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Post by brettj on Jun 4, 2024 19:47:06 GMT
Pieced everything together again last night.
Blow me down with a feather.
Music emerged.
But no chance to listen.
On Tara Labs Cascade until I get an opportunity to listen, hopefully tonight.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 4, 2024 19:54:04 GMT
Pieced everything together again last night. Blow me down with a feather. Music emerged. Great That same T shirt again !  |
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Post by Fro on Aug 8, 2024 3:21:20 GMT
Taiko Audio just remotely downloaded their latest XDMS Control App 3.0.2 software to my Extreme music server. OMG! Just an incredible leap forward - the immediacy, the separation of voices and instruments, the blackness of the background, and the exquisitely defined low end, all are by far the best I have ever heard. I am thrilled with what I am hearing out of my System today. Far bigger improvement in sound quality than any cable change, power conditioner, amp or D/A converter upgrade I have done in the past. So happy I made the move to the Taiko Extreme as my current music server. Now to go through all my FRO’s Favorites to hear everything for the first time…
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 8, 2024 9:56:52 GMT
Amazing - how does new software make such a profound improvement in sound quality?
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Post by MartinT on Aug 8, 2024 10:01:47 GMT
A major software update to the Sonic Orbiter OS (2.9) running the Rendu series streamers last year made a very large difference in sound quality.
It controls the timing of data through the streamer so does have an impact on clocking, queuing, priority events etc.
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Post by Tobias on Aug 8, 2024 19:54:16 GMT
In my mind you are just modulating the noise levels, since that should be the "only" thing that matters in the digital domain.
Software changes can optimize the CPU activity. Knowing how incredible sensitive the DAC is, to even ridiculous small changes, even small CPU activity changes must clearly impact the DAC.
My guess is that they have identified that they can lower the CPU activity by optimizing the software activity/code and that is what they have done.
If this was your current noise floor source bottleneck, into your DAC, then the impact will be huge since the DAC will now perform even better (more accurate).
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Post by MartinT on Aug 8, 2024 19:58:13 GMT
Software changes can optimize the CPU activity. Knowing how incredible sensitive the DAC is, to even ridiculous small changes, even small CPU activity changes must clearly impact the DAC. My guess is that they have identified that they can lower the CPU activity by optimizing the software activity/code and that is what they have done. If this was your current noise floor source bottleneck, into your DAC, then the impact will be huge since the DAC will now perform even better (more accurate). Yes, Tobias, they pretty much said that they found ways of reducing the CPU cycles, which does decrease the power supply load and spikes (noise) in the supply lines. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 12, 2024 14:05:58 GMT
Swiss Digital Fuse BoxReview ......Bottom line is the $395 Swiss Digital Fuse Box can be a game-changer, and is way cheaper than just throwing more money at whatever latest greatest. If you like your present gear, but want better performance, try a SDFB first. Easily installed, it really delivers on Vera-Fi's claims, but by removing the weakest link in your system, it may also reveal the next-weakest link that absolutely demands upgrading. Ahhh, the audiophile life! Swiss Digital Fuse Box
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Post by MartinT on Aug 12, 2024 14:28:38 GMT
Why would we (in the UK) add yet another fuse in the path?
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 12, 2024 14:59:00 GMT
Thought had occurred to me
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Post by mattspl on Aug 12, 2024 17:08:48 GMT
I think the idea behind the Swiss fuse is to have no fuse on the power cord like the EU and US, then you remove the AC fuse of the Hifi component and replace it with a solid metal bar, while adding the Swiss fuse box in line with your power cord.
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Post by MartinT on Aug 12, 2024 17:14:20 GMT
Ok, so now I'll reinvent it by moving the fuse into the plug and... oh, I have a UK power cable  |
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Post by Fro on Sept 19, 2024 13:17:20 GMT
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Post by mattspl on Sept 24, 2024 18:38:10 GMT
Re-reading Martin T article on getting the best out of digital I thought I add a grounding box to my router. I was initially connecting this to my RTZ that also grounds the A15. Well a nice improvement on detail and depth. To be honest I was not sure I hear anything. I have ordered a linear power supply to power the girlfriend laptop, so that I am not adding so much noise to the mains. Do you connect to the negative of the router input with the ground box? |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 24, 2024 18:50:21 GMT
Do you connect to the negative of the router input with the ground box? I already covered this back in 2022. I made an adapter from a 2.1mm DC plug, 2.1 chassis socket and heat shrink to provide a wire for a croc clip from the grounding box to the router -ve terminal.  |
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Post by mattspl on Sept 24, 2024 20:18:32 GMT
Do you connect to the negative of the router input with the ground box? I already covered this back in 2022. I made an adapter from a 2.1mm DC plug, 2.1 chassis socket and heat shrink to provide a wire for a croc clip from the grounding box to the router -ve terminal. Thanks Martin, I remember this, but I was just checking to see if that’s how John had done it too. |
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Post by John on Sept 24, 2024 20:42:18 GMT
I connect a ethernet cable to a spare port in my case and then wire it directly to the box with nothing else being connected to the box
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Post by mattspl on Sept 24, 2024 21:06:03 GMT
I connect a ethernet cable to a spare port in my case and then wire it directly to the box with nothing else being connected to the box Thanks John. So would this be a metal RJ45 that connects to your router chassi? My router is all plastic. The switches on the other hand are metal. |
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Post by John on Sept 25, 2024 5:19:42 GMT
I connect a ethernet cable to a spare port in my case and then wire it directly to the box with nothing else being connected to the box Thanks John. So would this be a metal RJ45 that connects to your router chassi? My router is all plastic. The switches on the other hand are metal. The spare ethernet sockets are what carry the noise in my case, all I do is cut the ethernet connector at the grounding end and use a RJ45 @ the router |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 25, 2024 7:57:50 GMT
John, I'm trying to picture what you do. Are you saying you connect a cable to every router RJ45 socket?
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