FWIW I'd agree with gapless being higher priority than scrubbing. I'm a PGGB -er who is waiting to see if it will end up being really worth it once NSM, Router, BPS, TACDD are out, and as non PGGB already sounds so good..
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We know gapless is a must have, and scrubbing is just a nicety.
However in the bigger scheme of things we need scrubbing in order to get to Beta, so it has to be the top priority
Thanks. I did read the manual but it wasn't clear to me.
So great to hear Ed. And thank you to you and your team for all the blood, sweat, tears, late night coding, etc. and hopefully some stress relief on this breakthrough project. And maintaining such transparency, kindness and communication throughout. A massive endeavor that appears to be reaching a monumental milestone in the near future. We are very fortunate.
Gapless refers to XDMS playback, specifically the ability to play from one track to the next track without inserting extra silence between tracks. For albums recorded with one track seamlessly seguing into the next, gapless playback is necessary to play the album as the artist(s) intended.Hello, Sitting on the sidelines here waiting for internal DAC w Extreme, maybe BPS, probably switch and maybe router. Can anyone clarify some terms for me? Gapless, Scrubbing, PGGP and NSM? IRDAI !Ken
Scrubbing is the ability to zoom forward or back through a track by moving the track's progress indicator on the player software's play bar. A required functionality by major streaming services for certification of playback software.
PGGB is a software program that does non-real time upsampling of digital music files. Because files are upsampled, typically from 1fs (16/44.1) to as much as 16fs (24 or 32 bit/705.6 or 768) the resulting upsampled files are much, much larger than the original files. People using PGGB to upsample their library end up with a fair percentage of files that currently won't play all the way through with Taiko's XDMS playback software because the files are larger than the current 1.5GB file size limitation.
PGGB - Offline remastering
www.remastero.com
NSM or XDMS-NSM is the name being used to refer to the as-yet unreleased major back-end rework of Taiko's XDMS playback software. What NSM is an abbreviation for has not offically been stated.
Hope this helps,
Steve Z
Christiaan Punter
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It's worth revisiting the downloads section now and then as I keep adding to the Guides, Manuals, and Summary Documents with new or updated info. For instance, the latest Router docs now have clear Diagrams showing the connections (based on a diagram made by SwissTom!).
The great news is I just received notice that my router has shipped! The bad news is that you have sent it to the wrong address. I've moved and left the correct address in the order notes.
Please let me know what i can do to help. This said, I'm truly impressed with everything Taiko is doing and creating. This amount of innovation and creativity in such as compressed time frame is unprecedented.
Christiaan Punter
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Hi Joseph, this is being taken care of as we speak. Don't worry, we will make it right.
I just got a note that you noticed the glitch and are fixing it. Thank you. Sorry for posting the issue, but wanted to exhaust all avenues of communication due to the urgency.
Thank you very much. I have/had no doubt you'd make it right. my urgency was an attempt to let you know immediately in case the address could be changed to save you any related post shipment costs and delays.
Thank you @oldmustang ! Great descriptions. I was correct on Gapless, understand Scrubbing but did not know the name, and had no ideas on the other two acronyms. How many here use PGGB? I assume this is good / not good depending on how each DAC works? I know there are differences between DACS and streamers on upsampling. I currently have a Grimm MU1.
steve williams
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Having my morning coffee and am reading a DHL notice that my Router is en route. Thank you Taiko Audio. Next week the journey continues. So happy to be a part of this wonderful experience. The goal posts keep changing. Very much looking forward to the next step in the Taiko chain of ever better sound quality
Just got my DHL notice as well. Thank you team Taiko! Its going to be a busy week re-organizing the rack. Looking forward to the router/dcd.
My DHL shipping notice was waiting for me in my in-box this morning as well. Thank you team Taiko.
Steve Z
Steve Z
Not sure if this has been answered before? Any concerns if the router and the switch are stacked (assuming the finish is protected)?
