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

[nenon]

Thanks. Less a SQ concern than having the ability to keep the system powered up even when thunderstorms are threatening.

As a bonus, you get that house shaking (thunderous) bass too

 

[Jpowell]

No port forwarding needed. Actually no configuration on the router is needed at all. The default configuration is fine.
You attach the NAS to your home network, make a note of the IP address, and use that IP address in Roon on your Extreme.
Note: you need to use the IP address, not a hostname.

As far as I know, the only time this did not work out of the box are those that have a home network on the 192.168.100.xxx network (which is the same IP range as the Taiko network). Starlink does this. That's very easy to fix as well, but a topic for another post.

Thanks! I'll try this as soon as I get a chance and report back. I thought I had tried just this with another NAS I've got on my home network, but I suspect I was trying to create a new network drive on the Extreme and then adding that to Roon as a storage location, so maybe that's what I'm doing wrong. Will know soon enough. (And my home network is 192.168.1.x)

 

[nenon]

Already have the Stromtank, so wanted to know if there’s some reason not to try it at all. I can unplug it from the wall and it will still supply power - depending on length of storm I may not want to drain the Stromtank by playing music, but at least I won’t have to shut it all down. It’s also convenient if I’m going to be away for a few hours to just pull the plug on the Stromtank and not worry if some pop-up forms overhead.
Also, there are many times when a storm seems to threaten but never actually hits. Being able to go to the Stromtank while waiting for the front to pass is preferable to unplugging preemptively.
Yes, I’m aware the Ethernet can be a conduit as well …

I can't see any reason not to try it. The only thing is to be aware of:

1. The Olympus and I/O draw some power even if you put them on standby. Say you unplug the power cord on your Stromtank and leave the Olympus on standby. The system BPS will slowly deplete your Stromtank battery. And if it manages to deplete your Stromtank batter, it will start depleting the Olympus batteries too. That will take quite a few hours but something to be aware of.

2. If you turn off the Olympus from the power button on the back, it will not deplete your Stromtank batteries. Instead, it will deplete the Olympus batteries.

You may end up in a situation where the storm is over but the batteries (either on the Stromtank, or on the Olympus, or both) are depleted.
The solution to prevent that from happening is to put the Olympus BPS's in shipping mode. Let me know if that needs further clarification.

 

[nenon]

And my home network is 192.168.1.x

So is mine. And my NAS is on my home network. And it's also a Synology NAS. It has an IP address of 192.168.1.226. I just put that that IP in Roon on my Olympus (which is behind the Taiko router with its default config) , and it works fine.

Can't show you a screenshot at the moment as I am in the middle of installing my I/O, and my Olympus is powered off.

Ping me on a Private Massage if you have problems, and I can help you. If we learn anything new in that private chat, I will share it here to bring it to everyone's attention.

 

[dminches]

So is mine. And my NAS is on my home network. And it's also a Synology NAS. It has an IP address of 192.168.1.226. I just put that that in Roon on my Olympus (which is behind the Taiko router with its default config) , and it works fine.

Can't show you a screenshot at the moment as I am in the middle of installing my I/O, and my Olympus is powered off.

Ping me on a Private Massage if you have problems, and I can help you. If we learn anything new in that private chat, I will share it here to bring it to everyone's attention.

I have the exact same setup and it works without any new rules.

Remember though, you can’t type in the server name. That doesn’t (seem to) transfer from one subnet to another. However, the IP address will.

 

[Jpowell]

So is mine. And my NAS is on my home network. And it's also a Synology NAS. It has an IP address of 192.168.1.226. I just put that that IP in Roon on my Olympus (which is behind the Taiko router with its default config) , and it works fine.

Can't show you a screenshot at the moment as I am in the middle of installing my I/O, and my Olympus is powered off.

Ping me on a Private Massage if you have problems, and I can help you. If we learn anything new in that private chat, I will share it here to bring it to everyone's attention.

Many thanks to you and dminches. My problem was trying to map the NAS as a network drive on the Extreme, apparently, rather than just adding it within Roon--which makes sense, in retrospect, but it sure had me stumped. Anyway, both adding it within Roon and making sure to use the IP address, not the server name, worked right away.
You guys are a great resource!
Jerry

 

[dminches]

Many thanks to you and dminches. My problem was trying to map the NAS as a network drive on the Extreme, apparently, rather than just adding it within Roon--which makes sense, in retrospect, but it sure had me stumped. Anyway, both adding it within Roon and making sure to use the IP address, not the server name, worked right away.
You guys are a great resource!
Jerry

So glad you have it up and running.

