Dear Emile
This is fantastic idea and I hope everyone of us can get this switch soon.
It is going to be hard to wait, but there is nothing we can do to help I think.
I see this switch will work in harmony with the others BUT
I really wanted to know if it will be recommended by Taiko to use other audiophile switches?
In other words:
will additional switches be offering serious SQ benefits ?
OR
Taiko switch will be taking lets say 95% of the final Sound signature and additional Melcos and Telegartners will add 5% only ?
I am sure you will test it for us as you have many different switches and your opinion will be a great value for all of us as always !
thank you
Hi Kris,
@cat6man described it pretty well. It is indeed about being able to adjust or "tune" the Extreme network interface to a single model switch. We will know exactly which features the switch supports, in fact we selected the switch fabric to support a few features / specific parameters we find to be beneficial to sound quality. It also provides a good degree of what "isolation" should look like from our perspective.
I would like to make it abundantly clear that it is not designed as a "superior" switch to other audiophile switch offerings, it is designed to work optimally in conjunction with the Extreme to take a big chunk of variable performance out of the equation. By now it must be clear that audiophile switch preference is variable as it provides a significant means of altering the total system tonal balance. We can configure the Extreme to perform well with a large range of standard switches which impart minimal "colouration" but when people start using their network to alter the tonal balance to their personal preference and/or adjust balance to what works better in their environment things start to get complicated. The variable feedback on several popular switches are proof of that. We are now moving beyond different price range switches supporting different feature sets which we can compensate for, rather these all provide different sonic perspectives some like and others don't. So you can consider this as our attempt to introduce a factor of performance stability in the (crazy) world of network tweaking.
This will not remove the influence of other network components used, those will still impart their sonic signatures, though to a lesser degree. This switch will enable us to guarantee stability in a
balanced combination of clarity, midrange density/palpability/colour saturation, image/soundstage size, vibrancy and energy.