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    Taiko Audio XDMS - Extreme Direct Music Server Software

    We are aware of that and today was meant to re-adjust our focus. The measures taken are moving us in the right direction, I am confident.
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    The newest outcome from today's XDMS workshop can be found here
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    Taiko Audio XDMS - Extreme Direct Music Server Software

    The path for XDMS going forward Today, Edward @EuroDriver visited us in the office in Oldenzaal and we just had our XDMS workshop, in which we discussed the best approach to move ahead with our software projects. Since the inception of our own server/player software - first with TAS, and...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    We do not recommend to unplug the Olympus, because of a special way we implemented the battery power supply. It would only run for a very limited amount of time. The I/O is configured differently, but also there we do not recommend unplugging the unit while listening. Emile will soon drop some...
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    Munich HighEnd 2024

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

    XDMI is built modular with output cards, where you can only have one at a time. This has several reasons, short signal path being one of them. The proprietary Lampizator output daughter card is a single output interface, meaning you cannot have Lampizator output and analog RCA out...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Indeed we are still using Optane, which has proven itself to also be the best option in the Olympus. Music drive and OS drive are physically separated. Our policy has a always been that we are installing storage pretty much at cost, we strongly recommend to go with our tested and approved options.
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Yes, migrating the Extreme drives to the Olympus is not an option we recommend. It has been thoroughly tested and this particular u.3 option is very audibly better.
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Since not all exhibitors have publicly announce their lineup yet, we'd rather not disclose this ahead of our partners - Olympus will have great company :)
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    The default size is 4TB, which comes at no additional cost.
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    Olympus Update We are happy to announce that we have finally settled on a storage option for the Olympus server. The team in our listening room / laboratory has spent days over days, testing pretty much every possible option out there, the Olympus will ship with a single u.3 drive. These are...
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    Order Status & Shipping Updates

    Hi Opabin, you'll receive a PM from us.
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    About Taiko Audio

    I don't know if you want to rely on such poor eyesight, Steve :cool:
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    About Taiko Audio

    Thanks Steve, Ron and Steve!
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    About Taiko Audio

    Thanks, I am very much looking forward to that too! I was shocked to learn that Kölsch has made it across the pond: New York Times Regarding the Olympus production schedule, we will soon announce the timeline and some accompanying (imho very good) news regarding the product, I am sure you...
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