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".

 

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?