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

[Steve Williams]

as the saying goes...."black is golden"

 

[oldmustang]

Black is the new silver.

Steve Z

 

[Kris]

The good ship lollipop has made deliveries. Spoke to a friend today who got his

I also got a confirmation of Olympus landing from the same Friend I believe.

 

[aLLeARS]

Anxiously awaiting the first reviews!

 

[Steve Williams]

Anxiously awaiting the first reviews!

here's a first tickler. I have more but I will wait for said person to post some thoughts tomorrow.

I am hearing almost limitless music space without boundaries. As if I was free falling from the clouds of sound

On USB ,it is a game changer and on XDMI it is more like vinyl.

I'm drooling just reading that

 

[dminches]

here's a first tickler. I have more but I will wait for said person to post some thoughts tomorrow.

I am hearing almost limitless music space without boundaries. As if I was free falling from the clouds of sound

On USB ,it is a game changer and on XDMI it is more like vinyl.

I'm drooling just reading that

Sounds great but I could do without the vinyl comparison.

 

[Steve Williams]

Shipments may be way late but having read this all I can say is "Kudos, team Taiko.....Emile, you are the king of digital reproduction"

 

[Steve Williams]

Sounds great but I could do without the vinyl comparison.

not for me.......to me it is a tribute to where Taiko has taken the threshold of digital music. Dare we say the barrier has been crossed

 

[Kingsrule]

not for me.......to me it is a tribute to where Taiko has taken the threshold of digital music. Dare we say the barrier has been crossed

Vinyl doesn't sound real......enough said

 

[treitz3]

Okay......

Tom

 

[Steve Williams]

Okay......

Tom

Vinyl doesn't sound real......enough said

It's OK Tom, everyone knows what I meant but we know him as the grouch so all is good.

 

[wil]

Will the 4A(110v) rated fuse (used on the Extreme) be good on the Olympus?

 

[Moladiego]

Sounds great but I could do without the vinyl comparison.

If Olympus sounds like vinyl, it would be a regress, not progress. Vinyl sound has loads of distortion, which may be more tolerable than digital distortion, but is seriously deficient in transparency and dimension (or soundstage). "Analog" would be a better word. While analog is often used as a synonym for vinyl, it is used here as meaning sound like real music, which is analog when heard live, without any conversion or filtering. If a digital component produces sound that feels real (or analog), it is the highest achievement we can have here.

 

[austinpop]

The only comparisons I want to hear about are the Olympus vs. Extreme. Specifically, comparisons between:
1. the baseline: your Extreme > USB > your DAC vs.
2. Olympus USB: your Olympus > USB > your DAC vs.
3. Olympus XDMI analog: your Olympus XDMI analog vs.
4. Olympus XDMI SPDIF or AES: your Olympus XDMI SPDIF or AES > your DAC
5. Olympus XDMI: your Olympus > XDMI > your XDMI DAC

 

[oldmustang]

The only comparisons I want to hear about are the Olympus vs. Extreme. Specifically, comparisons between:
1. the baseline: your Extreme > USB > your DAC vs.
2. Olympus USB: your Olympus > USB > your DAC vs.
3. Olympus XDMI: your Olympus XDMI analog vs.
4. Olympus XDMI SPDIF or AES: your Olympus XDMI SPDIF or AES > your DAC
5. Olympus XDMI DAC: your Olympus > XDMI > your XDMI DAC

Geez, you don't want much do you Rajiv? I'll add it to my honey-do list. . .

Steve Z

 

[austinpop]

With great power (being in the first batch of deliveries) comes great responsibility!

Looking at you particularly, number 17!

 

[John T]

As I stare into my crystal ball; With certainty I can assure you all, this will be a very interesting adventure!!!

 

[Steve Williams]

Geez, you don't want much do you Rajiv? I'll add it to my honey-do list. . .

Steve Z

My first and likely only comparison will be the analog board vs the digital board.Im betting the analogue board will be so good that it will validate the decision of many to sell their DAC's and go with the analogue board. When this whole thing began and Emile gave his first impressions he did comment that XDMI is neither digital nor analogue but something very unique. Those who were in the Rhapsody room at Munich and heard the analogue board were nothing short of amazed . Bob Visintainer's posts were very positive. Comments yesterday that the digital board with USB was a game changer. I can't see myself selling my DAC but I will certainly give praise where praise is due. The anxiety in awaiting delivery for each of us has become thunderous. From what I was told yesterday I believe we are all in for a major revelation and I look forward to getting mine.

Another interesting comparison IMO would be to see to what extent Olympus +IO adds to Olympus alone

 

[Tuckia]

As I stare into my crystal ball; With certainty I can assure you all, this will be a very interesting adventure!!!

Can you adjust the resolution on that device to see calendars and percentages?

I'm a numbers kind of guy.

 

[ray-dude]

Looking at you particularly, number 17!

Beers first, then reviews

Sincerely,

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