That's amazing to me. I never see anything move through Memphis that fast.
Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème
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Economy here as well. Don't let them bill Taiko for Priority for all of these.
Steve's must have gone through as Priority.
Steve's must have gone through as Priority.
steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
Well ....my switch and network card was supposed to be priority with all of the others but it turned out mine was standard delivery and arrived 2 days later after sitting in New Jersey for 4 days
All of us sitting in the back seat of the station wagon asking -
Are we there yet? Are we there yet?
Are we there yet? Are we there yet?
steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
I'm sitting in the back seat clapping my hands singing, "if you're happy and you know it, clap your hands"
99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer, take one down, pass it around, then 98 bottles of beer on the wall.
They used to make us sing that when on a hike at summer camp....60 years ago
They used to make us sing that when on a hike at summer camp....60 years ago
Again, I am very pleasantly surprised by Taiko Audio's quick action/reaction.
In roughly one week :
- a problem is identified
- a replacement part is manufactured
- and sent to the switch/network-card buyers.
I received the bracket today.
Frankly, I am amazed !
Ich habe nur eines zu sagen: Bravo !
I spent a LOT of money on HiFi components from a well established and known brand. I once received the wrong cable for one of these units. I had to wait... two months to receive the right cable! Not weeks, months! (I sold my whole system from this brand).
In roughly one week :
- a problem is identified
- a replacement part is manufactured
- and sent to the switch/network-card buyers.
I received the bracket today.
Frankly, I am amazed !
Ich habe nur eines zu sagen: Bravo !
I spent a LOT of money on HiFi components from a well established and known brand. I once received the wrong cable for one of these units. I had to wait... two months to receive the right cable! Not weeks, months! (I sold my whole system from this brand).
steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
Just tell us it corrected the problemAgain, I am very pleasantly surprised by Taiko Audio's quick action/reaction.
In roughly one week :
- a problem is identified
- a replacement part is manufactured
- and sent to the switch/network-card buyers.
I received the bracket today.
Frankly, I am amazed !
Ich habe nur eines zu sagen: Bravo !
I spent a LOT of money on HiFi components from a well established and known brand. I once received the wrong cable for one of these units. I had to wait... two months to receive the right cable! Not weeks, months! (I sold my whole system from this brand).
Greetings. New member, full of gratitude for all the enthusiastic and wise posts I’ve enjoyed reading on this thread and others. Extremist since January '22. Currently running Switch with old network card and Taiko wall-wart PSU. Undecided re BPS and now shopping for a good linear PSU for the Switch.
I would love to read comments from folks who’ve tested stock Taiko vs. linear PSU units AND anyone who's compared 3rd party power supplies on the Switch. Why did you choose your PSU over the others available?
I would love to read comments from folks who’ve tested stock Taiko vs. linear PSU units AND anyone who's compared 3rd party power supplies on the Switch. Why did you choose your PSU over the others available?
Hi Opabin,
I wrote about the Ediscreation Firebird LPS last year.
It was my favorite and my plan was to use it for my coming Extreme Switch.
Ediscreation's Firebird LPS - Another splash for CAS audiophiles
Ediscreation Audio has been in business in Hong Kong for nearly 10 yrs, a branch of N&E Audio. Edison Wong, the designer-owner is a friend of mine. He is an electrical engineer by training and worked parttime for his audio products in the past. Now that the business of Ediscreation is thriving...
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I'm surprised by Plixir launching a new flagship LPS named Statement this month and I have auditioned it just now.
It's as good as Firedird but with a diff character.
Stay tuned. I will write a short review about it very soon.
The latest router document from Christiaan outlines the router capabilities pretty well. The router eventually could be able to do some streaming pre-processing for Roon and/or run some parts of XDMS, thus relieving the Extreme from those processes.
The new card and switch allow other processes (digital stream error correction chiefly) to occur with less burden on the Extreme.
Steve Z
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Welcome Opabin!
So far I've only compared the Taiko switch powered by the included SMPS wall wart to an Uptone Audio JS-2 with one rail set to 12 VDC. The JS-2 has way more ampacity available than the switch requires (approx 0.5 amps). I find it does sound better than the included SMPS.
I chose the JS-2 because I had one sitting idle that had previously supplied a Mac Mini modded with the Uptone power supply and fan mods.
The combination sounds wonderful with the new network card.
Steve Z
Hi Opabin,
I wrote about the Ediscreation Firebird LPS last year.
It was my favorite and my plan was to use it for my coming Extreme Switch.
Ediscreation's Firebird LPS - Another splash for CAS audiophiles
Ediscreation Audio has been in business in Hong Kong for nearly 10 yrs, a branch of N&E Audio. Edison Wong, the designer-owner is a friend of mine. He is an electrical engineer by training and worked parttime for his audio products in the past. Now that the business of Ediscreation is thriving...
I'm surprised by Plixir launching a new flagship LPS named Statement this month and I have auditioned it just now.
It's as good as Firedird but with a diff character.
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Stay tuned. I will write a short review about it very soon.
Hi CK,
Many thanks for starting this monster thread and for all your many helpful comments! Plixir's existing options look good, so I’m looking forward to your review of Statement. Will check out Ediscreation Firebird; also interested in FARAD Super3 and Ferrum HYPSOS. A fairly compact PSU would work best in my case, but I’m curious how audible are differences between various units.
I use 8 Teddy Pardo LPS units in my system, including with the Switch. Haven’t done any comparisons though…
Hi Steve,
Thanks for the warm welcome! Coincidentally, I do already have an Uptone JS-2, but it is busy powering my router and a TV box on a different rack. It’s a very flexible and capable unit, isn’t it, and I believe it would do very well for the Switch. But just for variety sake, I’m probably going to look elsewhere. Just need one rail.
I don’t suppose you spent much time with the Taiko SMPS, but do you recall the most important musical gains with your JS-2?
Whoa! Eight Teddy Pardo units! That's a real vote of confidence. Thanks for your reply, I’ll have a look at Teddy Pardo.
