Christiaan Punter
Well-Known Member
Indeed, "printer cable" is just an expression to indicate an "el-cheapo" standard USB cable.
Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème
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I'm no longer sure if I can decipher the difference between default/alternative in NSM. At first I thought I heard an uptick in alternative. I'll play around some more. Bottom line NSM sounds DAMN GOOD!
That is incorrect. There certainly is a taskmaster. It's also called "the wife".
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 life I am good at, things digital certainly NOT among them.
I did succeed
Initial impressions were nice, a very relaxed presentation, very likable, but nothing to get excited about.
12hours later things had changed. Quite a lot.
Impact, thrust, vigour, excitement are back, big time.
Now some 24hours more.
Deep bass reproduction had been raved about by others here before.
They all … were and are bloody well right.
Deep bass instruments are reproduced with vigour, intensity and a depth now I haven’t had ever before.
But there is more to it.
Fine textural details, a naturalness, which really did impress me.
But most of all, fine small scale dynamic variations which make the musicians’ expression, their intent in interpretatio, the meaning in their music - they are here to a degree I didn’t think possible with bloody digital.
In deep bass and … elsewhere!
I am in this hobby more than fourty years.
A few components had made me truly enthusiastic.
The gold coil Hul Grasshopper prototype, one of three, in my turntable.
The Apogee Scintillas.
This is in the same league.
Astonishingly, it does keep getting better and better.
Thank you!
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 life I am good at, things digital certainly NOT among them.
I did succeed
Initial impressions were nice, a very relaxed presentation, very likable, but nothing to get excited about.
12hours later things had changed. Quite a lot.
Impact, thrust, vigour, excitement are back, big time.
Now some 24hours more.
Deep bass reproduction had been raved about by others here before.
They all … were and are bloody well right.
Deep bass instruments are reproduced with vigour, intensity and a depth now I haven’t had ever before.
But there is more to it.
Fine textural details, a naturalness, which really did impress me.
But most of all, fine small scale dynamic variations which make the musicians’ expression, their intent in interpretatio, the meaning in their music - they are here to a degree I didn’t think possible with bloody digital.
In deep bass and … elsewhere!
I am in this hobby more than fourty years.
A few components had made me truly enthusiastic.
The gold coil Hul Grasshopper prototype, one of three, in my turntable.
The Apogee Scintillas.
This is in the same league.
Astonishingly, it does keep getting better and better.
Thank you!
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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 life I am good at, things digital certainly among them.
I did succeed
Initial impressions were nice, a very relaxed presentation, very likable, but nothing to get excited about.
12hours later things had changed. Quite a lot.
Impact, thrust, vigour, excitement are back, big time.
Now some 24hours more.
Deep bass reproduction had been raved about by others here before.
They all … were and are bloody well right.
Deep bass instruments are reproduced with vigour, intensity and a depth now I haven’t had ever before.
But there is more to it.
Fine textural details, a naturalness, which really did impress me.
But most of all, fine small scale dynamic variations which make the musicians’ expression, their intent in interpretatio, the meaning in their music - they are here to a degree I didn’t think possible with bloody digital.
In deep bass and … elsewhere!
I am in this hobby more than fourty years.
A few components had made me truly enthusiastic.
The gold coil Hul Grasshopper prototype, one of three, in my turntable.
The Apogee Scintillas.
This is in the same league.
Astonishingly, it does keep getting better and better.
Thank you!
Sounds like you’re getting an early start on some end of year fireworks
More to come in 2024 !
Happy New Year everybody !
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 life I am good at, things digital certainly NOT among them.
I did succeed
Initial impressions were nice, a very relaxed presentation, very likable, but nothing to get excited about.
12hours later things had changed. Quite a lot.
Impact, thrust, vigour, excitement are back, big time.
Now some 24hours more.
Deep bass reproduction had been raved about by others here before.
They all … were and are bloody well right.
Deep bass instruments are reproduced with vigour, intensity and a depth now I haven’t had ever before.
But there is more to it.
Fine textural details, a naturalness, which really did impress me.
But most of all, fine small scale dynamic variations which make the musicians’ expression, their intent in interpretatio, the meaning in their music - they are here to a degree I didn’t think possible with bloody digital.
In deep bass and … elsewhere!
I am in this hobby more than fourty years.
A few components had made me truly enthusiastic.
The gold coil Hul Grasshopper prototype, one of three, in my turntable.
The Apogee Scintillas.
This is in the same league.
Astonishingly, it does keep getting better and better.
Thank you!
