Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème
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steve williams
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I bet you'll get notice on Monday for a Tuesday delivery. Same thing happened when I received switch and new card,,,,,it sat in Holland for 2 days and then once in New Jersey on a Saturday it didn't move to California until Tuesday eve and I received it on Wednesday
Simone the type is "Allen Wrench" non metric is 1/8th". You can buy a set that folds up with all the various sizes...
After a week almost, man the new switch + the network card has transformed the listening pleasure. Its simply pure music. Very fulfilling..
@simorag I think you're in Italy: 4mm. I'm a bike guy, so even my torque wrench is metric!
steve williams
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make sure the front and back switches of the Extreme are off when you remove the top to prevent electrocution
...you won't be electrocuted removing the top if it's on, but you may prefer death by lethal injection if you drop it into your CPU!
Check travel history on your tracking status page. Mine had more info hidden there. My bracket left the FedEx hub in NL at 5:29pm yesterday, so FedEx took 2+ days to get in on a plane.
For economy that's pretty normal. I have shipments coming to the US from Euro every week and most of the time for economy they take a few days to leave Euro.
I think Emile also mentioned something about strikes associated with the airlines or handlers as well.
Mine shows the exact same information as yours does, leaving at 5:29 yesterday. Probably a Tuesday delivery if I was guessing, which I am
Maybe it did not ship yet, I think Emile said some were going out Friday and some Monday.
I didn't get a tracking email either. Taiko support got it for me.
Mine arrived yesterday on the late FEDEX truck to my area. By the way, kudos to Emile and team for taping the bracket between two hardwood blocks because the padded bag took some hard hits on the way and was almost ripped open in shipment. As always, I appreciate their attention to detail and customer service.
By the time my wife and I finished dinner and watched the Atlanta Braves' spring training ball game I decided to postpone installation until this morning. In fact, after I finish my second cup of coffee and am done scanning through e-mail and WBF, that will be up next.
Pending a successful installation and a few hours of continuous play time I hope to post something more later this afternoon, US PDT.
Steve Z
Steve,
Happy to hear the new bracket resolved the issue. Does it look different than the original? Or was it simply that better protection during shipping prevented any bending or misalignment?
steve williams
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it is ever so slightly different in a few ways
Different Steve, but to answer your questions -- there are some differences in the bracket however given the original shipping method (form-fitting foam cutout in a rigid box) provided excellent protection the issue was manufacturing/bending tolerances of the original bracket and not shipping damage.
Steve Z
Steve, you are a better man than I am. I could never sit and watch a BB spring training game vs installing the bracket to see if it worked!
steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
It's so easy and quick to install that he could have done it during a game commercial
