[F208Frank]

Oladra just arrived and warming up.

looking forward to honest impressions.

 

[Triode User]

Today I had a bit of free time and listened to my new Oladra.

When @Clive101 brought his Oladra to my house to compare to my K50 we listened with Roon and Squeezelite so that is what I tried today with my Oladra. I have to be honest that the Oladra was beyond the sound that I remembered and I absolutely loved it!!

But then I tried what Clive and I did not try when he came to visit. I swopped to using Squeeze server and Squeeze player.

Oh my goodness. That sound is really something special with the Oladra. I have NEVER heard my system sound so good.

Roon and Squeezelite on the Oladra is very very good but Squeeze and Squeeze is a different world.

I cannot thank Clive enough for leading me astray by letting me hear his Oladra.

The two tracks and albums I listened to in order to compare Roon and Squeeze server on the Oladra were these. I first came across the tracks when watching a live stream video by Alpha Audio. They sounded great on the K50 but absolutely entrancing on the Oladra.

 

[Whazzzup]

Great to hear and of course more details over time but again. You can try and pry my dx3

 

[Triode User]

.

Great to hear and of course more details over time but again. You can try and pry my dx3

I would not dare to even think about trying to pry anything from your hands. You are one of the reasons that I became interested in Antipodes so I have to thank you for that.

 

[kennyb123]

You are one of the reasons that I became interested in Antipodes so I have to thank you for that.

He did that for me too.

 

[Progisus]

.

I would not dare to even think about trying to pry anything from your hands. You are one of the reasons that I became interested in Antipodes so I have to thank you for that.

Same here.

 

[Clive101]

.

I would not dare to even think about trying to pry anything from your hands. You are one of the reasons that I became interested in Antipodes so I have to thank you for that.

Same here

 

[Whazzzup]

 

[Whazzzup]

Seriously tho, id give my left nut for Oladra probably, but checked google canada and it will just take 30 G CAD at noteworthy audio, i guess you have to pop on 4 G tax but you get free shipping. Times when i hooked into antipodes in 2017 was a simpler time. Please tell me oladra stories, but it is to dream...

 

[kennyb123]

Roon and Squeezelite on the Oladra is very very good but Squeeze and Squeeze is a different world.

Not at all surprising to read this. I would guess that Squeeze distances itself even further from the alternatives on the Oladra than on the K50. Is that what you are finding?

 

[Triode User]

Not at all surprising to read this. I would guess that Squeeze distances itself even further from the alternatives on the Oladra than on the K50. Is that what you are finding?

Yes that is the case. I was sort of wondering whether Roon + Squeezelite might sound better on the Oladra (and be good enough to ‘put up with’) and the answer is that in many ways it does but my goodness, Squeeze + Sqeezelite on the Oladra opens up the gap even further.

Although having just typed this I remember that with Roon on my K50 I went through its settings and tried to replicate what settings the Grimm MU1 uses for Roon and I have not yet tried to do that on the Oladra.

 

[Progisus]

replicate what settings the Grimm MU1 uses for Roon

Are these settings published anywhere. I would love to try them. I am a believer that you can change the sound in Roon. I am using roon/squeeze at present for it’s quick start/stop when changing tunes. I still prefer the roon/hqplayer sound. Both played to mscaler.

 

[F208Frank]

Same here. (Seriously)

 

[td19]

The MU1 manual ... page 9?

https://www.grimmaudio.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Manual-MU1-Software-V1.3.0.pdf

 

[Progisus]

The MU1 manual ... page 9?

https://www.grimmaudio.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Manual-MU1-Software-V1.3.0.pdf

Thank you… I didn’t see anything special but I may have missed it.