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  1. WAVE High Fidelity

    The Initial Impact of the K22 & K41 On My Life

    I had the MU1 on a 3 week home trial and I concluded that Roon was severely strangling its sound quality in the same way that I hear whenever I go back to trying Roon on my Antipodes compared to Squeeze + Squeezelite. Roon usually only lasts at best half of a track before its sound starts to...
  2. WAVE High Fidelity

    What DACs are you using with your K50 ?

    I used a Chord Mscaler and Chord DAVE Dac connected to my K50 and with them the best sound quality in my experience was using BNC from the K50 to the Mscaler. I had both the Gen 1 and Gen 2 K50 and it was the same result for best SQ with both of them. I tried optical and also usb but the BNC...
  3. WAVE High Fidelity

    Antipodes Audio - Updated Range and Upgrade Program - July 2023

    Well, after 24 hours of thinking about this I have placed an order with the UK dealer Elite Audio to have my Oladra updated as soon as they start doing the upgrades. The upgraded USB output is of currently of little interest to me at the moment due to that not being the best implemented input on...
  4. WAVE High Fidelity

    MY-HiEND - Antipodes OLADRA Music Server Review

    Well I had the best recommendation ever for an Oladra which was from a WAVE customer who was kind enough to drive to my house with his Oladra so we could compare it to my K50. How did that compare? Well lets just say that a new Oladra arrived today and is warming up playing non stop music to...
  5. WAVE High Fidelity

    K30 vs K50

    @kennyb123 indeed your report is very interesting. I had always wondered whether the K30 was basically just a cut down K50 but with only the USB output as opposed to the multiple digital outputs of the K50. It seems your conclusion is an emphatic no to that question and instead the K50 usb...
  6. WAVE High Fidelity

    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    Oooooo! This is going to be interesting!!!
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    To switch or not to switch? Melco S-100 or Innuos Phoenix NET switch?

    No, that does not seem normal and I have never had that with my PhoenixNET. Is there any chance you changed anything else at the same time, possibly accidentally?
  8. WAVE High Fidelity

    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    From what I can see the server and player boards are new and different to the K50. The height looks a tight fit for the same power supply as the K50 so maybe that will be different or a variation of it. The Olandra is not 10k more than the K50, it is 7.5k more. That is a fair lump of money but...
  9. WAVE High Fidelity

    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    I have been rather busy over the last few weeks and so have neglected popping in here to have a browse. For various reasons too superficial to name I actually sold my original version K50 and bought one of the current ones. Whilst the changes may have been prompted by supply chain issues the...
  10. WAVE High Fidelity

    Sablon Evo usb cable

    My promised EVO USB from Mark had been sitting in a UPS warehouse since 22nd Dec so a new one was sent two days ago by old fashioned Royal Mail and arrived yestreday! Although I myself make what I regard as the best available BNC cables (I guess I would say that!!) I have seen no reason to...
  11. WAVE High Fidelity

    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    You probably know already but I use MPD for PGGB playback on my K50 and that for me is the best sound quality so far but I am also hoping to play PGGB 705/768 files using Squeeze when AMS 3.1 arrives. I totally agree with you on Roon sound quality. It sucks
  12. WAVE High Fidelity

    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    The Material web browser based file selection also works well and is worth trying.
  13. WAVE High Fidelity

    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    And just to say that there is a quick video on the Antipodes web site outlining the main features of 3.1. It has a similar look and feel to 3.0 but my main hope is that it will enable us to use up to date versions of the server and player apps rather than the out of date ones enabled within...
  14. WAVE High Fidelity

    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    From what I have read from Antipodes the notice is a three part notice. 1) CX and EX will be able to be upgraded for a relatively short period of time (July and August) with the new Oladra power supplies and they will also be upgraded to the new 3.1 software at the same time. Antipodes are...
  15. WAVE High Fidelity

    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    It looks like the new 3.1 software will be available for the K50 by the end of July . . . .
  16. WAVE High Fidelity

    To switch or not to switch? Melco S-100 or Innuos Phoenix NET switch?

    I look forward to that experiment. I have done it in my system ie comparing eReg + PhoenixNET to just one of each. I also compared each of those three alternatives to pulling the ethernet plug out of the back of my streamer (I was playing locally stored files). I then chose the combination which...
  17. WAVE High Fidelity

    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    I confess that a prime motive for me getting my K50 was that I have been trying PGGB since Christmas. For that reason I have loaded my K50 with three 4TB SSD. I am not giving up my MScaler which I still prefer compared to HQP for streamed music and also for non PGGB processed files but there is...
  18. WAVE High Fidelity

    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    Welcome to the K50 owners and thansk for sharing your experiences!! It really is an awesome streamer/server. I use USB and BNC output to my Mscaler and Dave and am VERY pleased with the K50. I do not use Roon on any part of the K50, server or player because I find that it affects the sound...
  19. WAVE High Fidelity

    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    Perhaps permit me to deviate off thread topic for a few breaths long enough for me to say to @christoph that I have just seen that you have Air Scouts! I well remember going round to Kevin's small terraced house when he was playing with the Air Scout design and after getting to know him I used...
  20. WAVE High Fidelity

    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    Can I ask is there any consensus of which outputs people are using with their K50 etc? For connection to my Chord Mscaler I am tending to use the BNC spdif output and Squeezelite controlled by the Material web app. I wonder if Antipodes are going to do a fully functioning app themselves the...
  21. WAVE High Fidelity

    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    One fine day when I am feeling brave I might first swop out the factory fuses for the same dimension solid copper on the basis that if fuses do make a difference to the sound then no fuse must surely sound better than having a fuse in circuit. (Note to all those who worry, this will only be a...
  22. WAVE High Fidelity

    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    @kennyb123 In the interests of full disclosure I should perhaps have said that a friend with a K50 has loaned me these to try . . . . I am so far reluctant to try them because it just seems too close to foo, especially when he urges me to try them inserted in different directions to get the...
  23. WAVE High Fidelity

    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    It looks like the same fuseholder as the CX and EX and I attach the user instructions from their manual.
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    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    Hi Sean, you will not be disappointed with a K50. Do not dismiss USB from the K50. It might well be the best for you especially with the Sablon 2020 usb that I use. I and others will be happy to help you with set up when the time comes.
  25. WAVE High Fidelity

    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    Yes but they were solved in pretty short order by Jussi and in any case why is the older range allowed to receive updates if there were issues? Also, I have not been told by Antipodes that they restricted access to updates because of issue, rather that they were getting round to releasing the...
  26. WAVE High Fidelity

    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    Congratulations on getting the K50. No, I have not tried that and the main reason is that I have been told it makes a slight difference to sound quality whether one uses say a single internal 8TB in the K50 versus two 4TB. Against the background of that information I have just gone with SSD in...
  27. WAVE High Fidelity

    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    Yes, from what I have been told by an EX owner. He had a slight issue with the very latest HQP embedded version but Antipodes and HQP sorted it out between them within 24 hrs by HQP doing an update. I have bought the top of the line K50 Antipodes and I slightly think I must be on a different...
  28. WAVE High Fidelity

    Introduction of my new Antipodes K50 Music Server

    After reading this thread when it first started I am back and posting as a new K50 owner. Before buying I had a K50 on demo from Elite in Scotland (who are really good guys to deal with by the way) and I admit that at first I was struggling to understand how to get it to play anything never...

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