 

[cat6man]

Many thanks to you and dminches. My problem was trying to map the NAS as a network drive on the Extreme, apparently, rather than just adding it within Roon--which makes sense, in retrospect, but it sure had me stumped. Anyway, both adding it within Roon and making sure to use the IP address, not the server name, worked right away.
You guys are a great resource!
Jerry

question: if you add nas with roon, will the nas be available for xdms?

 

[dminches]

question: if you add nas with roon, will the nas be available for xdms?

Right now XDMS only recognizes music files on the internal D:\ drive. I assume that will change as it gets built out.

If you are asking if the NAS can be accessed by both Roon and XDMS, assuming XDMS can read from a NAS, the answer is yes.

 

[cat6man]

Right now XDMS only recognizes music files on the internal D:\ drive. I assume that will change as it gets built out.

If you are asking if the NAS can be accessed by both Roon and XDMS, assuming XDMS can read from a NAS, the answer is yes.

thanks. i was wondering if setting it up first in roon would enable xdms to see the nas. guess we wait, but not a priority to me at this time

 

[dminches]

thanks. i was wondering if setting it up first in roon would enable xdms to see the nas. guess we wait, but not a priority to me at this time

Unfortunately, no. They are 2 distinct applications with their own rules.

 

[DW101]

Unfortunately, I can't argue with that.

 

[Christiaan Punter]

Dear all,

When our Olympus Order Status page indicates that units are shipped, this means that the stated batch of products has left our factory and is on its way to a dangerous goods specialist for inspection. All Olympus shipments have to take this detour because of the batteries used in these models. After obtaining approval, there is some delay due to paperwork, and it usually takes a few days before a product officially clears for shipment.

At that moment, we receive a message that the units are ready for transport. After that, we will send an e-mail to the customer attached to the order with detailed information and an official request for shipping.

If the customer's schedule does not allow for immediate shipping, we have the option to store the unit in the dangerous goods specialist's secure location for a few days.

 

[Kingsrule]

Emile

Great news on MSB/XDMI

Any thoughts on a different design to eliminate defects or a different finish instead of anodizing? Not sure what that could be but it seems like your biggest bottleneck.....

 

[Taiko Audio]

Emile

Great news on MSB/XDMI

Any thoughts on a different design to eliminate defects or a different finish instead of anodizing? Not sure what that could be but it seems like your biggest bottleneck.....

Yes we are exploring several alternatives, in fact have another 3 visits scheduled tomorrow (a weekly occurrence), 2 coating companies and 1 anodiser. PVD coating is a serious alternative but we only found one reliable supplier for that process with a 10-12 week lead time and a fairly large MOQ. In practical terms this would mean about a month of machining to reach the MOQ and then wait 3 months, 4 months in total. But we're not giving up on this.

 

[Taiko Audio]

Will you consider not using anodising for your next product?

I would love to, however this is not as easy at it seems, I can assure you every high-end audio company struggles with this, the larger the part, the bigger your problem...

 

[dminches]

Are the ones that fail your QC so bad that people couldn’t agree to have their servers built with them? For example, if the issue was just on the bottom or rear I wouldn’t care.

 

[dminches]

Do the black chassis have a higher success rate?

 

[Taiko Audio]

Do the black chassis have a higher success rate?

Yes, those are at 95%, if all orders were black we probably would’ve finished shipping everything some time ago.

 

[nonesup]

We could, obviously, however there's more to consider here, we have a sizeable group of customers being unhappy with us publishing this data.

Emile.
Since the lot numbers are not associated with the name of the owner (as is logical) the complaint of anyone that Taiko publishes these numbers is simply absurd. This numerical data without association to any name, does not belong to the buyer of the Olympus, but to Taiko Audio. I think that those of us who have paid a large amount of money months ago and are waiting to receive the Olympus, deserve at least to have updated information on the pace of manufacture and that this does not happen because there are people who are upset by the publication of some numbers on a website is a great………….. (let each one put the adjective)