From my humble experiences I also would expect this to be proven correct - I've found literally everything in the chain to benefit from increased power quality, and DCD is the best DC filtering I've experienced.
Thanks Emile, more fascinating insights..!
I assume the size of the internal storage on the Olympus wouldn't matter wrt sound quality, its just the fact of it being there or not, in the form of a single drive of the type you identified / recommended?
FYI - I found in the past when trying to use a Synology 4-drive NAS with an LPS, although the LPS was rated 'enough' theoretically [4A IIRC], it couldn't handle the initial start up draw and I had to use a more 'agricultural' solution that was rated at 10A. I didn't measure what it was actually...
It's been a while since I listened to my system unfortunately (roll on July) but I remember being able to easily discern differences between support materials just using the supplied copper feet on the Switch, varying between wide-open / looser sounding <> tight / focus, basically what I recall...
Indeed, its great to see!
AFAIK (and I hope) a new-hire Taiko design engineer will be working on an XDMI <> ProISL daughter card as their first project, IIRC it was potentially for the May-ish timeframe.
In my recent dealings with Vince at MSB I've been urging him to have their team...
Steve, I'm in a strange situation where my system isn't in the house I spend most time at (long story), so I've had to get used to bursts of hifi. I will eventually move to be with it full time. But for now the advantages of the other place I live (see profile photo!) make up for it, and I...
Well, I shut down my system last night and won't be back until July. I will of course keep 'listening' vicariously through these forums.
I just had a few (very happy) days listening to my new MSB Select Dac, which was a real step up from what I had before.
The silver lining / best laid plan is...
Earlier this week @EuroDriver helped me with a support issue - I was unable to connect my new Dac via USB, turned out I needed a new USB driver. I think this was well into the evening for him, but he was really quick to get on the case, and we had a good chat while I watched him sort it out on...
I'm looking forward to trying it out, I've realised that (with RCA to XLR adapters) I'll be able to do a not quite apples to apples a/b test vs Select Dac using the analog in to MSBs pre-amp section.
That's my understanding of what the 'base board' that each daughterboard attaches to is, i.e. 'the XDMI hardware interface'. So they would 'just' need to agree on an external connector to use (unless its already decided).
It'd be great to see the mini-bps that powers the Taiko router and switch - if possible - be a 'general purpose' LPS-killer device that offers a selection of output voltages.
Just asking for 'a friend' who is keen to see what can be done to improve the DC supply c.f. the MSB Select Dac...
"You had mentioned that down sampling the larger files and DSD sounds better." Post 442.
This is interesting, I missed that nugget.
I currently use a Chord DAVE, and having 'come up' through that route, a lot of PGGB wav files. Undoubtedly to my ears the 16x sample rate, very large...
I've been able to listen to NSM for a day or so now (thanks Khyle!) and I definitely feel like its a leap forward. Wow. Everyone has already covered the sonic specifics, but everything about it is so 'right' - absolutely compelling.
What a trajectory this is! Next leaps - Olympus & XDMI...
This is shaping up to be fantastic Emile, it all makes total sense to me and seems super smart. Although pricing is to be announced, from what you are saying I really appreciate your obvious focus on it. And I fully respect and value the huge amount of effort and expertise that has gone into...
Just as an extra data point at this stage, I have had TaikoAudio SSID drop outs since the update, too. Will wait a few days and see if I can figure out steps to reproduce before talking to support.
I think I have done something similar to what you are asking, Steve. But not the same.
I initially powered my Router (and Switch) with an LPS with additional voltage regulation, a claimed 750 nanovolts.
When I added the DCD I powered it from the LPS only (ie removed the regulation / filtering...
Re - DCD vs BPS, how I’m interpreting the information released so far (large SQ uptick, v low noise, fast, high current capability) as is that the BPS will out perform LPS + DCD to such an extent that we’ll be clamoring to power our modems, DACs, etc. with yet to be confirmed standalone mini...