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

    Yes, thank you
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    I am in the process of building a DIY Extreme server. I must say, and I’m sure many others are with me, that this is completely heartbreaking. is there any chance in the future, that you will develop this product for DIY, please? If I purchase the I/O will I be able to use it with a DIY...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    That’s awesome, please let me know what you hear. I had these cables made by Ghent Audio in China, to my specifications. So, I know that the shield is not connected. Now that I think of it, it probably has the JSSG underneath the flex shell.
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    While we are touching on this subject briefly, the preferred ethernet cable is CAT6? CAT6A is the same, correct? The real question I have is about the connector. I have a Metz connector. When you take it apart, it has a circuit board in it. Is it better to have an ethernet cable connector which...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I’m guessing the answer to this question would be, because it sounds better. Similar to oldmustangs question above, if all of the other versions have the DAC on the card, why would the analog out be the only Version that has the DAC on the daughterboard?
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I would like to confirm please, if you are using the TACDA card with the analog/RCA output, you can play any format PCM/DSD files, and any resolution i.e. PGGB files that can be processed by your CPU? do you have a ballpark for the cost? $3k and under, $5k and under? can it be powered...
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    Living at the Extreme: I bought a Taiko Extreme and then this happened...

    Are there going to be any more installments in this thread? I check back almost daily. This was such a fun read. How do things sound now. How do you feel. Thank you
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    Network Improvements and their Impact on Sound Quality

    I installed an SPF into my Cisco WS-C2960-8TC-Si and when I hook everything up the indicator LED lights are not coming on. I have been using this switch for a wile and I wanted to upgrade the connection from the switch to the router with FO. I purchased a TP-Link MC200CM Gigabit Multi-mode...
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    SOtM sNH-10G Network Switches x2 : The NEW KING of USB/Network Gadget Setup

    I ordered and received these transceivers also. I forgot to check that they are single mode fiber? Will you please confirm. Also, is it consensus that using single mode with the OM & ER is the preference, please? Do you have a preference for which brand fiber optic cable? I am assuming corning?
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I do have an ASIO driver. I am using a Singxer SU1 into a Holo spring DAC. The driver for the SU1 is loaded in HQPe. I checked and it’s still the correct ASIO driver. My Roon is on a Qnap silent NAS. They always refer to the “Qnap version” of Roon. I wonder if there are some fundamental...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    It is weird that I just do not have these settings. This is the picture that I put with my first post. As you can see my advanced settings are different?.
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I completely understand. i’m just hoping someone tells us if that dialog box, in the Roon advanced menu that says “load defaults “, is where people are finding The settings they are adjusting? It is just a little scary, I don’t want to touch that button and then have to re-configure my entire...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Come on Mike, you touch it. I’m not gonna touch it.
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Is the area you are configuring the tab in the lower left-hand corner that says “load defaults”? I am afraid to touch that button for fear that it will reset all my settings back to default.
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    Network Improvements and their Impact on Sound Quality

    I removed the Apple TV from the EtherRegen and put it on the netgear switch. I still had the slightly better dynamics and micro detail, from the increase in bandwidth from paralleling the new ethernet cable with the coax . But, this time rather than rhythms coming from many places at once, they...
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    Network Improvements and their Impact on Sound Quality

    If the edge router after the Verizon router is not giving me a separate network, what is it doing differently then the Sonore optical module would do? Does anyone have experience or a guess on which one would be better the edge router or the 0M?
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    Network Improvements and their Impact on Sound Quality

    I remember that the initial suggestion from Mr. Romaz is to have a separate network. Does putting the edge router as a switch, after your router accomplish that? Is this as close as you can get to that goal, if you have to use your providers router? Thank you
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    Network Improvements and their Impact on Sound Quality

    Is the edge router the first router or the second router? How are you programming them to work together, please?
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    Network Improvements and their Impact on Sound Quality

    I had a chance to do a longer listening session after the system had warmed up, later in the evening. It felt like the system was more dynamic and there were more micro details, guitar chords had more bite and growl. I was wearing headphones and it felt like rhythms where increased and they were...
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    Network Improvements and their Impact on Sound Quality

    Later today I will be on with another tech to see if I can turn off the Wi-Fi radio in my Verizon router and if the extenders will still work. I will keep you posted. I did not get a chance to listen this morning before I added the ethernet to go along with the coax. I will say that this change...
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    Network Improvements and their Impact on Sound Quality

    That article is interesting for two reasons. 1. It gives me instructions on how to turn off the Wi-Fi in my Verizon router, which I will be trying later today. However, I have two Wi-Fi extenders that are wired. I guess they are the same as Wi-Fi access points but they are wired. I want them to...
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    Network Improvements and their Impact on Sound Quality

    I have Verizon FiOS service. The service comes into the house to the ONT Optical network terminal. It comes out of the ONT coax to a splitter. From the splitter it goes to the router and the set top box. The ONT has two outputs coax for MOCA and ethernet. The ethernet was not being used. I had...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    The sentence: Feed all stuff from one source. How did you interpret that and what did you do? Will you please elaborate on the steps for adding another router after your Fios router? Did it change the IP address for your server and other audio gear? Are you using the Optical Module? Thank you
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Thank you I guess mostly what I was wondering is if the power supply for the router matters as much, if you’re using the OM with a good power supply? I would like to put a good power supply on everything, including the ONT but Verizon strongly suggested not to modify it. I feel forced to keep...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Hi All I have FiOS ONT, 30 feet coax to my Router, 30 feet Ghent catsnake JSSG 360, ER. One user was fortunate enough to have extra FiOS cable to move his ONT next to his set up and then a short connection to his router and a short connection to his ER. He reported a great improvement, but it...

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