I cannot predict the timeline to beta but Ed’s team is separate from everything else going on at Taiko. I also think Taiko outsourced the router firmware work so that shouldn’t have an effect on XDMS either.
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I cannot predict the timeline to beta but Ed’s team is separate from everything else going on at Taiko. I also think Taiko outsourced the router firmware work so that shouldn’t have an effect on XDMS either.
FWIW, once you hear the Olympus with Roon, you will probably never even think this is a downside.
Wondering what would the "local file playback only" (in Extreme) group do in the meantime when using Olympus?
I have never used Roon before. I have only used Taiko's playback app.
In my system, the SQ improvements with the latest version of XDMS are absolutely stunning. The immediacy, the separation of voices and instruments, the blackness of the background, and the exquisitely defined low end, all are by far the best I have ever heard.
Kudos to Ed and the XDMS development team.
Kudos to Ed and the XDMS development team.
Thank you. I am aware of that.. I will have to revisit it before I get my Olympus.
Do you mean folder navigation (i.e. not via metadata)? I think old mustang wrote that too now supports this (it didn't before). Since I don't use roon, I have no personal insights
When using an Olympus to play back local files you'd use Roon.
XDMS is not supported on Olympus (yet). Also, there are cautions in the Olympus user manual on-line that user-loaded third party software on Olympus is not recommended or supported, and if unsanctioned third party software proves problematical Taiko support may charge support fees to correct the situation.
Steve Z
XDMS just keeps getting better and better. Latest control app and back end here (thank you Ed!) and additional improvements in clarity, imaging, micro detail and overall tonality. This is making it very easy to wait patiently for the Olympus. Just absolutely smitten with the sound quality as it is. Hats off again Taiko, Ed and the unsung software coders.
steve williams
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I must admit that I totally agree. I have been getting in the last few days of listening to XDMS 3.0.2 ( +1) with my Extreme as my O/IO shipped today and although @nenon said one wont despair listening to Roon with the Olympus (and Im sure he's correct) I really do prefer XDMS. The man hours put in by Ed and his team are indeed monumental, so Im hoping I don't have withdrawal symptoms as I await XDMS for the Olympus. I also will miss being a part of the alpha test group and cant thank Ed enough for all of the help he has given me these past few years. I know people have been betting against a finished XDMS product but I personally believe in all things Taiko as well as knowing that all good things come too he who waits. Bravo Ed and his coders. Ed has filled me in on some of the things they are working on in XDMS and for my novice mind I find them to be somewhat mind boggling. Kudos to all
Steve Williams, you are a tease! Pray tell, what did Ed tell?!
steve williams
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ask him. I don't think it's a secret. I talk to Ed frequently. He's an amazing man with so many worldly experiences. I commonly ask him where XDMS is headed and AFAIK they are working on some of these things now but I just don't feel it's my prerogative to discuss it here on open forum.
Big thanks to Ed @EuroDriver (Emile @Taiko Audio and all responsible humans) who did a late night install of the latest XDMS backend. Before bed I listened to a few tracks but was much too sleepy to assess. This afternoon into early evening I am sitting here reveling in the beauty of and connection to the music pouring out of my speakers. I don’t have my usual desire to explain in audiophile terms the improvements. Just in a dreamy state of audio bliss 
Software is incredibly important, I would agree you could indeed spend unlimited resources on hardware and end up being out performed by much cheaper hardware combined with “smarter” or “better” software.
Unfortunately software development nowadays can easily surpass hardware costs (development and parts combined), with visibility limited to a user interface at best, which isn’t even an indicator of expense.
For digital sources, in a market which is for a large part focused on box count/appearance/weight, this is a particular difficult aspect to bring to people’s attention.
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