Lukasz seems to have this part figured out re manufacturer
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I’m very excited about this, I would expect the delta between a Horizon with exotic tubes and a Poseidon with stock tubes to be significant.
as I posted a few pages back, if we can get your schedule cleared to make it across the pond and the continent the event at my house will have XDMI native on the Horizon. I am more than very excited about this
I thought it would be somewhat newsworthy to have this follow up post re the Horizon and Native XDMI . It has always been my intent to have native XDMI to the Horizon if and when Emile can find time to take the long trip to SoCal to highlight the Olympus, I/O and to fully be able to compare the internal DAC on the Olympus to Native XDMI on the Horizon. Suffice it to say I took the plunge and ordered a Horizon loaded with XDMI , rather than USB. I also suspect that Lukasz has looked into the cable needs to make native XDMI operational and Im reasonably sure he has a source to manufacture the necessary cables . I'm hoping that it will be possible to have both Horizon (USB with JL Audio and XDMI native) DAC's present to be able to compare the two....and yes I stuck with the Mallory copper top version just as I have now
yes. I wanted to be 100% certain I will have native XDMI for the event
Sending the unit back for retrofit certainly seems the most economical but as stated it is my hope to have both Horizon's present for purposes of comparing Horizon with USB to Horizon with XDMI native
Now that is commitment, Steve W. Not to mention meriting commitment. . .
Steve Z
I don’t think there will be much, if any, disagreement that ranks below the direct analogue output option so IMHO that wouldn’t be very useful.
Steve you ever get my adoption papers, notarized ?
Rodney, could you still adopt me if that goes through?
It has always been my goal to always play my digital files pure native so as Emile stated I have no desire whatsoever to do that comparison
Wow! Very impressive Steve, you will have many of the options so many of us are curious about...Plus it appears you will foster some members...
IMHO I feel that XDMI native with the Horizon has been a much quicker turn around than I ever expected BUT this is a collaboration of 2 of the greatest minds in today’s digital arena and to read Lukasz posts from Oldenzaal where he heard XDMI solidified my belief that XDMI will be truly something great. Plus Lukasz was so taken by it he gave his immediate decision to throw into the development of XDMI on the Lampi side. And here we are in a matter of a few months at most with a working solution.I still believe Emile is being very tight lipped about this anxiously waiting for user feedback. As I said my first test will be with the analogue card. I expect that to be what those of us who use external DACs will compare. I know a lot of Olympus users plan on only using the internal DAC. Reports out of Oldenzaal confirm it to be something special. I keep asking Emile if there was a way to use a tube with that analogue card 
We know Emile is not going to put out a DAC that doesn't hit all the right spots. At this level It's going to come down to what sonic signature blows our skirts up. We all have different tastes. Very exciting times...
“… I keep asking Emile if there was a way to use a tube with the analog card”IMHO I feel that XDMI native with the Horizon has been a much quicker turn around than I ever expected BUT this is a collaboration of 2 of the greatest minds in today’s digital arena and to read Lukasz posts from Oldenzaal where he heard XDMI solidified my belief that XDMI will be truly something great. Plus Lukasz was so taken by it he gave his immediate decision to throw into the development of XDMI on the Lampi side. And here we are in a matter of a few months at most with a working solution.I still believe Emile is being very tight lipped about this anxiously waiting for user feedback. As I said my first test will be with the analogue card. I expect that to be what those of us who use external DACs will compare. I know a lot of Olympus users plan on only using the internal DAC. Reports out of Oldenzaal confirm it to be something special. I keep asking Emile if there was a way to use a tube with that analogue card
That might be your tube preamp!
Emile. What preamp was used here ?
Or was it direct to amps ?
Will the Olympus analog Xdmi out be much better with top preamps ?
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