Last week when my system had an auto reassigned IP address for the Extreme and Ed did a team viewer into my system, he had to log into Roon. That was the first time I had seen Roon in years. Time for Ed and Emile to hit us up with another teasing screen grab of XDMS
Darn David, you are such a buzz buster
. Im the eternal optimist that we should have it before TAS beta expires in 50 days
I don't doubt for a second that, from a sound perspective, TAS/XDMS outperforms Roon.
I also went back one other time when Christoph put up an interesting thread that stated removing the Roon filters (which weren't even in use) resulted in an improvement in SQ. He was correct but in the end still didn't come close to Roon. My repeat ventures as you state on Roon were all but brief. It didn't take more than a day to figure TAS was still supreme to my ears
I have no inside information but I would hope that this issue has crossed the minds of the Taiko team and that you might be surprised and get what you wish. The goal by Taiko was always to control the signal path from the moment it enters to the time it leaves the Extreme. Those upgrades will hopefully appear before year end. As to trumping Roon in it's search and collating abilities I have always placed my bets strongly with the Taiko determination. Emile was quite upfront reverently when he told us that 6 weeks of coding had to be thrown out because the SQ was suddenly found to be inferior. Bottom line to me is that Taiko will never release XDMS until it truly is a finished product and not beta. So as to new Extremes being loaded with TAS does not give me pause to think as David does that it will be another renewal of Test Flight before XDMS is released. It merely gives the new owner a feel for the direction in which Taiko is headed.I don't doubt for a second that, from a sound perspective, TAS/XDMS outperforms Roon.
From what I have read previously, a lot of work has been done around Roon as well.
Which is also a very good thing and quite an achievement!!
Unfortunately, as far as functionality is concerned, XDMS will not allow what Roon does and that made me choose it a few years ago. I talk about it here: https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/taiko-audio-sgm-extreme-the-crème-de-la-crème.27433/post-816559
Having both, and choosing according to our desires, is also a good thing. Browse the library or have an immersive listening.
Anyway, at the moment, I wouldn't be able to compare anything.
My system is in my office and the listening room is under construction.
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Ditto. Unfortunately I can’t seem to find some of my music. I thought it was a DSD issue, but I found some DSDs. I suspect it’s a metadata issue maybe? Does TAS have a search? (No I haven’t read the manual yet I just realized—been too excited listening to music)
Wow that room looks like it’s off to a great start!I don't doubt for a second that, from a sound perspective, TAS/XDMS outperforms Roon.
From what I have read previously, a lot of work has been done around Roon as well.
Which is also a very good thing and quite an achievement!!
Unfortunately, as far as functionality is concerned, XDMS will not allow what Roon does and that made me choose it a few years ago. I talk about it here: https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/taiko-audio-sgm-extreme-the-crème-de-la-crème.27433/post-816559
Having both, and choosing according to our desires, is also a good thing. Browse the library or have an immersive listening.
Anyway, at the moment, I wouldn't be able to compare anything.
My system is in my office and the listening room is under construction.
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...the search, IMO, is the worst feature in the TAS software (not written by Taiko, BTW). I had/have the same issue: things that used to be found via multiple search criteria seem to be MIA. They are there, but don't turn up in searches. Meta tags? Perhaps, but working as intended previously (Conductor app). XDMS, I have the red carpet out for you...
Ed suggested a clear and rescan. I have enough music to keep me busy—Frank Sinatra is IN MY ROOM. I’ll read the documentation and keep working on it and post my findings. Oh, and I now know what “not gapless “ means. Not a huge issue, but I hadn’t experienced it with Aurender or Roon.
What kind of bases do you use under your components?I don't doubt for a second that, from a sound perspective, TAS/XDMS outperforms Roon.
From what I have read previously, a lot of work has been done around Roon as well.
Which is also a very good thing and quite an achievement!!
Unfortunately, as far as functionality is concerned, XDMS will not allow what Roon does and that made me choose it a few years ago. I talk about it here: https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/taiko-audio-sgm-extreme-the-crème-de-la-crème.27433/post-816559
Having both, and choosing according to our desires, is also a good thing. Browse the library or have an immersive listening.
Anyway, at the moment, I wouldn't be able to compare anything.
My system is in my office and the listening room is under construction.
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I’m sure I’m in the minority, but I don’t really find anything missing as far as functionality goes with TAS. I’m able to search for and play anything I want. If I want to search for anything more elaborate, I just use Google. Nevertheless, greatly looking forward to XDMS— for SQ!
Nothing special. It's a homemade rack, I placed my electronics on it while waiting for the listening room to be finished.
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