USB Profiles Extreme Music Server User Guide
- June 13, 2024
- EXTREME
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Profiles Extreme Music Server
User Guide
USB Profiles Extreme Music Server
Guide to selecting USB Profiles on the Extreme Music Server
There are 5 steps in this process:
- Look up your DAC in the DAC list to find the ideal USB profile.
- Make a VNC remote desktop connection to your Music Server.
- Execute the selected profile by right-clicking it and selecting “Run with Powershell”.
- Select the appropriate output bit rate in Roon.
- Setting TAS Buffers (only required when you have TAS installed)
Step 1 – Taiko USB driver-supported DACs
Look up your DAC in the list below and make a note of the USB profile and the
bit-setting
Note
All DACs in black are embedded part of the initially installed version of the
Taiko USB Driver. The DACS in blue are later additions and are present only in
the versions of the Taiko Driver as installed for the users that requested
this. Contact us via upport@taikoaudio.com if
you have acquired a new DAC that has been added recently or if you have a DAC
that is not on this list.
Analog Domain DAC1 – USB2 – Roon 32-bit
Anthem STR – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
APL DSD-MR – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
APL DSD-SR – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Aries Cerat Helene – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Aries Cerat Kassandra – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Aqua Formula (V1.0) – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
Aqua Formula xHD (V2.0) – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Aqua La Scala – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
Ayre QX-5 with USB2 upgrade – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Benchmark – USB3 – Roon 24-bit (added 16-08-2022)
B&O Beolab 50 – USB1 or USB3 – Roon 32-bit (added 28-07-2022)
B&O Beolab 90 – USB1 or USB3 – Roon 32-bit (added 07-07-2022)
Boulder 2120
Bricasti MDx – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Brinkmann Nyquist – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
CH Precision – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
DCS Bartok – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
DCS Rossini – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
DCS Rossini Player – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
DCS Vivaldi – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
DCS Vivaldi Up-sampler – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
DCS Vivaldi One – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
Denafrips Gaia
Denafrips Terminator Plus
Devialet Expert Pro
EMM Labs DA2 – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
EMM Labs DAC2V2 – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
EMM Labs DAC2X – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
Esoteric Grandioso D1X (PCM only) – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Esoteric K-01X (PCM only) – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Esoteric K-01XD (PCM only) – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Esoteric K-03 (PCM only) – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Exogal Comet – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
Grimm LS-1 Active loudspeakers – USB3 – Roon 24-bit (added 03-2023)
Goldmund Mimesis 20H Nextgen – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
Gustard X26 Pro – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Holo Audio May – USBx – Roon 24-bit
Ideon Absolute – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
iFi Pro iDSD
JLsounds I2SoverUSB – USB4 – Roon 32-bit (added 07-2022)
Kii Control Digital Preamp and USB Interface (added 25-11-2022)
Lampizator – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Linn Klimax DSM – USB2 – 32-bit
LH Davinci MKII – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
LH Virtuoso – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Luxman D10X – USB1 or USB3 – Roon 24-bit
Matrix Audio X-SPDIF 2 – USB1 or USB3 – Roon 24 bit
Marantz SA-10 – USB4 – 32 bit (added 27-07-2023)
Meridian Explorer 2 – USB2 – Roon 32-bit (added 07-02-2023)
In this case, it is worth testing the following variants:
USB1 – Roon 32-bit
USB1 – Roon 24-bit
USB3 – Roon 24-bit
Meitner MA-3 – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
Meitner XDS1 V3 – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
Mola Mola Tambaqui – USB2 or USB4 – Roon 32-bit (added 08-2022)
MSB Pro USB – USB3 – Roon 24-bit (the latest Pro ISL incarnations may require
some editing via a remote access session, pls contact Taiko Audio support if
there is no USB handshake)
MSB V / Quad – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
Mutec MC-3+ – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
Nagra HD-X – USB2 – Roon 32-bit
Nagra Tube Dac – USB2 – Roon 32-bit
Omega Audio Concepts DNA DAC – USB1 – Roon 24-bit
Playback Design MPD-8 [SETTINGS TBC] (added 19-05-2022)
Pilium Elektra – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
Resolution Audio Cantata 3.0
Sennheiser HE-1 – USB2 – Roon 32-bit
Singxer SU-6 – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
SoTM dx-usbHD – USB1 or USB3 – Roon 24-bit
Soulution 330 – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
Soulution 760 – USB3 – Roon 24-bit
SRC-DX – USB4 – Roon 32-bit (added 03-2022)
T+A MP 2500R – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
T+A SD(V)3100 – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
T+A HA 200 – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Thrax Maximinus – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Topping NX4DSD – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Totaldac – USB1 – Roon 24-bit
Trinity 1st gen model – USB1 or USB3 – Roon 24-bit
Trinity Reference
Vinnie Rossi L2 (JL Sounds USB Board) – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Vitus – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Wadax Atlantis Reference – USB3 – Roon 24-bit (updated 20-04-2023)
Wadax Arcadia – USB2 – Roon 32-bit (added 07-02-2023)
In this case, it is worth testing the following variants:
USB1 – Roon 32-bit
USB1 – Roon 24-bit
USB3 – Roon 24-bit
Weiss DAC-501 – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Weiss Helios – USB4 – Roon 32-bit (added 31-05-2022)
Ypsilon 1000 – USB4 – Roon 32-bit
Step 2
Make a VNC remote desktop connection to your Music Server.
