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

For those who just started reading up on Olympus, Olympus I/O, and XDMI, please note that all information in this thread has been summarized in a single PDF document that can be downloaded from the Taiko Website.

https://taikoaudio.com/taiko-2020/taiko-audio-downloads

The document is frequently updated.

Scroll down to the 'XDMI, Olympus Music Server, Olympus I/O' section and click 'XDMI, Olympus, Olympus I/O Product Introduction & FAQ' to download the latest version.

Good morning WBF!​

We are introducing the culmination of close to 4 years of research and development. As a bona fide IT/tech nerd with a passion for music, I have always been intrigued by the potential of leveraging the most modern of technologies in order to create a better music playback experience. This, amongst others, led to the creation of our popular, perhaps even revolutionary, Extreme music server 5 years ago, which we have been steadily improving and updating with new technologies throughout its life cycle. Today I feel we can safely claim it's holding its ground against the onslaught of new server releases from other companies, and we are committed to keep improving it for years to come.

We are introducing a new server model called the Olympus. Hierarchically, it positions itself above the Extreme. It does provide quite a different music experience than the Extreme, or any other server I've heard, for that matter. Conventional audiophile descriptions such as sound staging, dynamics, color palette, etc, fall short to describe this difference. It does not sound digital or analog, I would be inclined to describe it as coming closer to the intended (or unintended) performance of the recording engineer.

Committed to keeping the Extreme as current as possible, we are introducing a second product called the Olympus I/O. This is an external upgrade to the Extreme containing a significant part of the Olympus technology, allowing it to come near, though not entirely at, Olympus performance levels. The Olympus I/O can even be added to the Olympus itself to elevate its performance even further, though not as dramatic an uplift as adding it to the Extreme. Consider it the proverbial "cherry on top".

 

Mine was delivered to the middle of my driveway (look out the window “I wonder what that is”). I literally had to summon this will

Fantasy becomes reality. At least you didn’t have to run too far.

I’ve been pondering what my mid-winter delivery might be like. The easiest way to get heavy things into my lower level listening area is to go around the house through the walk out patio door. This is about 200 ft. from my driveway - through the snow. I’ll need a sled. Maybe fit skis to the bottom of the pallet? Running in snow shoes? I’ll have to do this when no one is looking.

 

Fantasy becomes reality. At least you didn’t have to run too far.

I’ve been pondering what my mid-winter delivery might be like. The easiest way to get heavy things into my lower level listening area is to go around the house through the walk out patio door. This is about 200 ft. from my driveway - through the snow. I’ll need a sled. Maybe fit skis to the bottom of the pallet? Running in snow shoes? I’ll have to do this when no one is looking.

My listening area is also on the lower level and I have to go around the house and to make things worse, I have a steep slope which goes straight into a swampy area. Simply cannot imagine taking this in a dolly me and the olympus sliding into the swamp. I will most likely make a path in the snow in a way to prevent me from sliding. Here is hoping the excitement makes the move easier

 

My listening area is also on the lower level and I have to go around the house and to make things worse, I have a steep slope which goes straight into a swampy area. Simply cannot imagine taking this in a dolly me and the olympus sliding into the swamp. I will most likely make a path in the snow in a way to prevent me from sliding. Here is hoping the excitement makes the move easier

Hire 2 muscle men. It’ll be the best $100 you’ve ever spent on stereo. Call it a tweak and it’ll make you happy. Mine had to go up 17 stairs and then onto the top shelf of my rack. It saves energy for you to do the cable connects after they’ve done the grunt work

 

Hire 2 muscle men. It’ll be the best $100 you’ve ever spent on stereo. Call it a tweak and it’ll make you happy. Mine had to go up 17 stairs and then onto the top shelf of my rack. It saves energy for you to do the cable connects after they’ve done the grunt work

Just getting the Olympus to the patio is the challenge. The rest, I can manage it since the Olympus goes on to the lower rack. I might do just that. Oh my, 17 stairs does need extra hands.

