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    Taiko Audio XDMS - Extreme Direct Music Server Software

    Hahaha I get zero bucks from anything audio related. But I'm glad that you found my post useful.
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    Taiko Audio XDMS - Extreme Direct Music Server Software

    As I understand it, Sound Profile is a setting that changes how a file is "refreshed" while it is loaded from storage and placed into the Z:\tmp ram disk, before being played by the xdplayer. If you just stop a track, switch setting, then play the track, my assertion is that you're not making a...
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    Taiko Audio Systems Gallery

    Also notice the Kronos vinyl rig sitting on the side wall. Guess we know which side won the war at chez @nenon! Room looks awesome!!
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    Taiko Audio XDMS - Extreme Direct Music Server Software

    For those of us yearning for true gapless, NSM is not there yet, although the team is working on this with very high priority. The good news is that NSM has improved the loading time of tracks significantly, and is much faster than Classic on this score. So while inter-track gaps are still...
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    Taiko Audio XDMS - Extreme Direct Music Server Software

    I've had NSM for about a day, and I agree with the other posters here that it is a major SQ uplift. I am hearing: - bass that is more articulate, more textured, yet somehow goes deeper, - rhythmic lines are much easier to follow, - tonal richness, saturation, and refinement, - longer decays, -...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    It probably is the cable. I’ve had issues with the Sablon Evo USB cable on some, but not all DACs, like the T+A and dCS DACs. The unique features of the cable also cause its characteristic impedance fall outside the compliance range of the USB spec. The best way to verify the cable as the root...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    OK, to be very exact, I actually viewed the programs with the older Windows method. - click Start > Scroll down to Windows System > Control Panel - Now select Programs > Programs and Features - in this view, click once on Roon Server. You should see an Uninstall button - Click Uninstall, then...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Christiaan, Just one little extra observation for those who DIY following your excellent document. - after the update, if you go into Start > (gear) > Apps - at least on my system, I now see an entry for Roon (1353), and a stale entry for RoonServer (1311) - when I tried to uninstall...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I too got the booty call last night. :) "You up? Try this, tell me what you think. 221123.zip" Or words to that effect. I completely agree with all the descriptions posted. As I reported to Emile: "Improves both Roon and XDMS equally for me. But with XDMS, man oh man! Much more holographic...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    There's no need to panic. This isn't the armageddon, just a software integration issue. It happens any time you rely on a 3rd party product, and that product changes something. It's not the end of civilization as we know it! Let's be patient and give the Taiko guys some time to sort it out.
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Thanks to @dminches for finding this nugget and posting on the XDMS Discord. Roon made a fundamental packaging change in build 1353. They no longer provide a "RoonServer" installer on Windows, which is a headless package, not containing the Roon control app. Starting with 1353, they only have a...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Not really, for the rest of us! Nice try, Ed. ;)
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    no I’m happy with that. :cool: Since many users with the router seem to be returning to Roon, I just wanted you to confirm that the XDMS project as a whole will remain a high priority, because for the rest of us, XDMS is still head and shoulders better than Roon.
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Some of us access our Extremes from all over the house, depending on the use case. Yes, while listening, one is in the audio space, and it is reasonable to have a device connected to the Taiko wifi to select and control the music to listen. But there are other times we interact with the Extreme...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Um guys, sorry my OCD is kicking in! Point of order on nomenclature please. :p - 2g through 5g abbreviations are used for generations of cellular networks. - What you guys are talking about are Wi-fi frequency bands referred to as 2.4GHz and 5GHz. Carry on!
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Oh dear, 192.168.100.1 is quite commonly used by modems. My Netgear CM-600 cable modem uses it as well. In such cases, you'll probably want to configure the Taiko router to use a different subnet. If it were me, I would do what I always do with any new router: connect a desktop or laptop to it...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Personally, I always want SQ improvements on top of the list, so NSM is #1 on my wish list. But I would put gapless a very close #2, certainly ahead of scrubbing. Scrubbing is nice to have, but gapless is affecting us every single day!
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Kudos to you for your meticulous testing! I agree with @nenon that reboots should fix any lingering effects from the other player software, but you are right: currently, XDMS is set to start on every reboot. However, if you remember the early days of XDMS, it is a fairly simple matter to change...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Yes it is. Painless and easy.
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Let us know when tickets go on sale!
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Yes I do. I may be reading too much into your phrase "seem to," but I hope that is not surprising? I would think many people like listening to albums, or at least for classical or opera fans, an entire piece of music that spans multiple movements or sections that are delivered as distinct...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Ed, Say you're listening to a queue in Concert mode. And suppose you want to add more tracks, perhaps reorder them, how can this be correctly achieved? Would this work? - Stop playback - Change to Discover mode - add tracks to queue - reorder tracks in queue - Change back to Concert mode -...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    While I sincerely hope this pans out, this could prove problematic. Roon/RAAT has a history of using broadcast and multicast for discovery, and also moving ports and methods with evolving releases, so getting this right may be tricky, While multicast traffic is theoretically routable between...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Apologies -- I did not mean any disrespect. I honestly thought you wrote that sentence to be humorous. I actually think that Emile has disclosed quite a lot of the design rationale for the whole router/switch/NIC/DAC cable architecture. This is captured in Christiaan's document here...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    At the risk of going off-topic, what specifically did you want to know? At a very high level, home routers implement a firewall that blocks all incoming connection requests. This provides security, so the best scenario for security is to not use port forwarding (or port triggering, a related...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    That's hilarious! How inconvenient for them. :D
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Here in TX, we're too warm-blooded to survive such arctic conditions!
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    I received my round 2 shipment on Monday, containing my Sablon Prince cable now reborn as a Spectra Infinity. Here are my initial impressions after ~100 hours in my system. Unfortunately, I did not have another untreated Prince on hand to assess just the impact of the Infinity treatment...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Setting up static IP addresses is easy. It's managing static IP addresses that often trips people up! Here's a quick primer. You'll need to log in to your router's web UI to follow along. A typical home router will set up a subnet for devices with a total of 256 available addresses. For...

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