Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

[Taiko Audio]

Does the last option, Olympus I/o, have a possibility of aes/ebu without xdmi?

No, without XDMI you'd be better off with USB again. I understand this is confusing, but XDMI is much more then just the physical output. It's a complete solution combining drivers, software and hardware, designed to work together to provide the "purest" / "fastest" possible path with minimum processing overhead.

 

[Steve Williams]

Your storage can move to the Olympus, we did not settle on the default local storage yet but it will be either 4 or 8TB. SQ wise it's no longer relevant as it would be U.2 /U.3 which can be battery powered without modification. Our final pick will be determined by a combination of reliable availability and power consumption (to reduce battery recharge time).

but what if we have a 16 TB library

 

[Taiko Audio]

Since I don't get credit for the Extreme storage (8Tb in my case), do I keep the storage? or do I have to send the storage with the Extreme?

If we return the Extreme with the new NIC and the new USB, do we get extra credit? How much total?


Thanks

I missed the second part of your question.

There will be storage included but if you'd want say 30TB of storage that would indeed be an additional ~3K. Your existing storage can be reused in the Olympus, if so desired. In the period the Extreme retailed at 28.000 that included the Network card and USB card so that's not worth extra.

For an exact calculation I'd think it would be better to contact me directly

 

[Taiko Audio]

but what if we have a 16 TB library

16 TB is not a large amount of storage nowadays. You can contact me directly to workout which way to handle it. Move it or migrate it. Both is possible and the choice is yours.

 

[Taiko Audio]

If I miss any questions or if any of my answers are unclear please don't hesitate to ask again. I fully anticipated this launch to raise a lot of questions as nothing similar exists yet, as far as I know anyway.

 

[QuantumWave]

I placed an order by email.

 

[Kris]

If I miss any questions or if any of my answers are unclear please don't hesitate to ask again. I fully anticipated this launch to raise a lot of questions as nothing similar exists yet, as far as I know anyway.

I asked for Your impressions on how it sounds and what different sound means ?
This is very important as we have no clue what that means

 

[Kris]

I asked for Your impressions on how it sounds and what different sound means ?
This is very important as we have no clue what that means

I know few of Taiko members were exposed to that Sound.
So the more opinions the better.

 

[Taiko Audio]

I know few of Taiko members were exposed to that Sound.
So the more opinions the better.

Let's see if they want to chime in.

 

[Taiko Audio]

I asked for Your impressions on how it sounds and what different sound means ?
This is very important as we have no clue what that means

XDMI is more about purity, clarity, holographic and immersive sound staging, it has a very high resolution extending evenly to the frequency extremes, deep sub bass included, and an absence of a "digital" sound signature.

 

[Taiko Audio]

I'm receiving a lot of questions of existing Extreme owners on is they should add an I/O or if they should trade up to an Olympus.

My recommendation would be if you are going to stick to USB to add the I/O to your Extreme and call it a day. You'd be near maxed out on what we can extract from USB now and in the foreseeable future. If you want to go for XDMI, you'd be better off trading up to an Olympus.

 

[John T]

I'm receiving a lot of questions of existing Extreme owners on is they should add an I/O or if they should trade up to an Olympus.

My recommendation would be if you are going to stick to USB to add the I/O to your Extreme and call it a day. You'd be near maxed out on what we can extract from USB now and in the foreseeable future. If you want to go for XDMI, you'd be better off trading up to an Olympus.

This seems like the obvious direction for "normal" people. I really hate to be the bearer of bad news but we are not normal...Decisions, decisions...

 

[dminches]

Sorry if I have missed this Q&A but can the Olympus house both a USB and XDMI card so one can compare the analog out via XDMI with a USB DAC?

 

[Taiko Audio]

Sorry if I have missed this Q&A but can the Olympus house both a USB and XDMI card so one can compare the analog out via XDMI with a USB DAC?

Yes, it includes both USB and XDMI.

We should probably add that information

 

[Taiko Audio]

Ok. So here is the additional benefit of having included BOTH boards.
And there are 4 exits as for as I remember

Analog RCA
AES
spdif RCA
spdif BNC

Correct, and USB.

 

[dminches]

And a network card or do we keep the one we have in our Extreme? A lot of moving parts!

 

[Taiko Audio]

And a network card or do we keep the one we have in our Extreme? A lot of moving parts!

Also already included!

 

[cat6man]

No, without XDMI you'd be better off with USB again. I understand this is confusing, but XDMI is much more then just the physical output. It's a complete solution combining drivers, software and hardware, designed to work together to provide the "purest" / "fastest" possible path with minimum processing overhead.

Any chance of an aes/ebu (or other outputs) xdmi card, perhaps with external power, for the extreme?
This would fill a price point gap and increase the volume of xdmi cards.
Think of it as a gateway drug on the path to Olympus.

That's assuming, of course, that the performance benefit (certainly less that the 200% of I/o w/xdmi) was commensurate with the effort/cost.

 

[MarcelNL]

or a select your output XDMI with external power input both for DIY and the Extreme...please ;-)

 

[Steve Williams]

Sorry if I have missed this Q&A but can the Olympus house both a USB and XDMI card so one can compare the analog out via XDMI with a USB DAC?

That’s what I’m doing until Lukasz has a solution for XDMI and i2s