Thanks for sharing, I agree the sound board swap is mandatory, OTOH many Pac owner may not find a qualified Tech easily, even they do will it jeopardize product warranty ?
Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème
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You can also see the source file resolution by clicking a track, select "more" , and then select "more info".
Shipping finally found Rochester (it's on all the maps) and the Extreme arrived safely today. I'm going to let it get to roomT and plug her in tomorrow.
BTW: I'm calling this baby Gina, after Gina Lollobrigida. I suppose "La Lolla" would be more fun and period correct, but Gina it is. I wouldn't dream of leaving her unnamed. Seems rude.
And Pete's (TWL) Obsession PC is here. That cable is awesome looking; let's see how it rips.
BTW: I'm calling this baby Gina, after Gina Lollobrigida. I suppose "La Lolla" would be more fun and period correct, but Gina it is. I wouldn't dream of leaving her unnamed. Seems rude.
And Pete's (TWL) Obsession PC is here. That cable is awesome looking; let's see how it rips.
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Hi Rhapsody.... sorry for the delay in getting back to your question. I do in fact own it. It is truly wonderfull. I have tried it with both with USB and via Network as a Roon Endpoint. I felt it sounded better via USB, though Network mode was still very good. Also of perhaps some note, the Ethernet cable I used for the test was just a junk piece of Ethernet... so not the exactly the world's best test, for what that's worth.
Hi Mriguy,
No problem, then for sure if Emile/team can get the Dac on their list it would be a great thing especially if in fact the usb sounded good with the generic usb driver.
Good luck with it!
Bob
Hi MRIguy,
The Mola-Mola has the XMOS USB receiver, and the Taiko 5.0 driver will work with it. You just need to get the USB descriptor using the Thesycon dump descriptor tool
Click for Thesyscon dump descriptor tool
Email the descriptor text to contact@taikoaudio.com
steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
you should also be using Pete’s Ethernet Cable
Who sez I'm not? I think TWL and PI Audio Group (Pete G. and Dave Elledge) are waaay under-rated. The UberBuss is excellent and their collaboration on cables is excellent.
Actually, I have another UberBuss with a DigiBuss++ filter on order for the Taiko. Those things will do 40 amps until the end of time (or planetary intervention).
Two dedicated lines: Extreme and the rest. Network stuff on a third dedicated line, other phase. So, actually three lines total. And both Pete and Dave are excellent guys to work with.
Actually, I have another UberBuss with a DigiBuss++ filter on order for the Taiko. Those things will do 40 amps until the end of time (or planetary intervention).
Two dedicated lines: Extreme and the rest. Network stuff on a third dedicated line, other phase. So, actually three lines total. And both Pete and Dave are excellent guys to work with.
This is 100% correct! They are great individually and greater than their sum when together.
System was out for a week due to weather/power issues in Texas. And then after getting power back, was unable to listen from having to catch up with lost work time.
I finally got to sit down for a listen after about ten days.. well It’s sounding even more “mahvellous” now after the hiatus!
It does appear that completely turning the system off does get rid of accumulated cobwebs.
But what is also now clear, after experiencing the Extreme (with TAS software and TAS driver) for numerous extended listening sessions, is that it’s no longer about how well the system can reproduce the recorded sonics. That’s a given.
It’s now more about being able to reproduce the emotional energy/spirit of the musician/artist ...the kind of unmistakable emotional raw energy you experience from a great artist in an intimate setting/great music hall.
The Extreme is truly a transformative component that elevates the rest of the audio chain to another level completely.
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I finally got to sit down for a listen after about ten days.. well It’s sounding even more “mahvellous” now after the hiatus!
It does appear that completely turning the system off does get rid of accumulated cobwebs.
But what is also now clear, after experiencing the Extreme (with TAS software and TAS driver) for numerous extended listening sessions, is that it’s no longer about how well the system can reproduce the recorded sonics. That’s a given.
It’s now more about being able to reproduce the emotional energy/spirit of the musician/artist ...the kind of unmistakable emotional raw energy you experience from a great artist in an intimate setting/great music hall.
The Extreme is truly a transformative component that elevates the rest of the audio chain to another level completely.
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I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this. I have used TAS to manually reproduce a few of the playlists I created in Roon over the years. This takes quite a while as I need to search for individual tunes in my library, Qobuz, and Tidal and some of the playlists are quite lengthy. When I've found all the tunes for a given playlist, I'll use the "save the play queue" function in Queue and give the playlist a name. I can then find that playlist in My Music under Playlists. So far so good, although I would love the Taiko team to come up with a way to automate the recreation of Roon playlists in TAS.
Unfortunately, I've lost those painstakingly assembled playlists twice now and I'm pretty sure it happens when I use the Rescan Media Library function. I still have all of the Tidal and Qobuz playlists that have come pre-assembled from these streaming services, but my own playlists are nowhere to be found. Is this a bug in TAS or am I missing something?
Unfortunately, I've lost those painstakingly assembled playlists twice now and I'm pretty sure it happens when I use the Rescan Media Library function. I still have all of the Tidal and Qobuz playlists that have come pre-assembled from these streaming services, but my own playlists are nowhere to be found. Is this a bug in TAS or am I missing something?
steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
I wonder if any one else has done the update to the TAS plugins. I noticed a green light at the player settings today. It showed which plugins are up to date and which need update.
The update was very quick but you get disconnected and will have to start the app and to tell it which player you want playing.
I found the user interface has much improved with a lot of new helpful features which are now working
Kudos as always to Emile and his team
Aesthetically a huge step up and a few new things seen in each screen
its like watching. the pieces fill in this jig saw puzzle.
As always the sound IMHO is the best digital I’ve heard in my system
The update was very quick but you get disconnected and will have to start the app and to tell it which player you want playing.
I found the user interface has much improved with a lot of new helpful features which are now working
Kudos as always to Emile and his team
Aesthetically a huge step up and a few new things seen in each screen
its like watching. the pieces fill in this jig saw puzzle.
As always the sound IMHO is the best digital I’ve heard in my system
Steve, are you referring to the LMS plug-ins that indicate newer versions? Or are you referring to an update to the TAS software itself?
I’ve done the plug-in updates yesterday but have not listened critically yet to see if there are subtle changes. I think the plug-ins don’t have anything directly to do with SQ?
I’ve done the plug-in updates yesterday but have not listened critically yet to see if there are subtle changes. I think the plug-ins don’t have anything directly to do with SQ?
steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
Looks like it is LMS. When I opened the app today I saw a green light where server and player settings are seen. When I clicked in it it said updates available so I’m assuming LMS
A Beta point. When playing a work like Pictures at an Exhibition with TAS much of the time there is no smooth transition to the next track--the music stops abruptly, sometimes before the passage is over, then the next track starts a few seconds later. Roon flows into the next track smoothly. It's a bit annoying but not as much as the SQ difference when switching to Roon! Can this be fixed?
Hi Ken, There is a link to submit fix requests on the FlightPlan app on the iPad.