Tip
If you have accessed the desktop of the server before, and the IP address of
the server has not changed, you can start at step 4.
- Download realVNC on a device connected to the same WiFi network as the server. You can find the app here: https://www.realvnc.com/en/connect/download/viewer/
- Run the VNC app.
- Click on the + symbol in the top right corner.
Tip You can find the IP address of the server in the Roon app. - Enter the IP address of the server and choose any name.
- Click Save.
You have now created a connection profile.
-
Click the connection profile with the name you entered in step 3.
-
Click on Connect.
Tip
If you don’t know the VNC name and password of the server, contact your supplier. -
Enter the VNC name and password of the server.
-
Select Remember password.
-
Click Continue
-
The desktop of the server is shown and can now be controlled.
Tip
If you need a keyboard, you can click the keyboard icon in the toolbar at the
top of the screen to enable a virtual keyboard.
Alternative method (only MacOS)
When using a MacOS device you can also access the desktop of the server via
your browser. Do the following:
-
Open your browser.
-
Type vnc:// followed by the IP address of the server in the search bar. For example: vnc://192.168.1.23
A popup appears, asking you if you want to open the screen sharing application. -
Click Yes.
Tip
If you don’t know the password of the server, contact your supplier. -
Enter the password of the server.
-
Click Enter.
The desktop of the server is shown and can now be controlled.
Tip
If you need a keyboard, you can click the keyboard icon in the toolbar at the
top of the screen to enable a virtual keyboard.
Step 3
Execute the USB profile. Please note that this will immediately reboot the
Extreme.
The desktop will contain a range of USB Profiles. Select the one that is ideal
for your DAC and execute it by right-clicking and selecting “Run with
Powershell”.
This will reboot the Extreme. After that, the profile will be active. It will
remain active throughout successive reboots and even after changing from Roon
to TAS and back.
Step 4
Select the appropriate output bit rate in Roon.
This is how you enter the correct bit rate that you looked up in the DAC
table.
First, go to Settings (1).
Then, select the Audio page (2).
From there, find your main audio zone, which is normally the
“Taiko Audio USB Audio Device”, and use the gear wheel on the right side to
select Device Setup (4).
This brings up the below pop-up window.
Click on Show Advanced (5) and scroll
down to the Max bits per sample (PCM) setting.
From the list of available
bitrates (6), select the one that you noted before according to the DAC list
(7).
Click Save, and you’re done.
If you decide that you want to change the USB profile, simply repeat the same
steps.
A new Remote Control app is in the making that will direct switching DAC
profiles without the need to establish a remote desktop connection.
Step 5
Setting TAS Buffers (only required if you have TAS installed)
As part of the recent update to the OS and USB driver, Roon has been made the
default music player on system startup. To use TAS you will have to launch the
TAS remote on your phone or tablet and switch to TAS.
Part of TAS has now been integrated into the new USB driver and this has led
to major sonic benefit when using Roon. As a result, there is one setting in
TAS that needs to be changed, also when you are using Roon.
To access the player settings screen, tap and hold your finger on the green
player button and the relevant settings screen will open.
- Tap on Output Device Selection and ensure you have the appropriate ASIO device selected
- If our DAC must use DOP, select it here
- Choose your USB buffer sizes for PCM and DSD
- The TAS buffers need to be set to Auto
- Tap the top left arrow to save changes and Exit
References
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