Excellent, very objective review, Michael. I’m a huge fan of Antipodes for all of the reasons you cite here. I have both the K22 and K41, and unlike your K41 connected to the wall with a stock PC, mine is connected to my Niagara 5000 and I’m using what I regard to be superb power cords - especially for digital gear - the Cerious Tech Lumniscate. Couldn’t be happier. The K41 is one brilliant server!
@@GreekAudioGeek Cool! I'm a fan of IsoAcoustic and while I feel like the feet on this unit are superb, always open... And BTW, I cannot get to the description link on my Mac or iPhone or iPad for whatever reason. Do you have a way to share your Qobuz Playlist in this comment? Thx
Thank you, Michael. Out of curiosity, which app do you prefer with your Antipodes? Like Mark Cole and Mark Jenkins at Antipodes my go to app for music playback is Squeeze. And I’m a lifer with Roon which continues with the best interface but IMO Squeeze the clear winner in SQ.
Hi - that's kinda not realistic. Which computer? What operating system? How much RAM? Which brand RAM? What kind of RAM? Etc. Etc. There are so many variables as to being not realistic. The power in the K22 by itself is better than many computers for the task it was designed for.
@@GreekAudioGeek i currently run a very old pc with 20tb of storage and 20g of ram. This pc is located on the first floor while my hifi is on the ground floor. Operation system windows 10 connect via ethernet. IMO very little noise (if any) travel from my pc to my hifi system and the processor has plenty of power playing any type of music files. I dont think this is uncommon setup.
@@genkifd Hello! My point is you didn't tell me which brand RAM, which type of RAM, which speed of RAM, which brand of storage, which speed of storage, etc. etc. THOSE all affect the sound. So doing a review on one version of something that has hundreds of different versions would only tell what that one single exact box sounds like. It's like saying I'm interested in a Ferrari - go test drive a Honda Civic as they are both cars so it will be the same. I'm not arguing and do appreciate your comments - just having a chat with you. Thank you for your comments. I'm just not prepared (having heard home made PC servers) to take 5 steps backwards in sound at this point.
@@GreekAudioGeek fair enough. i believe off the shelf PC parts can be extremely good and imo due to the pc not being in the same room plays a major part in sound quality. its is unlikely imo antipode would be using special ram and cpu, etc.
I really think this is my type of sound and bought blind the K50. (I can return in 30days if I don’t like it..) Wednesday I get my unit! I have a old mysqueeze account, so wanted to recover my password, but the website is gone. Do you know where to login now?
Hi Nick - MAKE SURE you let the unit burn in for at least 200 hours to get the best sound. You are going to love it. I use sqeezelite on my Antipodes and it did not require any login, account or password. You simply select it on the drop down menu on the AA page and it's ready to go!
@@GreekAudioGeek Yea I have read it requires quite some time. I have read and watched quite some reviews for a while and have listened to some units in real life. Although Grimm Mu-1 is a very fine and precise piece it’s not my thing. I prefer meat on the bone, rich tonality, solid images and musically above precision and ultimate resolution. Hence I have a Audio Note tube dac. Can’t wait for K50 since my streamer is the bottleneck in my system. And I fully agree on what you say about how important the source is. I will share my experience within some weeks. BTW do you control it iPeng or what app? Looking forward to see your new loudspeakercable review :)
@@nicktube3904 Please let me know how it goes for you. I think you're going to love it. I use the web browser of the AA system and it allows me to control many aspects of the look and feel along with settings very easily. I did not find any additional apps or anything were necessary.
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Love the new format, Mike!!! Opa!!! 👍🔥😎
Glad you like it!
Excellent, very objective review, Michael. I’m a huge fan of Antipodes for all of the reasons you cite here. I have both the K22 and K41, and unlike your K41 connected to the wall with a stock PC, mine is connected to my Niagara 5000 and I’m using what I regard to be superb power cords - especially for digital gear - the Cerious Tech Lumniscate. Couldn’t be happier. The K41 is one brilliant server!
