Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

[Taiko Audio]

I’m pretty sure he has 2 cores / raatservers active routing one through the other, that would go a long way making them sound the same, especially over Ethernet.

He upgraded from a MSB Reference to the MSB Select. He could hear plenty difference with the Reference but is under the impression that difference is not there with the Select, aka the Select being immune to the source where the Reference is not. Obviously the differences between the Reference and Select are in other areas.

 

[howiebrou]

I’m pretty sure he has 2 cores / raatservers active routing one through the other, that would go a long way making them sound the same, especially over Ethernet.

He upgraded from a MSB Reference to the MSB Select. He could hear plenty difference with the Reference but is under the impression that difference is not there with the Select, aka the Select being immune to the source where the Reference is not. Obviously the differences between the Reference and Select are in other areas.

I'm sure he will provide the technical explanation in his next video.

 

[MarkusBarkus]

...from the "lab."

 

[Steve Williams]

I'm sure he will provide the technical explanation in his next video.

I can hardly wait

 

[takacs75]

Jay can’t “see” many things, mainly because his room doesn’t allow him to explore the full benefit of his fantastic gear.

For that money this system is a shame. Very hifi sound. I know Extreme well, the problem is elsewhere This is my Taiko with Horizon for a 1/4 of the cost of Jay’s:

 

[oldmustang]

For that money this system is a shame. Very hifi sound. I know Extreme well, the problem is elsewhere This is my Taiko with Horizon for a 1/4 of the cost of Jay’s:

Great tune, Laszlo and it sounds really good on your system. I know it's Clapton doing Layla live and acoustic, but which album please?

Steve

 

[Tango]

Is this acoustic guitar? Sure not from MTV unplugged.

 

[oldmustang]

Is this acoustic guitar? Sure not from MTV unplugged.

I figured it out -- The Lady In The Balcony, The Lockdown Sessions. The album cover shows Eric with an acoustic guitar. The guitar is shown separately mic'd for the recording on the music video:

Steve Z

 

[John T]

I agree with Armsan, with the level of gear this dude Jay gets to play with. His room looks totally inadequate and undersized. He "was" adamant about AudioQuest Dragon High Current with Mephisto. In no way am I bad mouthing AudioQuest. However these Power Cables (IMHO) are far from the best choice with this AMP. Unnatural, edgy, and the list go's on. Furthermore who does a YouTube demo (Mephisto Stereo) in low bias?? This makes no sense...

 

[Steve Williams]

I agree with Armsan, with the level of gear this dude Jay gets to play with. His room looks totally inadequate and undersized. He "was" adamant about AudioQuest Dragon High Current with Mephisto. In no way am I bad mouthing AudioQuest. However these Power Cables (IMHO) are far from the best choice with this AMP. Unnatural, edgy, and the list go's on. Furthermore who does a YouTube demo (Mephisto Stereo) in low bias?? This makes no sense...

Hey, he’s got his band of faithful followers

 

[rau]

FWIW, this is the most popular thread on WBF and has maintained it's longevity by virtue of all the information traded. Virtually every Extreme user has posted here or has been reading this thread,. There are well over 1 million views and 10,200 posts. Not once in all of the years this thread has been going have I ever read any user say they cannot hear a difference with the Taiko Extreme. I rest my case

I'd be very curious what he feels bests it , it sure ain't his W20SE .

 

[MarkusBarkus]

...you mean "bests it" this month.

 

[Taiko Audio]

Apparantly the video is about not hearing a difference between the interface used from Extreme to MSB Select, Ethernet (Renderer v2) or USB (USB Pro ISL). That could be possible since the last OS upgrade, any other MSB owners willing to try that out to verify?

 

[austinpop]

As someone who writes about DACs and the digital chain, I take pains to describe my configuration in exhaustive detail, to ensure the reader knows what I am comparing. This video... does not.

 

[Kris]

quick question to All.
I was wondering how many of Extreme owners use grounding boxes ( entreq or tripoint) ?
How much benefit you see with that and if you isolate extreme from others ( dac, pre, amps) ?
thank you

 

[howiebrou]

quick question to All.
I was wondering how many of Extreme owners use grounding boxes ( entreq or tripoint) ?
How much benefit you see with that and if you isolate extreme from others ( dac, pre, amps) ?
thank you

I do not at this moment.

 

[Rhapsody]

quick question to All.
I was wondering how many of Extreme owners use grounding boxes ( entreq or tripoint) ?
How much benefit you see with that and if you isolate extreme from others ( dac, pre, amps) ?
thank you

I use Nordost QKORE signal grounding boxes in all of my rooms. I have the Extreme plus dac, preamps, amps connected in three different listening rooms. Noticeable positive results with each component connected and you can pull the ground wires out and re-connect with the system on and I can hear an immediate difference. Love that, vs. having to wait 200 hours to hear a difference.

 

[Kris]

I use Nordost QKORE signal grounding boxes in all of my rooms. I have the Extreme plus dac, preamps, amps connected in three different listening rooms. Noticeable positive results with each component connected and you can pull the ground wires out and re-connect with the system on and I can hear an immediate difference. Love that, vs. having to wait 200 hours to hear a difference.

Thank you
From what you mentioned it has deep, immediate and positive effect in your system.

Some are totally aginst it , others love it.
I know Emile had some Setchi devices working in simmilar way.
not sure what kind of „dust” mixture he used but some had very good results with them.

 

[howiebrou]

Thank you
From what you mentioned it has deep, immediate and positive effect in your system.

Some are totally aginst it , others love it.
I know Emile had some Setchi devices working in simmilar way.
not sure what kind of „dust” mixture he used but some had very good results with them.

I am not against it but when I tried it, it made things worse. I tried it on all my front end gear.

 

[dminches]

I would be curious what Emile’s @Taiko Audio current view is on grounding boxes with the Extreme.