Yes, and other configurations are probably not going to get tested anytime soon.
thank you STeve for this warm welcome - me too I am immensely enjoying this forum, appreciate very much the friendly atmosphere and the support from all sides that is to befound here...
Same here. Received a couple of letters from CA Dept of Tax and Fee Administration. Unfortunately, I ended paying for it as they were going to send me a notice of determination and follow-up with collection. I guess I call them back and dispute this charge.
...that is actually the California "Fun Tax." Taiko Extreme users are having so much fun...something had to be done.
Thank you for that excellent explanation!I have been pondering this for a while now.
It is true that disconnecting the network cable in Taiko’s system did not make a difference. It is also true that I was shocked that it did not make a difference. Everywhere else I have tried that in a resolving system, the difference has been quite obvious. But I’ve only tried that in small home networks before the Taiko system.
That raises the question Emile touched on. What if the problem with our networks is that in a small home network the occasional packet processing causes more interruption than in a busy network? Imagine a network device sitting mostly idle and receiving packets every few seconds. Each packet has to “wake up” (not literally) the network device. On the other hand, in a busy network, where tens of thousands of packets are processed every second, the occasional audio related packet makes relatively no difference.
To try to give an illustrative example - in a small home network you are riding a car that has to stop on a stop sign every few seconds; in a busy network, you are riding on a highway with a constant speed. Your “highway” ride will likely be much smoother.
Haven’t had time to do more testing in my system due to other priorities, but an interesting experiment would be run a traffic generator that will keep constant traffic flow and check if my network tweaks, such as Buffalo switches with PinkFaun ultraOCXO clock and Sean Jacobs DC4 LPS make the same difference, or less, or none.
You can also think about this as loading the network like a class A amplifier that is almost always working at high capacity. I guess we can call it a Class A network. It's a very interesting idea, and the concept is not new to high end audio.
I really don't know what the issue or complaints are all about. Almost all countries charge an import tax on any goods brought into their country that are manufactured elsewhere. In the EU , you have VAT
Oh, I'm not complaining. I gladly pay all taxes I am responsible for. It sounds like there is confusion whether Extreme owners should pay the import duty tax charged by California as Emile states computers are 'duty free' and U.S. Customs may have categorized the Extreme incorrectly for at least 3 of us (as a 'nuclear reactor'). These are charges from the previous calendar year and not a sales tax. CA can keep my $750 but I would gladly take it back if I was erroneously charged. Sounds like Steve you may not have been charged this tax by California perhaps because it was characterized as a 'computer'. Great pictures Emile!! Did you get to hear how the system sounded?!
