Post by Owen Y on Oct 11, 2020 19:34:31 GMT 12
HI-FI ADVICE (Netherlands) gives the NZ-made ANTIPODES K50 (top-of-the-range) Music Server a thorough & thoroughly positive review:
" The K50 is an Absolute Game Changer. "
" The K50 adds an overwhelming sense of natural flow and stunningly deep soundstaging, making other server/streamer sources sound relatively flat and mechanical in comparison. What’s especially unique about the K50 is that it not only produces music in a natural, organic and free-flowing manner, it also has great PRaT and sounds lively and upbeat.... and the uncanny ability to reproduce everything in a most realistic manner, making all the instruments sound utterly authentic and convincing. "
The Antipodes K50 integrates three separately powered and isolated computation engines:
- A high power engine to enable Server Apps to effortlessly handle a huge music library, re-assemble internet streams to recover the original file's sound quality, handle DSP features without loss of quality, and to serve the cleanest possible stream to the Player App.
- An advanced player engine to run the selected Player App to provide exceptional USB Audio output and to feed the Reclocker.
- An all-new fully-isolated reclocking engine to provide exceptional S/PDIF, AES3 and I2S digital outputs.[/b]
" The full-width Antipodes K50 is our latest advance of the state of the art in digital audio..."
(From the ANTIPODES K50 manufacturer's webpage)
Price - US$15,000 / NZ$20,000
(Mark Jenkins, the founder of ANTIPODES Audio Ltd, was an active member of the former AudioEnz forum, contributing a great deal of useful comment & advice, on cables & digital music servers.)
" The K50 is an Absolute Game Changer. "
" The K50 adds an overwhelming sense of natural flow and stunningly deep soundstaging, making other server/streamer sources sound relatively flat and mechanical in comparison. What’s especially unique about the K50 is that it not only produces music in a natural, organic and free-flowing manner, it also has great PRaT and sounds lively and upbeat.... and the uncanny ability to reproduce everything in a most realistic manner, making all the instruments sound utterly authentic and convincing. "
The Antipodes K50 integrates three separately powered and isolated computation engines:
- A high power engine to enable Server Apps to effortlessly handle a huge music library, re-assemble internet streams to recover the original file's sound quality, handle DSP features without loss of quality, and to serve the cleanest possible stream to the Player App.
- An advanced player engine to run the selected Player App to provide exceptional USB Audio output and to feed the Reclocker.
- An all-new fully-isolated reclocking engine to provide exceptional S/PDIF, AES3 and I2S digital outputs.[/b]
" The full-width Antipodes K50 is our latest advance of the state of the art in digital audio..."
(From the ANTIPODES K50 manufacturer's webpage)
Price - US$15,000 / NZ$20,000
(Mark Jenkins, the founder of ANTIPODES Audio Ltd, was an active member of the former AudioEnz forum, contributing a great deal of useful comment & advice, on cables & digital music servers.)
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