If the sound was as good as you all mentionedAlas, when visiting on Sunday, I found none of the Taiko team members present but I did manage to obtain a front-row seat, which was a pleasant surprise given the popularity of the room.
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The Alsyvox/Pilium/Taiko Audio system sounded mightily impressive. The system performed in a powerful, crisp, and well-textured, as well as articulate, fast, amazingly expressive, and dynamic manner, yet without any edge or unnatural hardness. The system as a whole was clearly playing in a hugely synergistic manner, providing control, precision, and transparency and an engaging musical connection in equal measure.
Of the full-range ribbon panels that I heard during the show, these were easily the most impactful and dynamic and just plain most realistic.
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I heard some people say this system sounds lean but that's not how I hear it, per se. Of course, full-range ribbon speakers do sound very different from typical dynamic cabinet speakers, and they are indeed relatively leaner. To a large extent, I feel this can be attributed to there being no cabinet-induced fullness or coloration, nor fat or bloom added to the sound. To my ears, this is, on many accounts, a lot like live music. If anything, more like the real thing in fact.
In any event, I've also heard the very same Alsyvox models before in the Taiko showroom in Oldenzaal and in that location, and with Atma-Sphere OTL amplifiers, they sounded remarkably robust and quite full-bodied in the bass. But I'll add that no one will ever mistake them for, say, Wilson Audio speakers. These are just very different breeds.
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Here are the Taiko Extreme Router, Extreme DC Power Distributor, and Extreme Switch. Note that the right-hand unit is a display model. More Taiko "Extremeness" is going on behind the main racks.
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As shared by Emile, here is a look behind the system.
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All Omega Audio Concepts cabling, complete with Omega Audio Concepts power distributors.
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As Emile unveiled, the router was not used and neither was XDMS because of the ”large” number of “deejays” and we don’t currently have an XDMS remote for iPhones. What was used were 2 DC distributors/filters, one for the switch and one to “fix” the Fritz Box router provided by the MOC.
its hard to imagine the final effect with XDMS , Taiko Router and Taiko BPS.
I understand Emile wanted to be the best , but not to crash all others SQ in comparison.