Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

[John T]

Yeah, I actually have to obstruct the cooling fins to recreate it here.

My Extreme sits on a floor platform next to the Gryphon Mephisto (eventually APEX) the Mephisto in medium/high bias can put some heat out. So you must need a very high heat threshold/differential for a variety of applications....Very interesting...

 

[Zeotrope]

Yeah, I actually have to obstruct the cooling fins to recreate it here.

Thanks. I think I will drill some holes into my old bracket today, while waiting for the new car to arrive and the firmware update.

 

[rando]

...oh, if a torch is involved, count me in for alpha testing, Emile! Good Luck over there.

I will leave this post-lunch (GMT+1) jibe in place since you commented on the blowtorch and temperature swing large enough to warp metal or trigger a temperature guard.

No offense was intended.

 

[MarkusBarkus]

...none taken. It's like a joke, only (apparently) not as funny. Cheers, mr. rando.

 

[Steve Williams]

Wow. Cool. Thx Christiaan. I am fascinated since playing files with the new Switch and even with the old card, how amazing they sound vs the streaming. I used to try and play files occasionally but I personally did not feel that they sounded so amazing (maybe they did and it was just me) that made me want to listen to only files as I loved the streaming selection of music. Now I have a dilemma. I think the dilemma will lessen when we get the future enhancements in place.

I don't think I will ever want to do demos with streaming for now vs files. The DSD files sound CRAZY GOOD.

I agree Bob about DSD . I love playing my DSD512 files but the files that really light me up are my DXD files. They are truly ear openers

 

[Rhapsody]

You can see this in the Mini Player (bottom bar) when the file is playing.

For instance, Apple Lossless below:
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AIFF or WAV:
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FLAC:
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Will make a note to think about also adding this to the folder views.

I found my momentary Nirvana. Download the music I want from the Qobuz store and move to the Extreme>>>FINK!!! Sounds amazing with the file in XDMS.

 

[Steve Williams]

I found my momentary Nirvana. Download the music I want from the Qobuz store and move to the Extreme>>>FINK!!! Sounds amazing with the file in XDMS.

absolutely. He is one of my daily go to demos with XDMS. Listen to Sort Of Revolution

 

[cat6man]

Wow. Cool. Thx Christiaan. I am fascinated since playing files with the new Switch and even with the old card, how amazing they sound vs the streaming. I used to try and play files occasionally but I personally did not feel that they sounded so amazing (maybe they did and it was just me) that made me want to listen to only files as I loved the streaming selection of music. Now I have a dilemma. I think the dilemma will lessen when we get the future enhancements in place.

I don't think I will ever want to do demos with streaming for now vs files. The DSD files sound CRAZY GOOD.

Are your non-dsd files WAV or FLAC?

 

[cat6man]

I found my momentary Nirvana. Download the music I want from the Qobuz store and move to the Extreme>>>FINK!!! Sounds amazing with the file in XDMS.

Is the downloaded music FLAC or WAV?

 

[Bobvin]

Pictured here in a sub-basement lab at Taiko, we look in on thermal testing prototypes believed capable of Extreme performance reaching DSD^7.


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What could go wrong?

 

[Rhapsody]

absolutely. He is one of my daily go to demos with XDMS. Listen to Sort Of Revolution

Yes, I've listened to Sort of Revolution, BUT the reason I like the Fink albums so much is that I can put several of his albums on and just let them play. I REALLY enjoy every track and album after album. AND the downloaded files REALY sound amazing, with music that I love and with great sonics. Happy Camper in Brooklyn

 

[Steve Williams]

Yes, I've listened to Sort of Revolution, BUT the reason I like the Fink albums so much is that I can put several of his albums on and just them play. I REALLY enjoy every song, track and album after album. AND the downloaded files REALY sound amazing, with music that I love and the great sonics. Happy Camper in Brooklyn

I agree. I have them all. He has a very interesting bio which was an interesting read while listening

 

[Rhapsody]

I agree. I have them all. He has a very interesting bio which was an interesting read while listening

A REAL FIND for me. I got it from you. THANK YOU!

 

[Steve Williams]

What I find however is that the sound of my internal files is so good that I just don't even look at which format I am listening to as they all sound so close and so good. the big uptick as you said was indeed DSD and also my DXD files. Short of that we are all aware of a few of Emile's promised secrets, one of which was to shorten the gap between .wav and FLAC files

 

[dminches]

There is only one downside to the continually improving sound produced by the Extreme: poor recordings sound worse. I have deleted some files after realizing how bad the recording/mastering is.

 

[Steve Williams]

There is only one downside to the continually improving sound produced by the Extreme: poor recordings sound worse. I have deleted some files after realizing how bad the recording/mastering is.

yeh, we all got rid of our MP3 files...

 

[dminches]

yeh, we all got rid of our MP3 files...

I have never had MP3s. I am talking lossless.

 

[theaudiogeek]

There is only one downside to the continually improving sound produced by the Extreme: poor recordings sound worse. I have deleted some files after realizing how bad the recording/mastering is.

Experienced the same thing. With the lower noise floor, all flaws in the recording are showing up. I now have a list of albums that I need to

yeh, we all got rid of our MP3 files...

I run away from MP3 files..

 

[Steve Williams]

I have never had MP3s. I am talking lossless.

I know..I'm just yanking your chain

 

[Steve Williams]

I had a TestFlight invite this morning to update what I thought was XDMS showing now as "beta". That caught my attention until I looked closer and saw that the license on TAS was renewed. I din't realize that there were still a lot of users still on TAS. You guys are in for a treat with XDMS which is still in alpha testing but oh so close to beta from what I read in Ed's posts yesterday