Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

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Perhaps to trust your own ears. . .?

Steve Z

Yes, I always trust my own ears, for sure. However, Emile's view would be welcome, at least for me. I have spent time testing the best combination for the Extreme. If he tells me it should be the same for the Olympus, I will probably not spend any time testing again.

 

[Taiko Audio]

Yes, I always trust my own ears, for sure. However, Emile's view would be welcome, at least for me. I have spent time testing the best combination for the Extreme. If he tells me it should be the same for the Olympus, I will probably not spend any time testing again.

It is likely you may end up having the same preferences, however as the benefits can be considerable for a rather minor time investment I would recommend revisiting this with any component change.

 

[audio42]

Hello,

With some help from @nenon, I had the chance to try grounding my Extreme, nothing fancy. Was not expecting much but now that I've heard the improvement, I am thinking of getting a proper grounding system. Tripoint is not in my budget so looking for recommendations.

Thank you in advance,
Arun

 

[Downtheline]

I'm using a ground zero 502 by granite audio. I'm pleased with it.

 

[Raker24]

Hello,

With some help from @nenon, I had the chance to try grounding my Extreme, nothing fancy. Was not expecting much but now that I've heard the improvement, I am thinking of getting a proper grounding system. Tripoint is not in my budget so looking for recommendations.

Thank you in advance,
Arun

Try a Montaudio Wanaka GR from New Zealand, excellent product. I use it myself, though, in my case, on my preamplifier.

 

[audio42]

Thank you, will look into these. Anyone still using the more common brands such as Entreq and Shunyata?

 

[Zeotrope]

Thank you, will look into these. Anyone still using the more common brands such as Entreq and Shunyata?

Yes, I have Shunyata’s ALTAIRA (Signal) Hubs throughout. Have been very happy with the results. Just make sure you tie all the hubs together if you use more than one, and it’s best to have everything connected to one common breaker.

 

[audio42]

Thank you, that's very helpful and good to know.

 

[engadin]

May I ask for your advice?

Where should ideally be Live, where Neutral at the IEC pins of the Taiko Extreme ?
Cheers, Ulrich

 

[MarcelNL]

https://propaudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Combi-IEC-and-3-pin-DMX-Extension-Combination-Cable-wiring-diagram.jpg

Yet..always check how a cable and wall outlet are connected.

 

[Zeotrope]

May I ask for your advice?

Where should ideally be Live, where Neutral at the IEC pins of the Taiko Extreme ?
Cheers, Ulrich

There is a dedicated ground screw already, you can see it in your photo. No need to look at the IEC pins.

 

[MarcelNL]

live and neutral should not be mixed up with ground...nor should earth for that matter.

 

[Zeotrope]

live and neutral should not be mixed up with ground...nor should earth for that matter.

Ground and Earth are connected -and that's in fact what you want when you use an external ground.
Try it out - check for continuity between the ground screw and the IEC ground.

 

[MarcelNL]

Ground and Earth are connected -and that's in fact what you want when you use an external ground.
Try it out - check for continuity between the ground screw and the IEC ground.

the question was: Where should ideally be Live, where Neutral at the IEC pins of the Taiko Extreme ?
that imho relates to 230/120 v

ultimately ground and earth do not need to be on the same plane, even when they are on the extreme.

 

[Sablon Audio]

Hi Ulrich. Photo of the oyaide power inlet r which Taiko extreme uses below. In line with convention, the lower left pin is live and the lower right pin is neutral.

 

[Christiaan Punter]

May I ask for your advice?

Where should ideally be Live, where Neutral at the IEC pins of the Taiko Extreme ?
Cheers, Ulrich

the question was: Where should ideally be Live, where Neutral at the IEC pins of the Taiko Extreme ?
that imho relates to 230/120 v

ultimately ground and earth do not need to be on the same plane, even when they are on the extreme.

Hi Ulrich. Photo of the oyaide power inlet r which Taiko extreme uses below. In line with convention, the lower left pin is live and the lower right pin is neutral.

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What Sablon Audio mentions is correct. Further, the connector is mounted in the Extreme Server, so the Live pin is at the bottom.



You can also refer to the table below, which indicates the standard phase position for female C13/C19 cable connectors.



Please keep in mind that these positions are mirrored/reversed in the chassis-mounted male parts!

 

[audio42]

Hello,

Looking for some ideas as I have given up. After a standard restart, XDMS keeps telling me the ASIO driver won't initialize. I don't have Roon, nor do I want to start using it, so my Extreme is just looking imposing in my rack. Never happened before and I usually restart every 2 weeks or so.

Ed told me the DAC is not connected so I checked the USB cable and even tried the mobo USB. Nothing. I reinstalled the Rockna drivers and that didn't help. Rockna said it could be the software, XDMS, but I figure I can wait until the beta is released and then see what happens.

Does anyone have any ideas or ever experienced this? It doesn't help that I have a not so common DAC that has its own Window's drivers. Fortunately I still have my Naim 01 tuner which is sounding sublime.

Arun

 

[seatrope]

first thing I personally would do is to try to see if your DAC runs on a different computer (i would use my notebook for this). use the same USB cable, same Rockna drivers.

If your other computer doesn't see it, then that excludes the Extreme or XDMI.

Try different USB cables.

 

[Downtheline]

I have a not so common DAC

This dac had been working with the extreme before? Or was just introduced?