ANTIPODES CX/EX/P1 music server combo w CD ripper.
Special Price: SOLD
Price guide: RRP NZ$12,750 (at time of release)
Selling on behalf of a client, (different to EX elsewhere) ANTIPODES excellent CX/EX/ music server combo w P1 CD ripper. Servers updated by Antipodes to latest v5.01 software.
Note - original boxes no longer available but suitable shipping boxes can be supplied at cost price.
Darko Audio: reviewers comment:
”This configuration, the reduction in noise levels in each unit is dramatic, and with the new direct Ethernet connection between them, the CX+EX solution is jaw-dropping. The CX+EX solution is the absolute ultimate music server system, with the low-noise optimisation of both units having a big impact on the final result”…. John Darko
HiFi Advice: reviewers comment:
”That game was finished before I knew it… Indeed: the Melco was beaten at its own game! The Antipodes combo sounded every bit as fluid and free-flowing and just as refined and transparent, yet with an even deeper soundstage, more solid bass, a richer tonality, and an even more organic delivery. The Melco also still sounded very nice for sure but in comparison with the Antipodes combo it now came across as less convincing and organic, less real and therefore ultimately less engaging”.….. HiFi Advice - Christiaan Punter
See full review:
https://www.hifi-advice.com/blog/review/digital-reviews/network-player-reviews/antipodes-cx-ex-part1/
The Antipodes CX is a High-power single computer w 2x user Installable SSDs, Direct Ethernet, USB & an Internal power supply, no internal DAC, can perform both Server and Player functions, but its design focus was on it being a world-class Server, playing to a DAC’s Ethernet input, or (as used in this combo), to an Antipodes EX performing the Player function.
The Antipodes EX is a Medium-power single somputer w 2x user installable SSDs, Analog, USB & an internal power supply plus internal DAC, can perform both Server and Player functions, but its design focus was on it being a world-class Player, (as used in this combo) playing from an Antipodes CX performing the Server function.
While the use cases for the EX and CX might seem to overlap and this might lead to confusion, it’s really quite clear, once you understand the different tasks at hand. When thinking of Roon or any other streaming audio solution, there are two main functions: the Server and the Renderer. The former holds the music and creates an index of the library that you can browse via a tablet or computer and the latter receives the music stream via the network, plays it back and outputs it, in this case via USB. In most cases, the good results are obtained by performing both tasks by the same machine but extra efforts have been made to provide even better results using the independent EX + CX devices, that hace been specialised for each task for the ultimate outcome.
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