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

[Taiko Audio]

Stacking will be fine by me as well

I really like the clean, minimalist design of the Olympus and Olympus I/O stack.

Is there any special feature to prevent the Olympus I/O from being damaged when placing the Olympus on top of it?

Cheers,
Thomas

As long as you keep the footers clean of sand / dust they shouldn’t scratch the surface of the I/O (the bottom layer of the footers is made out of acrylic material).

 

[Taiko Audio]

Stacking is my only option in my current rack configuration. I have my Extreme on a Daiza platform, which will free up. For the stacked Olympus +I/O arrangement, is the Daiza still a good idea? How about a Seismion active vibration canceling table as an alternative? What are your thoughts, based upon your experiences with it so far, Emile?

I haven’t used active vibration for a long time but have several Herzan Table Stables somewhere in the warehouse. I should try those again some time.

The standard Daiza (483*450) is too small for the Olympus (480*480). IMHO the Olympus doesn’t need resonance reduction in the time domain but it does respond to footers / the surface it’s placed on. Feel free to run your own experiments, and please don’t forget to share your results!

 

[Steve Williams]

my Extreme is sitting on Center Stage LS Ultra 2.25 and that is sitting on a CMS platform with Excellent results. I plan on using the same footers under the IO and whatever Emile supplies stock with the Olympus is how my Olympus will sit on the IO

 

[Alex G]

I haven’t used active vibration for a long time but have several Herzan Table Stables somewhere in the warehouse. I should try those again some time.

The standard Daiza (483*450) is too small for the Olympus (480*480). IMHO the Olympus doesn’t need resonance reduction in the time domain but it does respond to footers / the surface it’s placed on. Feel free to run your own experiments, and please don’t forget to share your results!

Oh right, getting my Daiza back to use elsewhere….Emile it can be an extra selling point for Olympus upgrade!

I am thinking of trying Carbide Bases under my Olympus.

 

[pk_LA]

Apologies if this is a dumb question or one that has been covered previously...

What is the 'integrated dac' option? Does this indicate that I can buy an Olympus with a dac inclusive?

 

[Ron Resnick]

What is the 'integrated dac' option? Does this indicate that I can buy an Olympus with a dac inclusive?

yes

 

[Armsan]

Apologies if this is a dumb question or one that has been covered previously...

What is the 'integrated dac' option? Does this indicate that I can buy an Olympus with a dac inclusive?

RCA analogue output only, for now.

 

[John T]

Stacking will be fine by me as well

I really like the clean, minimalist design of the Olympus and Olympus I/O stack.

Is there any special feature to prevent the Olympus I/O from being damaged when placing the Olympus on top of it?

Cheers,
Thomas

I also like the clean, minimalistic, stack. However, after all the different isolation applications with the Extreme, evidently the Olympus, so it seems, is more immune. I couldn't imagine placing the Extreme on another device...

 

[pk_LA]

yes

Thank you so much for the relatively effusive reply, Ron!

 

[Steve Williams]

Thank you so much for the relatively effusive reply, Ron!

Hi Patrick.If you order the Olympus with the analogue board you don't need an external DAC ......only with the digital board

 

[pk_LA]

Hi Patrick.If you order the Olympus with the analogue board you don't need an external DAC ......only with the digital board

Hi Steve! I miss chatting with you.

 

[Steve Williams]

Hi Steve! I miss chatting with you.

ditto that Patrick. I hope all is well

 

[Taiko Audio]

Before the weekend do you think you will be able to share some insight into when shipments will begin?

The latest on this:

We’ll receive our airfreight safety certificate in 2 weeks.

We’ve been working hard on our production output, we were initially at a 6 chassis a week capacity, meaning we machined 12 since the Munich show.

This week we’re going to manage 10 thanks to several efficiency adjustments. We have new tooling and waste management, and we are going to run 3 shifts (24/7) as of next week, increasing output to 20 a week.

So if no further hiccups we can start shipping in 2 weeks and maintain a pace of 20 a week. That means everybody who ordered an Olympus should receive it before the end of August.

This is an all hands on deck maximum 24/7 effort we can only do for a limited amount of time, so we’ll take a small break after that, orders placed now will therefore start shipping halfway of September.

 

[Rhapsody]

After living with and listening to the Olympus XDMI for four days at Munich I’m actually comfortable now waiting because I realize how good the future is going to be!

 

[Steve Williams]

After living with and listening to the Olympus XDMI for four days at Munich I’m actually comfortable now waiting because I realize how good the future is going to be!

Ok go ahead Bob, you've stimulated my Pavlovian response

 

[MarkusBarkus]

@Taiko Audio
Emile, do you anticipate the I/O manufacture to be pushed out until after you finish/ship the Olympus? And if I'm the only I/O guy, I'm sure these other fellas won't mind if you do mine first, to just get it out of the way. We're all friends here anyway!

 

[jbrrp1]

The latest on this:

We’ll receive our airfreight safety certificate in 2 weeks.

We’ve been working hard on our production output, we were initially at a 6 chassis a week capacity, meaning we machined 12 since the Munich show.

This week we’re going to manage 10 thanks to several efficiency adjustments. We have new tooling and waste management, and we are going to run 3 shifts (24/7) as of next week, increasing output to 20 a week.

So if no further hiccups we can start shipping in 2 weeks and maintain a pace of 20 a week. That means everybody who ordered an Olympus should receive it before the end of August.

This is an all hands on deck maximum 24/7 effort we can only do for a limited amount of time, so we’ll take a small break after that, orders placed now will therefore start shipping halfway of September.

What does the timeline look for those who ordered the whole schmear? Will we get our Olympus first and then the I/O when production commences on those? Or are you going to hold us off until both can ship (I almost wrote "penalize us", but...)?

 

[Taiko Audio]

What does the timeline look for those who ordered the whole schmear? Will we get our Olympus first and then the I/O when production commences on those? Or are you going to hold us off until both can ship (I almost wrote "penalize us", but...)?

Sorry for leaving that out, as the I/O requires much less machining time, we’re just going to spend 1 week on those which should cover all I/O orders (between 30 and 40). We’re aiming to ship complete orders!

 

[VPN]

The latest on this:

We’ll receive our airfreight safety certificate in 2 weeks.

We’ve been working hard on our production output, we were initially at a 6 chassis a week capacity, meaning we machined 12 since the Munich show.

This week we’re going to manage 10 thanks to several efficiency adjustments. We have new tooling and waste management, and we are going to run 3 shifts (24/7) as of next week, increasing output to 20 a week.

So if no further hiccups we can start shipping in 2 weeks and maintain a pace of 20 a week. That means everybody who ordered an Olympus should receive it before the end of August.

This is an all hands on deck maximum 24/7 effort we can only do for a limited amount of time, so we’ll take a small break after that, orders placed now will therefore start shipping halfway of September.

Dear Emile, thanks for the update! When can you share with us the price for each HD storage capacity? Cheers.

 

[Moladiego]

We use Lithium Titanate Oxide batteries, these are mainly used in applications requiring high levels of safety like public transportation or environmental challenging environments as they are larger and more costly then other battery types.

@Taiko Audio: Emile, curious why you chose lithium battery. A solo manufacturer who has deep experience in battery told me the following: some years ago, the US Army tested all the battery chemistries to determine which were the fastest for use in radios; all the lithiums tested near the bottom of the list for speed; but lithium's have by far the best energy density; the fastest was carbon zinc, the oldest of all the chemistries, but CaZn also has the worst energy density. His conclusion from his experiments is that SQ directly related to battery speed.