So, Ed heard a major sq enhancement when listening to Marty’s system in person. I’m wondering what Ed hears at home, or Taiko HQ, when duplicating Marty’s conversion process?
Maybe I’m missing something . If Marty sent you his converted files wouldn’t you be hearing the files with his conversion sq embedded in the files to also be heard on your system?
Is there a consensus that, as Catman reports, that local .Wav files are significantly better sounding than local .flac files? I have been streaming 100% (all .flac I presume) since getting the Extreme. When I've compared local/streaming a few times, I haven't found one better than the other...
Beyond the obvious overwhelming importance of how it sounds, it’s physical and visual presence is sure to be polarizing.
I’m not a fan of “more is more” designs which I believe describes Wadax and much other gregarious gear in high end audio. I think the best designs are about what is left out...
That’s the intriguing question! I have Aries Cerat Ithaca dac.
I’ll try the Taiko dac Xdmi to Aries Ageto pre first and then compare to Taiko Xdmi digital AES to Ithaca dac.
I’m guessing the Xdmi interface that Stravos is building (with dedicated power supply) comes out to be the best.
But...
I tried the Schiit in the hope at might be useful for the occasionally over bright recording. It had absolutely no ameliorative effect! And in my system, I believe it took a hit on transparency.
I think Schiit’s a great company, though. And they made it easy to return.
I’ve always been fascinated by the visual aesthetics of turntable design. I feel the turntable presents the greatest potential for great Audio design, however what I see from high-end turntables is usually kind of grotesque in my opinion — the gigantic Air Force One being the most egregious...
Unfortunately Romy the Cat's tortured writing is too much a chore for me to plow through.
It reminds of the conventions of academic writing where convoluted run-on sentences predominate even though a clear, well constructed sentence would do the job (that is, to communicate) much better.
But...
I don't dismiss what ML is presenting because of a eastern or western medicine prejudice one way or another. Eastern medicine or meditation for example can be measured in many ways. And in many ways not measured as well.
What bother's me about ML and the selling of C Wave is the slap dash...
The more I read about what ML is doing with C Wave, the more it looks like bs. Maybe the reverb algorithm creates a pleasant sound. I suspect the more compromised the digital sound, the bigger the delta of improvement the reverb will provide.
For me, what really sinks the credibility of the...
Good to hear! But if, as you describe, you're not drawn into the music with you're digital setup, it sounds to me like it's under-performing and not just relative to your vinyl set up.
Rex, I’m guessing the What’s App group pushback was coming from BACCH users?
Levinson's Cello Pallette, C Wave , Mighty Cat and Master Class implementations are acknowledged by ML to be based on the work of Dick Burwen. https://www.burwenaudio.com/Biography.html.
I think (but may have this...
In your shoes, I wouldn’t want to play roulette either at a show.
On the other hand, my observation, from perusing many vids from shows, is that the large majority of exhibitors play a mix of soul crushing bland wallpaper music, very breathy girl/guitar, and baby boomer nostalgia classic...
I tried to Loki Max recently and did not find it brought anything positive to my system. I tried it on some problem recordings, but it couldn’t do anything other than dull them down a bit where the cure is worse than the disease!
I’m glad it’s working for you and I know it works really...
I think it could be interesting to hear a comparative video in a transparent system with and without the B2's. @sbnx?
This type of comparison would be simple to do and is the most useful application for system videos, imho. As evidenced by the Ted Denny video demonstrating his device (a...
BACCH, or any DSP, would be counter productive with the Olympus, compared to the Extreme, because the Olympus and XDMI have lowered the noise floor to the point where any added noise would be more apparent. Do I have that right?
You did not bother to listen, yet are sure it’s of no value (or insinuating a deceitful manipulation by Denny)?
As someone who did listen, I can report the AB differences are impossible not to hear. If I were in the market for something like this, the video would be useful start in deciding...
Do you see it as optimal use XDMI analog out > AD converter > BACCH processor (DIO? ADIO?) > DAC
Rather than XDMI analog out > BACCH ADIO (DIO with DAC)
or XDMI analog out > BACCH DIO > DAC
or XDMI digital out > BACCH DIO
It seems to me the ideal way to...
Please check with Ed and Christian. It’s possible I misunderstood something, but what I believe I was told was pretty clear. It was also stated on the XDMS Dischord site.
Emile told me a couple of years ago that some Extreme owners were using convolution filters like Audiolens and Accorate...
Often in early morning, the system seems to have an extra degree of quiet (aka lower noise floor floor?).
The question I’ve been unable to answer:
Is this due to better power from the mains at 5am?
Or is it because my hearing and mind are a fresh slate first thing in the...
We unfortunately live in a world of ever increasing noise pollution. Lawn mowers, leaf blowers, traffic, TV’s and horrible digital muzac everywhere…. It sometimes seems that modern humans are forgetting the experience of quiet and the delicate sounds that exist in nature.
Many restaurants...
If I understand correctly, the folks at Taiko are not keen on the idea of Baach or any dsp in the signal path between their server/software and the dac.
They believe with their new Olympus server and XDMI interface that they have created such a low noise floor that the increased cpu processing...
As I understand the best interface from the Olympus will be the native XDMI to the dacs developing the native input.
But for someone finding great results from the BACCH cross talk cancellation and ORC room DSP, it might be more than good enough to use usb or aes.
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That’s my understanding as well.
The point with regards to XDMI and BACCH is that unless the BACCH dac is adapted to native use of XDMI, one loses the significant sonic upgrade native XDMI offers in order to use BACCH.
For me, that’s a trade off I’d likely be unwilling to make.
I suppose you could use the Taiko to feed a BACCH DIO or BACCH ADIO given that the BACCH has USB and SPDIF digital audio inputs.
But with the Olympus, and it’s new XDMI interface (replacing usb and aes/ebu) you could not use the Bach DIO or ADIO unless they were to be adapted to work with...