ANTIPODES EX-Oladra music server + P1 CD ripper
EX rear showing 1TB SSD installed
P1 CD Ripper
Special Price: SOLD
Price guide: RRP NZ$8.350incl GST
Selling on behalf of a client, an as new EX-Oladra music server with P1 CD Ripper plus 1TB SSD installed.
Presented in as new, unmarked condition with latest Oladra G3 technology upgrade installed. It has been tested by my technician and in perfect running order. Comes w/ original shipping boxes.
These EX Oladra's versions do not come up for sale very often and this is as clean as new a unit as you will find.
“Technically immaculate as well as emotionally highly involving, the Antipodes EX is my current reference for Roon playback.” – Christiaan Punter of HiFi Advice (www.hifi-advice.com).
“Needing no introduction. If you're after a server / streamer or both then this is the best I have heard without paying very serious money. I tried lots of servers and streamers and when I heard a regular EX I knew I'd found a sound that I loved. Talk on the net of the OLADRA retrospective mod (included) had people raving about what a huge improvement it made One of my best friends who heard my original EX picked up an EX w OLADRA upgrade and the improvement was huge. I eventually hunted one down”…… Lansche plasma guy forum member:
EX-Oladra owner comment:: Antipodes EX units standard units are wonderful. Find a unit with the OLADRA upgrade is hard but the sound is absolutely stunning. It was a real game changer in my system. It made the sound much more Analogue and was clearly much better in every possible way. I have a 4tb internal storage fitted which is not included in the sale (full of music I have collected for many years including master files and burns of my rare original CD's etc).
The EX was an entry level model, combining the Server function, the Renderer function and DAC function in a single device. So the EX can operate as a complete digital source, Music Server to replace a CD Player
If wanted you add a higher quality external DAC to experience the full potential of the EX. Using just an EX, you can play direct to the USB or Ethernet input on your external DAC.
EX - Server / Player
Medium-Power Single Computer
Internal DAC
2x User Installable SSD slots (1x 1TB included)
Outputs: Analog RCA & USB
Internal Power Supply
The Antipodes EX can perform as a complete music server with both Server and Player functions, but it also can be used as a world-class Player when matched up alongside an Antipodes CX to perform the Server function for an even greater high-end outcome.
Note - this unit has been upgraded with latest Oladra G3 technology . This upgrade installs an upgraded power supply that substantially lifts performance.
ANTIPODES - P1 External USB Ripper:
Included as part of the package is Antipodes high quality auto-ripping by adding a P1 Platform.
USB Powered
A P1 can be added to any Antipodes Music Server to provide high-quality auto-ripping of CDs on into plug-in SSD
ANTIPODED EX-Oladra Music Server continued:
With its ODAPS2 power supply, four separate shielded chambers, and user-installable storage, the relatively affordable EX server marks the start of a new Antipodes range. When using the EX by itself, both server and renderer apps run on the same device. The EX enclosure has a similar build as the DX and consists of very thick aluminum panels screwed together very sturdily. Because there are no fans, the machine is whisper-quiet, nicely heavy and feels incredibly solid. Interestingly, the EX is the Antipodes entry-level music server but at the same time, its rendering capabilities are considered to represent the company’s best solution!
The EX can easily play PCM files up to 32bit/768kbps, and DSD files up to DSD512 with the EX. Upsampling to 32bit/768kbps PCM on-the-fly is also well within its capabilities.
One notable feature of the EX, is a good sounding stereo analog output. Customers moving from a CD Player can start with the EX and play direct to their amplifier, and leave adding a high quality USB DAC till later. .
The EX also includes Direct Ethernet capability, enabling the EX to feed an Ethernet DAC with a very low noise signal, insulated from extraneous network noise. It also enables the EX to receive a low-noise Ethernet signal from a CX, in the CX+EX Solution.
For even more of a dramatic increase in sound quality, add a CX to the EX (the CX+EX Solution). In this configuration the CX is dedicated to the Server function and the EX is dedicated to the Renderer function.
The CX+EX Solution delivers the ultimate in sound quality, so an investment in our entry-level EX is also a stepping stone towards our best sounding solution where the EX is dedicated to just the Renderer function.
When operating the EX as just a Renderer, the extra headroom allows it to complete this task with a fluid yet dynamic and highly resolved presentation.
The user can very easily install up to 8TB of SSD storage, without having to open the enclosure. The drives simply click into place using rear panel slots (this unit comes c/w 1TB SSD)
Antipodes are all about reducing noise, but only in manners that are not detrimental to the sound. The new ODAPS2 supply reduces high-frequency noise without resorting to filtering that would impede the speed of current delivery. Any USB ripper can be used, but Antipodes also have a separate external CD ripper in their portfolio, the P1, which has the same footprint as the EX. (a P1 CD ripper is incuded in tis package)
Internal storage is recommended for the very best sound but is not needed. There are two bay's for internal storage and various usb points at the back to connect external storage (along with using Roon and all the usual culprits). I was mainly using Qobuz with Roon but you can select squeeze light and many other ways of delivering music.
It can be used as a Server, a streamer or a Server / Streamer. I also contains a very basic dac to get you started if you don't have one but if you use the inbuilt dac you will not hear anything like the incredible performance this unit can offer. Even the manual recommends only using the dac as a interim first step.
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