then you'd expect isn't it :) Admittedly we've gone back and forth many times on whether we even wanted to release a router because of the potential support intensity, it's obviously a much more complex device then a switch, then we went through the same back and forth on...
Indeed things are quite hectic here currently, bordering on undoable, but we have reinforcements arriving this week with 3 new people joining the team! All will be well :-)
No, it is now a sizeable upgrade over USB from the Extreme but still way behind XDMI - AES/EBU. I don’t see how that gap could ever be closed due to technical limitations of the USB audio protocol.