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...

I am sure the Choral M scaler will be a big step up from the Hugo M scaler. I guess it will have a more sophisticated power supply and at least a billion taps:). Price will probably be £8k / $9k

PCM upscaling doesn’t require much compute power. Even the EX which is designed as a player can comfortably manage as a Roon core with HQ Player PCM upscaling and not break a sweat (around 7% CPU load).

I keep an eye on the used market in the UK and second hand Dave’s seem to be rare as hens teeth. I have seen very few and they seem to sell for 80% of the new price. I suspect we will have to wait for the imminent release of the Dave 2 with onboard 2M tap upscaler to see some affordable...

Start buying magazines about boats and motorcycles and leave them around the house. She will soon realise hifi is cheap by comparison, and safer :)

You will be able to get one for 3k when Oladra mk3 is released in 2024:) 35k AUD is quite a good price for the Oladra. In the UK they are £25k (43k AUD).

I had a look at the antipodes web site and it does indicate that they are able to do these upgrades on an ongoing basis. When it was initially announced they were saying that it was limited offer due to the need to reconfigure the factory. The time window to make the expensive decision was...

TT2 and M scaler both need a 15V power supply so the answer is no.

This would require an extra USB cable and make more clutter. I own CX/EX and this wouldn’t be something I would bother with, but the only way to satisfy your curiosity is to try it. If buying used you could probably flip it for what you paid for it. Please report your findings.

My money’s on @Triode User to be the first in this group to get the Oladra :)

Interesting product! I don’t like the styling much, but I can see it would be very expensive to make - looks like CNC machined from a single billet. 21kg! Looking forward to reading the reviews from the early adopters. This is good news for those that like to buy these servers used since a...