Sorry, but NSM leaves XDMS as well as Roon in its dust......vrooommmmm, vrooooommmmThese comments are getting ridiculous! Now I must hear it ASAP… there’s no way it can be this much of an improvement over XDMS!
And I was the one extolling the virtues of Taiko’s own software over Roon about a week or so ago, on another thread here… while you were preferring Roon! (just a friendly jab, Bob…)Sorry, but NSM leaves XDMS as well as Roon in its dust......vrooommmmm, vrooooommmm![]()
Well sure I preferred XDMS prior to the Router then I preferred ROON after the installation of the router and now with NSM I’m reporting at what I am hearing.And I was the one extolling the virtues of Taiko’s own software over Roon about a week or so ago, on another thread here… while you were preferring Roon! (just a friendly jab, Bob…)
You may send me bribes. I know people. . .It‘s not me, that’s for sure!
I’ve never preferred Roon. but i did say it’s a flavor thing between XDMS and Roon. Now Roon compared to NSM sounds veiled and grainy You just cannot unhear NSM. I wish I could sell my lifetime Roon membership. It has always for my ears been second fiddle but NSM truly destroys itWell sure I preferred XDMS prior to the Router then I preferred ROON after the insulation of the router and now with NSM I’m reporting at what I am hearing.
Where do we go for dinner?You may send me bribes. I know people. . .
Steve Z
The big digital BANGit's time to shut down the hadron super-collider as temperatures approaching zero degrees kelvin are not the only way to make time slow down.
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We've started work on creating an installer that should make new XDMS installs a lot easier.as an alpha tester, i suspect that will be coming to you soon as they are working on an installer to automate the installation process. the manual installation by Emile and Ed does not scale up well
edit--unless wednesday's announcement is that they have made a breakthrough in cloning technology and dozens of Ed's will be amongst us soon.
We've started work on creating an installer that should make new XDMS installs a lot easier.
Adding NSM to am existing XDMS install is still a manual process but not a lot of work.
Feel free to apply via support@taikoaudio.com. We will be doing several NSM installs weeklyCan we reach out to support to arrange NSM installation on our servers or this service is not yet available to the masses ?
Others might give you way more technical insights than my humble self, but one thing I always remember for myself is that accurate music reproduction (and with it the music signal) is as much dependent on the actual content (= the bits) as the timely correct delivery of that content. … and that timely delivery is effected by a myriad of things (like transfer protocols, grounding, cables, etc.).How can I explain why streaming software makes such a difference to a friend who is the CTO of a large software company? He would describe himself as an audiophile, and knows that streaming is “bit perfect”. Aren’t there checksums used to ensure that 100% of the bits get from the file to the DAC? If so, then why does the streamer make a difference?
I told him I believe that checksums are not used during playback, which allows noise, jitter, and other things to modify the digital code.
Yes, as I understand it, the stream read is done on the fly without redundancy, which necessitates the receiver getting it right the one opportunity it sees the data. Noise disguises the data stream from being read correctly. Receivers like nice sharp delineations to read the “1’s”. When it looks like a smoothed sine wave you don’t know how or when it will read a signal step. Noise comes from everywhere and is a large topic in itself.How can I explain why streaming software makes such a difference to a friend who is the CTO of a large software company? He would describe himself as an audiophile, and knows that streaming is “bit perfect”. Aren’t there checksums used to ensure that 100% of the bits get from the file to the DAC? If so, then why does the streamer make a difference?
I told him I believe that checksums are not used during playback, which allows noise, jitter, and other things to modify the digital code.
The other part of the answer for why software makes a difference is complicated. Partly, inefficient code, which is all too common, ramps up processor demands and therefore processor noise. Stripping down the processes of stock OS software is mandatory. Managing the spectra of device noise to minimize it’s impact can also be a software issue.Yes, as I understand it, the stream read is done on the fly without redundancy, which necessitates the receiver getting it right the one opportunity it sees the data. Noise disguises the data stream from being read correctly. Receivers like nice sharp delineations to read the “1’s”. When it looks like a smoothed sine wave you don’t know how or when it will read a signal step. Noise comes from everywhere and is a large topic in itself.
So the audio stream read is fundamentally different than a regular data transfer read process and therefore much more prone to errors.
Bit perfection has been solved. With audio the bit needs to arrive at exactly the right time with nothing else coming along for the ride. This is astonishingly difficult to achieve.He would describe himself as an audiophile, and knows that streaming is “bit perfect”. Aren’t there checksums used to ensure that 100% of the bits get from the file to the DAC? If so, then why does the streamer make a difference?