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

    Not sure if this has been answered already: If trading from an Extreme to an Olympus plus 'Extreme Switch + Router + NIC + DC Distributor (Bundle)' is the NIC in that bundle still needed or is it the same NIC which is fitted by default to the Olympus?
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Ok - thanks for the clarification.
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Hi Lukasz - great news! When you write that the Horizon retrofit is ‘VERY difficult’ does this mean that it can be done by local dealers or that it requires the DAC to be returned to the national distributor or the factory in Poland? How much dismantling is required? Will the DAC go back...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Understood but means going from one-box to two-box server…
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Q RE USB on Olympus. Is it the same card as currently used in the Extreme? Understand that the whole point of the Olympus is to sidestep limitations of USB but - as we wait for definitive XDMI connection to DAC - am wondering how USB output from Olympus performs relative to USB output from Extreme…
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Thank you - the picture is becoming clearer. Perhaps continuing the write-up to show how you see the Olympus fitting in with this broad scheme (in part previously alluded to) would be helpful so as to have the comprehensive explanation in one place. Also, in terms of expanding XDMI...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    No. But agree that a photo of the output sockets of the XDMI board would neatly answer many of these Qs.
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Hmm - so the ‘bare‘ Olympus will have USB and ‘XDMI using AES/EBU’ outputs? But AES/EBU has been referred to as constrained legacy technology - does that fact that it is supplied by XDMI mean that its constraints are supervened? And what would the physical connection be between the Olympus I/O...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Hi - can you expand on (a) how the Olympus interfaces with customers’ existing DACs (incl the Horizon), (b) whether or not there is benefit in using the Olympus with the newly-released router and switch and (c) if there is, are these still best powered by an off-board PS via the distributor or...
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    Who are the most popular hi end speaker brands?

    Wilson Benesch in the UK design and manufacture their drivers in-house, and have done for many years.
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Q - a while ago the possibility for supporting Airplay functionality via the Taiko router was raised. This would be terrific for YouTube music videos etc. Is it still on the cards?
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Hi Ed - is it now the case that we can easily switch between Roon and XDMS using the app?
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Yes, exactly.
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    From a practicality perspective, am wondering about stacking the switch, router, distributor on one shelf of my rack - how much of a bad idea is this?
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Great - ta
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