Adding a drive slightly degrades overall SQ, aka local and network playback stays on an equal level, just slightly reduced caused by adding that drive.
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Adding a drive slightly degrades overall SQ, aka local and network playback stays on an equal level, just slightly reduced caused by adding that drive.
We only support Roon. Any other additions need to make sense / be worthwhile.
As an example, command line playback using xdplayer.exe (the playback component of XDMS) sounds identical to Roon.
That's a massive marketing aspect worth highlighting on the new website!
Roon unfortunately suffers from a bad reputation when it comes to sound quality.
This is no longer the case with the Olympus.
I have no doubt that this will attract a lot of audiophiles who appreciate Roon for its many qualities but are reluctant to use it because of the impact on sound quality.
The Olympus certainly lives up to its name.
We'll be sharing our experiences here soon
This is disappointing. In that case we will need the XDMS to accommodate DSDS1024 and hopefully can be ready soon?
Emile,
Thanks for clarifying so many points on the Olympus...I recall weeks ago the possibility you'll be revisiting daiza boards with Olympus due in part to change in Olympus footers ? please clarify
Thanks for clarifying so many points on the Olympus...I recall weeks ago the possibility you'll be revisiting daiza boards with Olympus due in part to change in Olympus footers ? please clarify
Steve Williams
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It's been a while since I've awarded the Pearl of the Day but the above quote for me is paramount
This seems to be a breakthrough and paradigm shift?
Does this mean Xdms is history as far as the Olympus platform?
And does this mean that no matter what the Roon engineers do to muck up the sound quality, that Olympus performance will be unchanged?
Where does this leave future advancements in software/playback from Taiko if there’s no platform (like XDMS) to implement them?
There’s no need for the Daiza. The Olympus is much more sophisticated in terms of resonance control than anything we build before.
XDMS would need to be 100% rock solid, stable and a joy to use before we would consider offering it on the Olympus. Steps are being taken to achieve that, it’s now the main priority where before it was more an investigation into the effects of code and certain manipulations on SQ.
Steve Williams
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I hear what you're saying about Roon for the next 3 months or so but I have to admit that it is still XDMS that floats my boat. There is just something about it that lures me in much more than Roon. However as you say, with Olympus, Roon is a different ballgame.....I would expect no less and hopefully more once a finished XDMS reaches us
@Emile
could you please address each of these specific points for the combination of Extreme + IO XDMI (i.e. not Olympus)?
i have to view the Olympus as 'unobtanium' here, but if the Extreme + IO + XDMI + TotalDAC is truly a major step up, i may have to consider the IO XDMI in next year's audio budget.
to once again quote warren zevon, "i appreciate the best, but i'm settling for less, and i'm looking for the next best thing" (a great song, by the way)
None of it applies to that, it’s still the Extreme, but it is a significant upgrade otherwise.
Another option to consider trying is "Extreme + Olympus I/O XDMI analog". If that sounds significantly better than what you have today, selling the TotalDAC will offset some of your cost.
Being able to sell our DACs if the Olympus I/O with XDMI analog output sounds better is a pretty good incentive. Whether it sounds better or not is yet to be seen / heard, but if I was a betting man, I would not underestimate XDMI analog.
FYI - someone else also tried it out not too long ago
https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/...ew-of-math-and-magic/page/90/#comment-1279719
It's reported by an owner of Holo Cyan 2 and obviously that's sharing the same ASIO driver with your Holo May
https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/...ew-of-math-and-magic/page/90/#comment-1279798
Other than that, it's just a matter of whether Olympus I/O XDMI output could be selected within TuneBrowser or otherwise.
The lack of mobile apps as a remote control could be somewhat inconvenient, though.
OTOH, I could help you to sort things out with DLNA / UPnP later whenever we get a chance.
Relocate Daiza under extreme and place Olympus directly on large krion platform - check
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