 

i can’t find ‘muscle men’ here on google in bay area. used moving guys in past for the 20 minute job to get heavy components from garage up the 15-18 stairs but cost $500-600 usd base (without insurance). going to use some sort of improvised system to get the olympus up stair by stair as i did w extreme. will be ugly but thankfully also when no one is looking

You might want to look into Stair Dolly. You can get them with a capacity of several 100 pounds. Someone from the bottom can give a little push while you are pulling the dolly handle on the way up? Just a thought.

 

You might want to look into Stair Dolly. You can get them with a capacity of several 100 pounds. Someone from the bottom can give a little push while you are pulling the dolly handle on the way up? Just a thought.

Check your local tool rentals for Stair dollies or other material handling equipment you might not want to buy. Appliance stores usually have a few and you might be able to arrange an informal rental from one of the warehouse guys.

Steve Z

 

Now that the order status page seems to be down (at least for me it is) where can someone find information on what order numbers have been recently shipped?

 

anyone using Android phone or tablet for Taiko BMS connection to Olympus ? I have Samsung S22+ phone and a 2 year old Samsung tablet -all the correct settings and yet neither can connect for BMS app even when within a foot of Olympus. After several failed attempts, I tried my wife's Apple I-12 to connect and even from upstairs the BMS app worked fine...

 

It does, applying this approach our shipping schedule now looks like this:

Shipping now:
Silver Olympus servers (without I/O): 41.1, 47, 48, 51, 58, 63
Next up:
Black Olympus servers (with 3 I/Os) : 34.1, 40, 42, 44, 49, 60
Followed by:
Silver Olympus servers (all with I/O): 31, 44.1, 45, 46, 50, 55

@dminches , we’re updating on this forum, see above for the last.

This to put an end to the mayor support headache the webpage creates. It looked like a good idea but it turned out to be a very bad one.

We are contemplating moving to a subscription based e-mail system, working on that now.

Meanwhile Silver Olympus servers (without I/O): 41.1, 47, 51, 58, 63, 65 shipped to the hazardous material handling company while Black Olympus servers (with 3 I/Os) : 34.1, 40, 42, 44, 49, 60 are being finished. Silver I/Os are expected to arrive this Thursday but will need to pass QC. And eagerly awaiting the arrival of a rather sizeable black batch.

 

anyone using Android phone or tablet for Taiko BMS connection to Olympus ? I have Samsung S22+ phone and a 2 year old Samsung tablet -all the correct settings and yet neither can connect for BMS app even when within a foot of Olympus. After several failed attempts, I tried my wife's Apple I-12 to connect and even from upstairs the BMS app worked fine...

Samsungs don’t work with the BMS app, we only found out last week, it's on the to fix list already.

 

@dminches , we’re updating on this forum, see above for the last.

This to put an end to the mayor support headache the webpage creates. It looked like a good idea but it turned out to be a very bad one.

We are contemplating moving to a subscription based e-mail system, working on that now.

Meanwhile Silver Olympus servers (without I/O): 41.1, 47, 51, 58, 63, 65 shipped to the hazardous material handling company while Black Olympus servers (with 3 I/Os) : 34.1, 40, 42, 44, 49, 60 are being finished. Silver I/Os are expected to arrive this Thursday but will need to pass QC. And eagerly awaiting the arrival of a rather sizeable black batch.

Thanks Emile. No need to take up more of your team’s time. Things really seem to be moving along.

 

@Taiko Audio
Emile, the server set up went well, and all is good for #38. The only point of frustration was not having the pairing code on the Quick Start card. Whoah! I went crazy trapped in a loop for a while until dug into the manual.

