Antipodes OLADRA or K50

[itay123]

Hello friends,

I would like to know who has experience and can give honest impressions about:

Antipodes OLADRA or K50

And has anyone compared them and can give an honest opinion?

I am interested in it mainly because it contains a very high quality server and streaming capabilities that some say are the highest, depending on who you ask...

Currently I do not have a Streamer (In the past I had some Streamers like MSB's Renderer, also dedicated ones sough as ROON LABS NUCLEUS & Rockna Wavedream Net, and Lumin U2/T2 and more...
I always preferred the quality of my Server By far..,

my current SERVER is the , Request Audio - The Raptor (15,000$ - server only)
With its high-quality LAN cable (The Lan Wizard - $2500) and Stabilian Quatro isolations (about $2000 for 3 units)
it is extremely difficult to defeat the Raptor in its own court, A dedicated server,
but its storage is running out, therefore looking for alternatives at its level and beyond , and a full ROON capacities in its highest level possible, and a unit that will already meet all needs at the highest level.
BEST ALL IN ONE DIGITAL ONLY.

Additionally I would be happy to know, if anyone has connected an Antipodes OLADRA or K50 to a my Current DAC the Golden Gate balance or the Pacific/Horizon balance by Lampizator.

My dealer, who represents most of my equipment and I trust him a lot,
highly recommends the Antipodes OLADRA and even preferred him as a server over the Raptor which is for me - A GOOD TO GO Before audition's.

In addition, he preferred Antipodes OLADRA's streaming capabilities over every streamer he compared (including Renderer II in MSB Reference / digital director, which he also represents and Highly Recommended)

10x in advanced.

 

[acg]

I've had both in my system...purchased the Oladra. Am using Kassandra Ref II dac but same result with AC Helene, Tambaqui and Holo May.

 

[matthias]

Hello friends,

I would like to know who has experience and can give honest impressions about:

Antipodes OLADRA or K50

And has anyone compared them and can give an honest opinion?

I am interested in it mainly because it contains a very high quality server and streaming capabilities that some say are the highest, depending on who you ask...

Currently I do not have a Streamer (In the past I had some Streamers like MSB's Renderer, also dedicated ones sough as ROON LABS NUCLEUS & Rockna Wavedream Net, and Lumin U2/T2 and more...
I always preferred the quality of my Server By far..,

my current SERVER is the , Request Audio - The Raptor (15,000$ - server only)
With its high-quality LAN cable (The Lan Wizard - $2500) and Stabilian Quatro isolations (about $2000 for 3 units)
it is extremely difficult to defeat the Raptor in its own court, A dedicated server,
but its storage is running out, therefore looking for alternatives at its level and beyond , and a full ROON capacities in its highest level possible, and a unit that will already meet all needs at the highest level.
BEST ALL IN ONE DIGITAL ONLY.

Additionally I would be happy to know, if anyone has connected an Antipodes OLADRA or K50 to a my Current DAC the Golden Gate balance or the Pacific/Horizon balance by Lampizator.

My dealer, who represents most of my equipment and I trust him a lot,
highly recommends the Antipodes OLADRA and even preferred him as a server over the Raptor which is for me - A GOOD TO GO Before audition's.

In addition, he preferred Antipodes OLADRA's streaming capabilities over every streamer he compared (including Renderer II in MSB Reference / digital director, which he also represents and Highly Recommended)

10x in advanced.

If you compare them you must be sure that both are the same generation devices (G4).
You find some comparisons here:

Antipodes Audio - Updated Range and Upgrade Program - July 2023

Just a follow up update on this as I had a friend around this morning to listen to my Oladra 2 and we took the opportunity to compare Roon + Squeeze to Squeeze + Squeeze because I had been gradually losing my conviction that they were getting near to sounding the same. I played the two play...

antipodes.support

Matt

 

[gentcan]

I've had both in my system...purchased the Oladra. Am using Kassandra Ref II dac but same result with AC Helene, Tambaqui and Holo May.

Have you upgraded your Oladra? Thanks
Kev

 

[acg]

@gentcan Kev, no, not yet. I intend to do so but Antipodes have withdrawn support from the Australian distibutor and I am waiting for the dust to settle. Somehow, it seems as though my dealer is still an Antipodes dealer so will probably do the deed next month through them. Must say I am looking forward to the upgraded USB output and seeing if it can best or even match AES to the Kass.

 

[gentcan]

@acg . Yeah I got mine from Rom but already paid for mine. I’m using AES so not sure it’s an upgrade or not. Thanks

 

[acg]

@acg . Yeah I got mine from Rom but already paid for mine. I’m using AES so not sure it’s an upgrade or not. Thanks

Apparently AES/I2S/SPDIF etc. also improve with the update, not just USB.

 

[matthias]

Apparently AES/I2S/SPDIF etc. also improve with the update

Yes, with Oladra G4 these have one additional reclocking stage in comparison to USB, so on paper they should be superior. With K50 G4 they should be on par with USB.

Matt

 

[gentcan]

Apparently AES/I2S/SPDIF etc. also improve with the update, not just USB.

Thank you.

 

[LL21]

Anyone have a view of how the Antipodes G4 compares with the Innuous Statement, Aurender N30SA, Taiko Extreme or Wadax Ref Server?

 

[itay123]

Hello friends, it's been quite some time since I entered the forum and shared my journey,
so here's an opportunity,

unfortunately I didn't have time to compare the Kala50 with the OLADRA, Like the topic I started.
but I tested the K50 and was really impressed, The integration with my DAC resulted in results that simply crushed any other combination I had!
so I orderd the Antipodes Kala50 (K50) G4 + Shunyata Reasearch's X Digital Ethernet Cable,

a 46th birthday present that I'm celebrating in 3 days ) Details will follow,
meanwhile the cardboard box with a crazy surprise inside

 

[Macattack]

Congratulations. Enjoy the burn-in time.

 

[itay123]

The mighty KALA 50 !

Sounds phenomenal so far.
It is clear that there is a considerable running-in period,
however,
already at the first listening, understand the differences are huge between everything I had before.
related to silence, weight, airiness.

and got a new Shunyata Alpha-x Ethernet cable.

 

[Macattack]

Congratulations!

 

[exupgh12]

Congratulations Itay, enjoy your new server\streamer, and a happy birthday.

 

[LL21]

The mighty KALA 50 !

Sounds phenomenal so far.
It is clear that there is a considerable running-in period,
however,
already at the first listening, understand the differences are huge between everything I had before.
related to silence, weight, airiness.

and got a new Shunyata Alpha-x Ethernet cable.

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Congrats! Look forward to your listening notes as you get to know your new reference piece!