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

    Thanks. No, I didn't read all 52 pages of posts in this thread. For 49 pages of those 52 pages that question remained unanswered.
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    @Taiko Audio The Extreme server was based on dual Xeon 10 core CPUs and 48GB of ECC ram, what are the specs of the new server as far as CPU, motherboard, and ram specs?
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    My Personal Experience With Detailed Speaker Setup - I'm Finally There

    Thank you gents for the kind words. The tweeters are ~7.65ft to my ears, the tweeters are 8.5ft apart. I will clean up the work area and share some photos and maybe a video this week.
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    My Personal Experience With Detailed Speaker Setup - I'm Finally There

    *******This is a long post, if not interested in reading it all, feel free to skim the TL;DR of my experience. This is an account of my personal experience only******** On the detailed speaker setup thread, there were lots of lively discussions on the merits of ultra precise speaker...
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    Smearing

    Smearing is when individual elements of the sound run into each other, either in the frequency domain or in the time domain, thus obscuring natural details inside the music or intrude upon silence between notes. What makes it a hard problem to tackle is that some audiophiles actually prefer...
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    Detailed Speaker Setup and Optimization

    Whether he was surprised is not relevant. Him calling a 1 foot movement "small" is the issue. That's categorically wrong and materially misleading to readers who are not well versed in setup. This is related to Ron's thread on "Does everything matter", the better a system is setup, the more...
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    Yes, I have seen first hand that even though during the setup process the right speaker is turned out for 80% of that time, a properly setup left speaker can still impart soundstage and imaging information. It was trippy to hear sounds move across the stage with only one speaker pointed at you...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Not sure design decisions could be considered a "feature" when it breaks spec and compliance with the fundamental protocol that enables the underlying technology
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    Best solid state preamps around $15k used with remotes

    VTL TL 7.5 Series III
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    The Digital Director - A new MSB product improving everything from the source to the output

    Markus, what input method were you using with the Ref dac before the DD? How big was the improvement with the DD and can you describe it a bit more?
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    Nordost QBase 10 Reference

    Has anyone compared this to the Shunyata Everest?
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    A new star in 2019 : Innuos Statement Server

    I wouldn't give up on Innuos just yet. Maybe contact Nuno and see if they will offer to help you out with this situation
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    A new star in 2019 : Innuos Statement Server

    Thanks for sharing. With the next gen PSU upgrade in place, did the dc cables bring another large incremental improvement? What do the DC cables change?
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    DOES ANYONE REGRET BUYING A TAIKO EXTREME SERVER? ANYTHING BETTER?

    That comparison doesn't make any sense, unless you add another $15K worth of network infrastructure to the Pink Faun as well. The products should be evaluated on their own merits. There are plenty of Taiko extreme owners stating on that thread that the latest Roon sounds better than the latest...
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    DOES ANYONE REGRET BUYING A TAIKO EXTREME SERVER? ANYTHING BETTER?

    Agreed, sounds like purely conjecture. It takes A LOT for streaming to compete with other forms of media
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    What is it about most audiophile cable designs that make cables sound like Tone Controls?

    Which 5 other high end cables? The recommendation/evaluation is a lot more meaningful with reference points
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    Why no love for Focal?

    What have you heard in comparison?
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    11/6/2023 Firmware Update

    Another poster mentioned in another thread that they reached out to MSB, and was told the only change this FW addresses is the popping sound on pro USB when changing formats https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/the-new-msb-pro-usb-interface.27629/post-925178
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    $80K budget for Speakers

    @AudioGod Definitely take Marcus up on this offer, it will be the most worthwhile trip. It's actually kind of crazy how many of the top brands he has under one roof, everything from DACs to amps. You will need a well matched system (including cables) to really bring out the potential of your...
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    $80K budget for Speakers

    @AudioGod I can confirm Rockports and Boulder is a top shelf combination. That being said, you absolutely should go through a listening based selection process. Go to a major show to listen to all brands of speakers, take note of what you liked hearing (and why) or what you're interested in...
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    MSB Reference as an input to a Phono Pre

    I agree with Scott, I'd do the speakers before the DAC. Terminator Plus with Gaia is quite good, of course not at MSB Reference level, but after the speaker upgrade (and having them properly set up), you can truly evaluate any in-home demos. Don't need to go to the M2, the Magico S3 2023 is...
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    QSA : My take on their expensive products

    Can someone try to explain how "gem stones" glued to the plastic casing of an AC outlet impacts the sound?
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    AES/EBU cable between Ayre C-5xe and Kii 3 Speakers.

    Nordost makes the best sounding (most correct timing and least smear) I've heard.
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    Ideon Absolute E and Time Demo

    Just to put everything you shared in context, do you have financial interest in any of the brands you mentioned?
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    MSB Select Digital Director and Westminster Lab upgrade dc cables : The throne of MSB Select DAC secured!

    RAL's umbilical cords also look extremely good, 5N cryo silver, not OCC like Audio Sensibility but still polished, partial air dielectric, hand-wrapped shielding, all for $500 per 0.5M pair, incredible value.
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    Neodio B2 resonance device

    Looking at your system, it might have something to do with the fact that you own almost exclusively tube gear, maybe vibration prevention for tube gear works differently.
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    MSB Select Digital Director and Westminster Lab upgrade dc cables : The throne of MSB Select DAC secured!

    I'm not in Canada either but I do believe Audio Sensibilty most definitely ships internationally. I don't know if they had sent the cable to MSB, but one of the biggest MSB dealers Suncoast Audio had officially picked their umbilical cables to go with both MSB and Lumin. Together with the...
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    Neodio B2 resonance device

    I had first hand experience with these voodoo pucks in my system thanks to Todd. He came over to set up my speakers (an even more mind blowing experience but that's for another thread) and brought over the B2s to try. We tried them on top of the speakers, first, and there was a slight cleaning...
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    MSB Select Digital Director and Westminster Lab upgrade dc cables : The throne of MSB Select DAC secured!

    It would be interesting to compare the Westminster umbilical cords with Audio Sensibility ones, pure OCC silver conductors, carbon fiber spacer, made in Canada, 1/5 the price...
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    Audiophile LAN Cable: Where does it matter?

    That's much clearer, thank you. If your Roon Core is doing any type of processing, then your audio content is going from the M50.2 to your router and to your Roon Core then back. Everything in that chain impacts sound quality, your router, the power supply feeding the router, and yes the...

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