Thanks for watching!
Stay tuned - I'm going to do a series of videos on "tweaking" the K41 with vibration, cable and power upgrades. :)
@@GreekAudioGeek Cool! I'm a fan of IsoAcoustic and while I feel like the feet on this unit are superb, always open... And BTW, I cannot get to the description link on my Mac or iPhone or iPad for whatever reason. Do you have a way to share your Qobuz Playlist in this comment? Thx
@@TheBerkeleybob Here ya go: open.qobuz.com/playlist/21157104
Thank you, Michael. Out of curiosity, which app do you prefer with your Antipodes? Like Mark Cole and Mark Jenkins at Antipodes my go to app for music playback is Squeeze. And I’m a lifer with Roon which continues with the best interface but IMO Squeeze the clear winner in SQ.
Squeeze player 100000% for me.
Thanks for this insightful content much appreciated
Thank you for watching!
Where did you demo and buy it? I already have the Linn Akurate DSM for my streamer. I currently use a Mac mini as a server with asset upnp.
They offer an in home trial.
I don't understand how you missed the piano in "Highway Patrol" its very obvious in the mix... strange
Interesting ! It sounds like getting further up the ladder with the Oladra is just a matter of time ….😏
That's what I'm afraid of. LOL
would love to hear a comparison between a PC (used as a server) located in another room and the Antipodes in the same room as your hifi setup?
Hi - that's kinda not realistic. Which computer? What operating system? How much RAM? Which brand RAM? What kind of RAM? Etc. Etc.
There are so many variables as to being not realistic. The power in the K22 by itself is better than many computers for the task it was designed for.
@@GreekAudioGeek i currently run a very old pc with 20tb of storage and 20g of ram. This pc is located on the first floor while my hifi is on the ground floor. Operation system windows 10 connect via ethernet. IMO very little noise (if any) travel from my pc to my hifi system and the processor has plenty of power playing any type of music files. I dont think this is uncommon setup.
@@genkifd Hello! My point is you didn't tell me which brand RAM, which type of RAM, which speed of RAM, which brand of storage, which speed of storage, etc. etc. THOSE all affect the sound. So doing a review on one version of something that has hundreds of different versions would only tell what that one single exact box sounds like. It's like saying I'm interested in a Ferrari - go test drive a Honda Civic as they are both cars so it will be the same. I'm not arguing and do appreciate your comments - just having a chat with you. Thank you for your comments. I'm just not prepared (having heard home made PC servers) to take 5 steps backwards in sound at this point.
@@GreekAudioGeek fair enough. i believe off the shelf PC parts can be extremely good and imo due to the pc not being in the same room plays a major part in sound quality. its is unlikely imo antipode would be using special ram and cpu, etc.
For sure. Thanks again for your comments!
I really think this is my type of sound and bought blind the K50. (I can return in 30days if I don’t like it..)
Wednesday I get my unit! I have a old mysqueeze account, so wanted to recover my password, but the website is gone.
Do you know where to login now?
Hi Nick - MAKE SURE you let the unit burn in for at least 200 hours to get the best sound. You are going to love it.
I use sqeezelite on my Antipodes and it did not require any login, account or password. You simply select it on the drop down menu on the AA page and it's ready to go!
@@GreekAudioGeek Yea I have read it requires quite some time. I have read and watched quite some reviews for a while and have listened to some units in real life. Although Grimm Mu-1 is a very fine and precise piece it’s not my thing.
I prefer meat on the bone, rich tonality, solid images and musically above precision and ultimate resolution. Hence I have a Audio Note tube dac. Can’t wait for K50 since my streamer is the bottleneck in my system. And I fully agree on what you say about how important the source is. I will share my experience within some weeks.
BTW do you control it iPeng or what app?
Looking forward to see your new loudspeakercable review :)
@@nicktube3904 Please let me know how it goes for you. I think you're going to love it.
I use the web browser of the AA system and it allows me to control many aspects of the look and feel along with settings very easily.
I did not find any additional apps or anything were necessary.