Are you going to take out Ediscreation now?
I wonder which combination will sound the best.
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 the Ediscreation in front of all, in the house installation where up to now a netgear gs108e distributes to my and three more flats.
Cheers, Ulrich
Earlier this week @EuroDriver helped me with a support issue - I was unable to connect my new Dac via USB, turned out I needed a new USB driver. I think this was well into the evening for him, but he was really quick to get on the case, and we had a good chat while I watched him sort it out on TeamViewer. Thank you so much Ed, you are as star! Sorry it's taken me a couple of days to get round to this message, I've been glued to my listening seat ever since!
steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
we would all be lost sheep with out Ed. The man never sleeps and is always there to help. The praise IMO is indeed well deserved. Ed is 9 time zones ahead of me and is always available
+1 regarding Ed. It is amazing how much he has done and how many people he has personally helped.
Has anyone compared the Taiko router/switch with the Nordost Qnet and its linear PSU Qsource? Thank you!
+1 : Ed @EuroDriver is a fantastic person and very professional. He was available on New Year's day to install my NSM as well as the following days to assist with a flashing ASIO driver in Roon around 23.00 at night his time . Great asset to the Taiko team !
The new Taiko Audio dedicated forum :
www.whatsbestforum.com
Taiko Audio
Welcome to the Taiko Audio Forum. This forum is a dedicated space to talk about all Taiko Audio products. It is the best place to find out what Taiko is up to, products in development, and for asking us questions about highest level music streaming systems! Taiko Audio are known for making...
www.whatsbestforum.com
@Taiko AudioThe new Taiko Audio dedicated forum :
Taiko Audio
Welcome to the Taiko Audio Forum. This forum is a dedicated space to talk about all Taiko Audio products. It is the best place to find out what Taiko is up to, products in development, and for asking us questions about highest level music streaming systems! Taiko Audio are known for making...
Does it make sense to integrate the Extreme thread into the new Taiko Audio dedicated forum?
That would invalidate thousands of external links.
steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
Precisely the reason. The Taiko thread is properly placed in the appropriate subforum and I see it as the place where users can gather and discuss general issues. The Taiko subforum is a wikipedia of all things Taiko
posting here as I believe this topic can’t be severed into one taiko sub thread. Preface w I am fully on Taiko train 4 years running (extreme, switch, router, power distributor) and olympus is on order.
Currently there are numerous permutations to try off the taiko power distributor w default, alternate and bypass configs. and XDMS NMS currently offers numerous options from straight up alternative or default, or on each of those 4 different aiso driver options. (apologize if i am not getting this exactly correct). overlay that w over a hundred tube combinations with the Horizon etc. all good problems to have w such flexibility. there is a bit of deflation as it appears there is no real consistency for anyone.
But take the Horizon out of the equation, how are we to ascertain the best combination of filters and driver options given the high number of combinations and few dozen dacs in use. but on top of that consistently evolving/improving developments w xdms and integration w olympus - how often will all permutations need to be reevaluated.
Rather than 64 or 128 options to try to experiment with, i would love to know the two or three i should try and set and forget. the permutations are currently overwhelming (for some) and growing. but also what a luxury to fine tune right? i am curious what is the sound profile taiko aims for/recommends. i assume ‘ultimate neutrality’ would be an over simplification given now all the permutations through taiko products. would love to hear from others, taiko etc
Currently there are numerous permutations to try off the taiko power distributor w default, alternate and bypass configs. and XDMS NMS currently offers numerous options from straight up alternative or default, or on each of those 4 different aiso driver options. (apologize if i am not getting this exactly correct). overlay that w over a hundred tube combinations with the Horizon etc. all good problems to have w such flexibility. there is a bit of deflation as it appears there is no real consistency for anyone.
But take the Horizon out of the equation, how are we to ascertain the best combination of filters and driver options given the high number of combinations and few dozen dacs in use. but on top of that consistently evolving/improving developments w xdms and integration w olympus - how often will all permutations need to be reevaluated.
Rather than 64 or 128 options to try to experiment with, i would love to know the two or three i should try and set and forget. the permutations are currently overwhelming (for some) and growing. but also what a luxury to fine tune right? i am curious what is the sound profile taiko aims for/recommends. i assume ‘ultimate neutrality’ would be an over simplification given now all the permutations through taiko products. would love to hear from others, taiko etc
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I would go like this:
Switch - default
Router - alt2, too dark, change to default, still too dark, change to alt1
Then try xmds alt or default
Then try the ASIO options
Or just leave everything on default
