Emile, this is exciting for headphones users. When you get to the planning phase, would you consider putting a more powerful headphone amp in the Olympus I/O box, maybe even something balanced?
Hi Emile, on the Olympus, is the difference between NSM and Roon the same as what we are currently hearing with the Extreme, where NSM sounds much better?
Oddly, I prefer the internal Dac of the HE-1 with the dedicated Taiko USB driver over a heavily modded Chord Dave (without Taiko USB driver)
the Dac chip might be a bit outdated, but the analog section is probably really good with its direct connection to the preamp.
I’m eagerly waiting for...
I also love Roon. It’s probably the greatest music discovery application there is. Its interface is 2nd to none, but for local file playback, XDMS allows me to run the Taiko router with no live internet connection, and every single time, XDMS beats Roon for my scenario. Not even close...
Glad the batteries are working out.
I do not listen with the charger running. I unplug it from the wall and battery end. I find the SMPS of the charger to be noisy.
Here is the battery.
Volessence 50000mAh Laptop Power... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RNZZXRM?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Nenon had a chance to listen to this battery as well and came away impressed, especially for the price.
One of these batteries powers the dcd which can power both the...
I totally agree, Emile, that what the router does is something I cannot do without anymore.
That “you are there” experience is like nothing I’ve heard before from my system.
I got a chance to borrow’s Nenon’s Taiko router (TR) for a few days and was able to do several A-B comparisons against a Ubiquity router it replaced. This was done on my headphone system that’s powered completely off the grid with a Stromtank. The sessions were done with local files only on...