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

[grandsoir]

thanks!

 

[SwissTom]

thanks!

I tried to do a little visual summary a couple of months ago.

I refer to a number of posts : you will find there some of the information you might need.

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

@Taiko Audio Please excuse me if you have answered this question before: If I buy the Olympus first (with the analog and digital XDMI cards installed in the server), can I easily move the cards myself to I/O later when I opt to buy it later? The question has surely been answered already...

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[ctydwn]

I think we can all hear the entire Taiko team working overtime on Olympii!
While I am sure many of us are beyond excited, just wishing the Taiko team hopefully some rest, good health, pacing as new frontiers are broken and everything gets tested, etc. We aren't going anywhere even if with bated breath.

 

[grandsoir]

I´m curious offcourse, so maybe I am confused, but

1) How much does the Olympus weigh (1box) in kg?

2) How do I attach my HDD with music? In Taiko Extreme, there is internal hdd:s

3) Does it include a DAC?

4) If I want to start with the "basic" model is that ok, so I can upgrade later? I dont understand the different solutions (set ups).

Thanks

 

[Christiaan Punter]

I´m curious offcourse, so maybe I am confused, but

1) How much does the Olympus weigh (1box) in kg?

2) How do I attach my HDD with music? In Taiko Extreme, there is internal hdd:s

3) Does it include a DAC?

4) If I want to start with the "basic" model is that ok, so I can upgrade later? I dont understand the different solutions (set ups).

Thanks

1: Olympus Server = ~ 60kg.
2: Olympus Server has internal Disk Storage.
3: Olympus XDMI Server comes with two modules, one for digital outputs and one containing a DAC and analog outputs.
4: Yes, all models can be upgraded or added to later.

 

[M27HF]

"Silence is golden" unless you're waiting for the Olympus ! How close is team Taiko's first ship date for Olympus ?

 

[Taiko Audio]

"Silence is golden" unless you're waiting for the Olympus ! How close is team Taiko's first ship date for Olympus ?

The production revision of XDMI arrived yesterday! The power supply PCBs have shipped and are scheduled to arrive next week.

Altogether this is later than initially projected because we had to increase the order sizes from 25 sets to 150 sets, IOW it delays the initial batch but shaves months of the wait time for people who didn't order inside the first 12 hours. We should be able to produce all 150 Olympus servers inside of 3 months in stead of 6. Photos and video of the Olympus I/O XDMI PCB stack:





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[Taiko Audio]

A few manufacturing snapshots:

The AC-DC power supply (which serves as the battery charger):









This will be mounted in the left rear side (photo direction view) of the chassis, this is on the other side relative to the Extreme:



Being the top left here:

 

[dminches]

The production revision of XDMI arrived yesterday! The power supply PCBs have shipped and are scheduled to arrive next week.

Altogether this is later than initially projected because we had to increase the order sizes from 25 sets to 150 sets, IOW it delays the initial batch but shaves months of the wait time for people who didn't order inside the first 12 hours. We should be able to produce all 150 Olympus servers inside of 3 months in stead of 6. Photos and video of the Olympus I/O XDMI PCB stack:

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If one uses XDMI natively to a Lampizator DAC that supports XDMI, is the long board the only one used?

 

[Taiko Audio]

The recent team reinforcements should free me up to spend some more time on content creation

 

[Taiko Audio]

If one uses XDMI natively to a Lampizator DAC that supports XDMI, is the long board the only one used?

For that you only replace the small square shaped daughterboard stacked on top.

 

[dminches]

For that you only replace the small square shaped daughterboard stacked on top.

Ahh, so, native XDMI uses a daughter board too.

 

[Taiko Audio]

Ahh, so, native XDMI uses a daughter board too.

Yes, all current and upcoming interface options will be daughterboards.

Left digital output daughterboard, right analog output daughterboard:

 

[Taiko Audio]

XDMI I/O interface PCIe card:

 

[Taiko Audio]

from 72 KG / 158 lbs to 11.9 KG / 26 lbs:

 

[spiritofmusic]

The recent team reinforcements should free me up to spend some more time on content creation

Is that reading out stories to your kids? No point freeing up time in a time-intensive job if you're not gonna invest that with the family.

 

[Steve Williams]

welcome back Emile. Seems the elves at Oldenzaal are very busy now. Looking forward to more updates

 

[Taiko Audio]

We changed the LED indicators to being as unobtrusive as possible (visible underneath Taiko Audio) :

 

[Kingsrule]

Hi Emile

The level of craftsmanship is just outstanding...keep the photos coming!

 

[oldmustang]

Yes, all current and upcoming interface options will be daughterboards.

Left digital output daughterboard, right analog output daughterboard:

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So on the XDMI digital output daughter board I see you've provided a place next to the existing RCA style output for another connector. XLR for AES/EBU?

I can make either work into my DAC, but I already have the AES/EBU cable. . .

Steve Z