Steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
Im in my backyard now as I type this and my signal is strong
Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème
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Steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
Oh yeah, 3 arrivals if we count you
Good to know. Thank you,
I was expecting the biggest SQ gain with Taiko router based on my routers testing .
But this might be just my system that was always extreme sensitive to network twicks and to the wifi used. Actually networking was more important than anything else I tried.
Will report how this performs in my system.
I was hoping for a big reliefe , but for this final SQ lift I might need to supply it all with BPS !
Steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
Ive been listening since 730 this morning. Here's my initial thought and TBH to this day I have not said the following.....but with the router XDMS remains excellent BUT to my ears right now Roon is so much better than XDMS. I never thought that could ever happen but according to what Emile is telling me, the reduced down stream network congestion favors Roon immensely. My ears definitely agree and Ive not only been listening but also relearning the ins and outs of Roon.
The GOOD news is that soon to be released NSM will once again be the King of the Hill and the BPS with Emile's new interface will maintain that order for a long time I would bet
To all of the XDMS users, now I know the method to Emile's madness when he said to listen to Roon after you've installed the new Taiko router.
I have 3 devices on Taiko WiFi...the rest of my network is all upstream
Steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
Simplest answer will be when XDMS goes beta and that is extremely close as I think I understand it
The pressure to get XDMS-NSM out the door is nicely reduced by Roon sounding so great with the Taiko Router and its WiFi
Christiaan Punter
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Ive been listening since 730 this morning. Here's my initial thought and TBH to this day I have not said the following.....but with the router XDMS remains excellent BUT to my ears right now Roon is so much better than XDMS. I never thought that could ever happen but according to what Emile is telling me, the reduced down stream network congestion favors Roon immensely. My ears definitely agree and Ive not only been listening but also relearning the ins and outs of Roon.
The GOOD news is that soon to be released NSM will once again be the King of the Hill and the BPS with Emile's new interface will maintain that order for a long time I would bet
To all of the XDMS users, now I know the method to Emile's madness when he said to listen to Roon after you've installed the new Taiko router.
I have 3 devices on Taiko WiFi...the rest of my network is all upstream
Right now Roon sounds better than XDMS on my system with just the switch.
Steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
will you be able to supply stickers for those who already have the Router. It was a PITA trying to figure I vs l
Hi Steve.. have you tried different filters in DCD?Ive been listening since 730 this morning. Here's my initial thought and TBH to this day I have not said the following.....but with the router XDMS remains excellent BUT to my ears right now Roon is so much better than XDMS. I never thought that could ever happen but according to what Emile is telling me, the reduced down stream network congestion favors Roon immensely. My ears definitely agree and Ive not only been listening but also relearning the ins and outs of Roon.
The GOOD news is that soon to be released NSM will once again be the King of the Hill and the BPS with Emile's new interface will maintain that order for a long time I would bet
To all of the XDMS users, now I know the method to Emile's madness when he said to listen to Roon after you've installed the new Taiko router.
I have 3 devices on Taiko WiFi...the rest of my network is all upstream
Steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
Steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
I am so happy about the field reports on the Gen 2 Router and the uplifted Roon SQ, it's made my day big time,
The Maestro Wizard of Oldenzaal needs to take a bow,
Bravo, and Encore
Steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
Just a quick reminder there was already some feedback posted by @Christiaan Punter describing his impressions of the filters in this thread and on our website here:
https://taikoaudio.com/taiko-2020/c...distributor-tests-at-taiko-hq/?v=796834e7a283
Something to keep in mind when comparing filters is that each individual filter is prone to burn-in effects. They use the highest possible quality parts available like Duelund capacitors which do take about 5 days or so to loose their initial “veil” after which clarity, sophistication, micro detailing and dynamics are at a significantly higher level. You will probably not notice this veil initially as this is offset by the increased clarity of inserting the router/dcd into the chain, but if you change filters after these 5 days those which have had some burn-in may sound better to you just because of that.
If you preferred Roon over XDMS before the router/dcd you will most likely have a preference for the “alt2” filter, if you preferred XDMS chances are good you’ll prefer “alt1”.
I was able to get same effect with taiko switch and home router settings.
XDMS was always a bit worst.
95% of my payback time was Roon.
So it looks my Taiko router investment will be a big step up if it favours Roon.
Hope to get it by the end of this week
Thank you SteveIve been listening since 730 this morning. Here's my initial thought and TBH to this day I have not said the following.....but with the router XDMS remains excellent BUT to my ears right now Roon is so much better than XDMS. I never thought that could ever happen but according to what Emile is telling me, the reduced down stream network congestion favors Roon immensely. My ears definitely agree and Ive not only been listening but also relearning the ins and outs of Roon.
The GOOD news is that soon to be released NSM will once again be the King of the Hill and the BPS with Emile's new interface will maintain that order for a long time I would bet
To all of the XDMS users, now I know the method to Emile's madness when he said to listen to Roon after you've installed the new Taiko router.
I have 3 devices on Taiko WiFi...the rest of my network is all upstream
If you the biggest FAN of XDMS came back to listen to Roon it tells all I need to know.
It must be a very big difference in a network noise that is generated by the standard routers we all use.
I agree we need to get BPS ASAP to complete the fundamental things like low noise power delivery first to be able to focuse on the final softwere changes as that is power quality depandent.
