I suspect that the number of CX/EX units that have been Oladra updated is a very small fraction of units available on the used market. The cost of the upgrade was such that it made more sense to just trade in on a used K series.

Its not as smooth as updating the OS on an iPad for example. Depending on which apps you use there may be some teething problems which can usually be resolved with some questions on the support forum. In the worst case Antipodes support may need to remotely log in to your system to do some...

I own CX/EX and love them. I don’t feel a desperate need to update anytime soon. Aesthetically the CX/EX are the pinnacle of the Antipodes servers IMO, especially in silver. They have the awesome green leds instead of the tacky blue ones that are so 2009. I have not heard the S series, but...

I find my TT2 sounds better after some warm up. I have never done any scientific tests but after some time into a listening session I really notice the TT2 sounding particularly good. My gut feel is that the warmup time is about half an hour.

Has anyone had any issues with HQ Player/Roon on 4.1? I am getting ‘playback failed because Roon couldn’t connect to HQ Player’ error. I can’t find any obvious reason for this in the settings. License valid, output device correct etc.

I am in UK (need to update my profile). The dealer I use is Elite Audio. I bought my CX and EX there when they were less than two years old for about half retail price with warranty. There is currently one K50 rev2 (Clive’s?) there for £11500, full retail price £17500. Recently saw K50 rev1 for...

Those ARC6’s are monsters! Thanks for reporting from the cutting edge. Good news for the guys one or two generations of technology back. Looks like two barely run in K50’s on the used market :)

An example of foo cable lifters at £320 each!! https://www.futureshop.co.uk/furutech-ncf-booster-performance-enhancing-connector-cable-holder?gclid=CjwKCAjw79iaBhAJEiwAPYwoCHvOOl3G9m6FU08hQwL34Oe4-0f54a_pe8JYb3eHwh_bzpni5Di0XBoCqEwQAvD_BwE ’NCF is comprised of a special crystalline material...

Yes maybe I was bit harsh about the lifters. I see they are £116 for a box of four - when I first saw them on the web site I thought that was the price for each lifter. I can understand that there is some technical justification for getting the cables off the floor, but what makes me cringe...

Clive, have you tried the Jcat M12 Gold switch? I have not, but from what I have read on WBF it is an end game solution. Looking at the after dark web site I see they sell audiophile cable lifters for £115 each - that makes me skeptical about anything else they sell :)

I’m with you on that. I won’t go anywhere near major updates on day one. Having a bricked music system would be very stressful. I really hope this is the last ‘major‘ update of AMS. I thought it was perfectly fine as it was. Small incremental changes are fine, but completely rebuilding it...

I can see the benefits, but really hope they stop messing with the interface after this one. I had only just got used to the last major change. I would like to see them putting more effort into making the underlying processes run more efficiently so sound quality improves.

Another completely new interface. I wish they would just pick an interface and run with it instead of constantly changing it. Looks like change for changes sake.

Has anyone tried converting to DSD using HQ Player? I am thinking of trying this while connecting my EX directly to my Devialet D200 which supports DSD64. If so, what are the recommended filter settings to use in HQ Player? In particular I am interested in settings that give a similar result...

Thanks for your valuable input to the discussion. That clipping test is interesting. Why was this not flagged in your review of the X18? I saw there was a 1kHz test which did not show the clipping. Can you please provide more information about the test conditions used to make the clipping...