 

I am experiencing an intermittent interruption of music play while using my new Olympus, Roon, and streaming from online. The sound will simply go to zero. But when I look at the Roon app, I see the play bar cursor moving normally. To correct this, I pause, slide the cursor back slightly , then hit play. the system plays normally thereafter right through the area where it stop sound before. This doesn't happen often, but seems to happen once or twice a day. My system is playing a good many hours a day, so this minor problem is a minuscule problem at the moment, and I only mention it to provide the observation. I obviously have no way of knowing whether this is Roon or Olympus, and for completion's sake, there is no accompanying distortion, and certainly no power interruption. As mentioned above, the play activity cursor continues moving normally after the sound stops, suggesting to me that Qobuz has not been interrupted. And, when streaming TV from the same internet source, we never experience any interruptions.
I have the Taiko distributor, router and switch upstream.

 

@Taiko Audio
Emile, the server set up went well, and all is good for #38. The only point of frustration was not having the pairing code on the Quick Start card. Whoah! I went crazy trapped in a loop for a while until dug into the manual.

That should be easy enough to add, @Christiaan Punter can you look into that?

 

@Taiko Audio
Emile, the server set up went well, and all is good for #38. The only point of frustration was not having the pairing code on the Quick Start card. Whoah! I went crazy trapped in a loop for a while until dug into the manual.

Are you referring to the PIN code, as mentioned in the BMS app Manual?

 

I am experiencing an intermittent interruption of music play while using my new Olympus, Roon, and streaming from online. The sound will simply go to zero. But when I look at the Roon app, I see the play bar cursor moving normally. To correct this, I pause, slide the cursor back slightly , then hit play. the system plays normally thereafter right through the area where it stop sound before. This doesn't happen often, but seems to happen once or twice a day. My system is playing a good many hours a day, so this minor problem is a minuscule problem at the moment, and I only mention it to provide the observation. I obviously have no way of knowing whether this is Roon or Olympus, and for completion's sake, there is no accompanying distortion, and certainly no power interruption. As mentioned above, the play activity cursor continues moving normally after the sound stops, suggesting to me that Qobuz has not been interrupted. And, when streaming TV from the same internet source, we never experience any interruptions.
I have the Taiko distributor, router and switch upstream.

I actually have the same issue myself, it started recently. It doesn’t matter if I play Qobuz playlists, or play a single track or album on repeat, the sound cuts out after 6-12 hours while the track seemingly keeps playing. I’ve had Tidal playlists running allover the weekend and today without any issues so it does appear to have something to do with Qobuz.

 

Got my server and I/O today.
It had been a long wait.
Unfortunately, I was unable to get Roon to find the Olympus server
Alll 5 leds are solid and not blinking but just don’t see Olympus on Roon
Hopefully I can get some one from Taiko to help tomorrow

 

Got my server and I/O today.
It had been a long wait.
Unfortunately, I was unable to get Roon to find the Olympus server
Alll 5 leds are solid and not blinking but just don’t see Olympus on Roon
Hopefully I can get some one from Taiko to help tomorrow

Do you see the server on your wifi network? Do you have the Taiko router?

 

I actually have the same issue myself, it started recently. It doesn’t matter if I play Qobuz playlists, or play a single track or album on repeat, the sound cuts out after 6-12 hours while the track seemingly keeps playing. I’ve had Tidal playlists running allover the weekend and today without any issues so it does appear to have something to do with Qobuz.

I have experienced the same thing with Qobuz recently and the timing seems to be similar -- 6 to 12 hours into a session with Qobuz. I haven't yet pulled the plug on my Tidal subscription so I will check that later this evening.

Steve Z

 

Got my server and I/O today.
It had been a long wait.
Unfortunately, I was unable to get Roon to find the Olympus server
Alll 5 leds are solid and not blinking but just don’t see Olympus on Roon
Hopefully I can get some one from Taiko to help tomorrow

@hifirabbit - sorry to hear you ran into issues.
I don't know on what timezone you are but if you want me to help in the next couple of hours, send me a direct message with your number, and I can call you to troubleshoot this together.