Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

[EuroDriver]

Great News for Audiophiles in Countries not served by Qobuz

Today, while helping some Audiophiles in an Asian Country I came across this page on the Qobuz website.

Where is Qobuz available?

Qobuz is currently available in 18 countries Australia Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingd...

help.qobuz.com

There are may ways to set up a Qobuz account in one of the 18 countries and then you can use Qobuz anywhere in the world within Qobuz's terms of service

Audiophiles in China, India, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Portugal and so on can be happy

 

[AMR / iFi audio]

There are may ways to set up a Qobuz account in one of the 18 countries

Do you mind being more precise? Do you mean just asking someone who is located there, VPN or some other method?

 

[octaviars]

Do you mean just asking someone who is located there, VPN or some other method?

When I got Qobuz I used a VPN account so it looked like I was in England when the account was opened and I did the payment with PayPal this have worked for more than a year without any problem. Some friends on a Swedish forum tried this but Qobuz have found a way to stop this so they had to wait for Qobuz to be available in Sweden. Perhaps there are ways to use VPN and a payment card that is registered in a country where Qobuz is available.

 

[Ackcheng]

VPN does not work anymore unless you have a credit card from a valid country. PayPal also need to link to a credit card issued by that country too.

 

[Steve Williams]

Great News for Audiophiles in Countries not served by Qobuz

Today, while helping some Audiophiles in an Asian Country I came across this page on the Qobuz website.

Where is Qobuz available?

Qobuz is currently available in 18 countries Australia Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingd...

help.qobuz.com

There are may ways to set up a Qobuz account in one of the 18 countries and then you can use Qobuz anywhere in the world within Qobuz's terms of service

Audiophiles in China, India, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Portugal and so on can be happy

VPN does not work anymore unless you have a credit card from a valid country. PayPal also need to link to a credit card issued by that country too.

I wonder what Ed knows

 

[jelt2359]

VPN does not work anymore unless you have a credit card from a valid country. PayPal also need to link to a credit card issued by that country too.

Basically those two things. VPN and local credit card. Then doing family account and add friends from anywhere is fine.

 

[AMR / iFi audio]

Ok, I get it now. Thank you guys for clarifying the matter.

 

[NanoSword]

To create a qobuz account in the countries not mentioned. The solution is to buy qobuz from ebay at a very low price, and when the subscription ends, change the password and username, and you can pay with Credit Cards. This is the only way I could have my own qobuz account.

Better to find European qobuz, as I think they have more albums than US .

 

[cat6man]

The usb driver for a SoTM reclocker has been delivered and works in the latest Taiko usb driver (thanks Emile and Ed).

Tests with 2 reclockers in series (sotm dx-usbHD usb w/superclock option + totaldac reclocker into d1-direct dac) to start this weekend.

 

[gds7368]

Installed my Extreme server today. OMG this thing sounds incredible - musical, crystal clear, engaging, detailed, smooth - and it’s just the first two hours listening. For a history, my servers started with Mac Mini, Roon Nucleus Plus, Aurender N10 (demo), Aurender W20SE and now Extreme. I could have lived happily with the W20SE in my system … until I heard this. I can’t imagine how this thing is going to “open up” over the next 500-1000 hours. How? What layer could be removed? And I’m using Roon, which I understand is inferior to TAS. Really looking forward to this journey, and I appreciate all of your help along the way.

PS Anyone who wants to go to Columbus, Ohio for a listen is invited.
I just hope you like single-malt scotch (like 15-21 year Balvenie) and food from a wood-fired pizza oven.

 

[MarkusBarkus]

...someone say music and Scotch?

 

[slowGEEZR]

...someone say music and Scotch?

I just finished listening to Tina Brooks, "Minor Moves" Tone Poet release and enjoyed a wee dram of The Glenlivet 15 y.o. French Oak Reserve. Highly recommend both!

 

[jelt2359]

I have my Extreme on optical network with low power SFP module, on a dedicated subnet (it doesn't see broadcast traffic from elsewhere in my house). That made a huge difference. With that, streaming vs local content is virtually identical, which is amazing.

In a bid to try this without creating another VLAN or subnet (worried about control issues across networks), I went to my Asus router and blocked internet access for my Extreme (and my switch connecting that Extreme to the router). I play only local files so this works for me.

REALLY nice bump in SQ!

 

[kswanson27]

On an entirely different subject I was browsing through album artists in TAS on my iPad and I accidentally put TAS in split screen. How do I get back to a full screen?

 

[oldmustang]

On an entirely different subject I was browsing through album artists in TAS on my iPad and I accidentally put TAS in split screen. How do I get back to a full screen?

Maybe you could post a picture? Not sure I know what you mean by split-screen. Is this with an iOS/Android device or on a computer?

Steve Z

 

[kswanson27]

Maybe you could post a picture? Not sure I know what you mean by split-screen. Is this with an iOS/Android device or on a computer?

Steve Z

It's with my iPad. Only TAS, Roon has a full screen. I'll see if I can figure out how to post a pic of the iPad screen.

 

[kswanson27]

My wife fixed it--I have no idea how.

 

[AMR / iFi audio]

My wife fixed it--I have no idea how.

That's a really good wife then! I guess you made a undeniably good choice....

 

[kswanson27]

That's a really good wife then! I guess you made a undeniably good choice....

Yeah, she can cook too!

 

[marty]

I just hope you like single-malt scotch (like 15-21 year Balvenie)

Hard to beat Balvenie!!