I am more interesting in knowing if Emile thinks we may see the router delivered by Oct 1.
Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème
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Understood, but both Mac and PC devices do all these things. Yet using one seems to delivery improved SQ? Not sure why that would be since, as has been pointed out, there's not that much traffic moving from Extreme to remote handheld device. So the handhelds should not be overly burdened with either operating systems. Further, if one remedy is "Feel free to boost transmission power and/or mount a larger antenna", how exactly does one do the former? Is that even doable to the end user like me (with the technical abilities of a plant?)
I also wonder....lately my device performance has been so sluggish that I was curious if something changed recently in the Extreme software. I haven't raised this previously because I use Roon and always assumed the recent onset of sluggishness was a Roon function but my sense is that XDMS users are experiencing this as well? My Extreme is hard wired via the switch to my ISP and ipad is in the same room as a mesh satellite which delivers 1GB service, but sometimes I have to wait 30 seconds for a program to engage after hitting play. It sounds like a buffering issue but my buffering settings have not changed in at least 2 years. Yet performance is disappointing with occasional crashes that are remedied by re-starting the Extreme. I don't know if XDMS-NSM will resolve this. I suspect that I can only grin and bear it for now. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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steve williams
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If there are 17 projects in the pipeline all of which improve Taiko Im interested I hearing what lies ahead
steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
Not so with XDMS. I have noticed zero slow down .Might be time to reach out to Taiko and have them install XDMS. I haven't used it all but once in the past 2 years
Marty, if you have a device connected to the Taiko router Wi-Fi and it is creating network traffic it will affect sound quality. It isn’t just about the communication between the Extreme and the device. That’s why having a dedicated device which is connected to the taiko router only doing XDMS-stuff if the ideal solution. With respect to why each device may sound different, they all create different network traffic at different rates. Those differences may affect the sound.
Right now there is some delay in cover art populating in the XDMS app. When you try to look at your albums or artists the art does not appear immediately. I don’t know if that is a device issue or an Extreme to device issue.
I posted the delivery estimates from the surface finish company a few pages back, should be imminent.
I have boxes full of routers and dc distributors sitting here idle for weeks already, but they do need to be mounted in a chassis before we ship them.
That would be a matter of days, it’s only 200 in total and we can have the whole crew working on it.
Very helpful! Will try it.
But is this a concern? "Music: Automatic downloads and high quality streaming are turned off"
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There might be something else at work here Marty, though I can't offer clue what it might be. I haven't experienced a slow-down in performance with the Extreme/XDMS and I haven't ever experienced a crash. I don't want to be a Roon-basher, but some of what you are experiencing might be because of Roon.
Steve Z
Let me see if I can compile a list with release estimations / current status. May take me some time and it’s Sunday evening here
I've been on the XDMS list for a while. But Ed told me to hang on a while longer as there is a current bug with switching back to Roon. Once that is worked out, hopefully shortly, he plans to install XDMS (presumably beta) for me.
Totally agree. Hard to tell the Roon people anything. They always believe everything they do is perfect. Gave up on their threads a long time ago. We'll just have to see if this bug sorts out in time. I think Emile's suggestion to go to low data mode and strip the ipad of any superfluous programs make the most sense for now.
steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
The Antenna is a screw on device:
The Wi-Fi operating mode, band and maximum transmitter power can be set in the interface:
Marty, clear/empty the cache in ROON...That can help or resolve some of the PITA issues with Roon...
An elegant solution would be to use GrapheneOS on a Pixel Tablet. We could then keep the traffic to a strict minimum.
But that's not for everyone. One has to like getting one's hands dirty.
Another solution would be to install a firewall on an iPad or Android tablet, and then only open certain ports: for Roon and XDMS.
Emile, is that something you've already tried?
