My set up for now

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I’m curious: what is your favorite one?

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Well sir it is all about taste and both are some of the best you can get on the market right now if you ask me.

I can’t say one is better than the other I like both much.

Antipodes have a better flow to the music and PF is a bit more detailed.

Give me a few days more whit PF again and will give you a better update

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Thanks for your kind reply.

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Hi Henrik

How are you connecting the PF to the Cascade?

Thanks,

Dan

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If I can ask. Do you use Roon and have you compared the two servers to the renderer module? Thanks!

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Hi Dan

I run on lancables from PF to the Dac

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I use roon and run both on render modul so I known what happens in the system.

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Thanks

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does your Roon Core run on a nucleus or does it live on the PF or Antipodes?

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I use Antipodes and PF as a core to Roon.

It is the best if you ask me

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Hi @Henrik_Berg ,

May I ask whether you are using Roon server and Roon player or Roon server with Squeezebox player on the Antipodes? Or have you evaluated the differences between the 2 combinations of server/player softwares?

Thanks

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I use roon on the Oladra it is the most easy to use.

But I’m back a Pink Faun Ultra again and hope my msb modul come next week so I can run isl pro from it to my DAC

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A few upgrades have come over the weeks here is a list.

Msb S500 Power amp

Msb Cascade DAC

Whit

Isl pro modul

Render modul

Is2 modul

Pink Faun 2,16 Ultra whit ultra usb card

Magico S3 2024

Entreq grund ten ten

Ediscreation Fiberbox III Extreme

Ediscreation Silent Switch OCXO II Extreme

Ikigai Lan kabler Kinzan

Ikiigai speaker kangai

Ikigai audio signal kinzan

Ikigai audio power kinzan

Ikigai audio sugure

Ikigai audio kinzan usb

Stromtank s2500 mk2

Bassocontinuo aeroline custom made

Gigawatt LC-Y EVO installationskabel from the teknik room to the set up

GigaWatt Circuit Breaker G-16A

Gigawatt G-044 Duplex Schuko

Fejlstrømsafbryder (RCD) DFS2 2P 040A 30mA Audio Type F

Entreq Olympus Heavy Art Power Cable

Studer A810

Nordost Valhalla 2 to the studer

Graphite audio ultra 40 platform.

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That rack is sexy :heart_eyes:

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And the S500 looks much happier on it :+1:

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Thx so much :heart:

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oh yes boss it is so wonderfull

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what Rack is it?

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Dear Peter

My choice was this here https://bassocontinuo.biz/lines/aeroline/

I did need something to handle my s500 in size and the Stromtank

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Some new updates on the system and Artnovion will come next week.

LIVING ROOM SYSTEM - COMPLETE SIGNAL PATH

  1. POWER INFRASTRUCTURE
    RCD: Doepke DFS2 2P 040A 30mA Audio - Type A RCD optimized for audio
    Circuit Breaker: GigaWatt G-16A 1P - Dedicated 16A circuit for the system only
    In-wall Cable: GigaWatt LC-Y EVO 3X4 - 3x 4mm² OFHC C10100 solid core, 100% alu-polyester shield, TPV56 vibration damping
    Power Regenerator: Stromtank S2500 Quantum MKII - 16x LiFePO4, 48V, 2,100Wh off-grid battery. Crystal-controlled pure sine
    Power Cables: Ikigai Kinzan AC - 5N silver + 24K gold mono-crystal, cotton dielectric, TIG-welded

  2. DIGITAL FRONT END
    Network Switch: Reiki SuperSwitch X Pro - 2-port, 5mm alu + copper, EMI absorbers
    LAN Cable: Ikigai Kinzan LAN - 5N silver + 24K gold from router to Reiki to Pink Faun
    Streamer: Pink Faun 2.16 Ultra + Pro ISL - OCXO on 5,000,000uF supercaps, 3x transformers, linear ATX PSU
    Fiber: Pro ISL + Cascade-Link - Dual fiber optic isolation from streamer to DAC

  3. DAC SECTION
    Digital Director: MSB Cascade Digital Director - FPGA + DSP, fiber optic input from Pink Faun
    Powerbase: MSB Cascade Powerbase - 78W linear PSU for the entire DAC chain
    Analog Converter: MSB Cascade Analog Converter - 8x Hybrid DAC MKII R2R modules + Femto 33 MKIII clock at 33 femtoseconds

  4. ANALOG SECTION
    Preamplifier: Riviera APL1 - Tube Class A zero feedback, 5x separate transformer power supplies
    Power Amplifier: MSB S500 - 500W/8Ω, 900W/4Ω zero feedback, 1.0 Farad Power Core, 61kg

  5. SPEAKERS & CABLES
    Interconnects: Ikigai Kinzan XLR/AES - 5N silver + 24K gold mono-crystal, TIG-welded to ETI KRYO
    Speaker Cable: Stealth Audio Royal Dream 19 mk2 - 65mm diameter, 32 conductor runs, VariCross geometry, non-capacitive
    Speakers: Magico S3 2024 - M9 technology, diamond-beryllium tweeter, graphene midrange, 101kg, 24Hz-50kHz

  6. VIBRATION CONTROL
    Rack: Bassocontinuo Accordeon XL4 Audio Research Edition - 4 floating shelves, XL width 580mm, elastomer isolation
    Pink Faun: Ikigai Kinzan isolation - 5N silver/gold drains vibration from OCXO + 3x transformers
    Cascade Powerbase: Ikigai Kinzan isolation - Transformer vibration isolated from Digital Director
    Cascade Digital Director: Ikigai Kinzan isolation - FPGA/DSP clock kept vibration-free
    Cascade Analog Converter: Graphite CLASSIC 40 ULTRA - Polymer + plywood under 8x R2R + Femto 33 clock
    Riviera APL1: Graphite CLASSIC 40 ULTRA - Tube microphonics damped without magnetic interference

  7. GROUNDING & ACOUSTICS
    Grounding: Entreq Olympus TenTen - Drains HF noise from chassis of all components
    Acoustics: Artnovion throughout the room - Bass traps, absorption, diffusion. Controlled RT60

SIGNAL PATH
Panel Doepke + GigaWatt → LC-Y EVO 3X4 in-wall → Ikigai Kinzan AC → Stromtank S2500 → Ikigai Kinzan AC → Reiki + Ikigai Kinzan LAN → Pink Faun + Ikigai Kinzan isolation → Pro ISL fiber → MSB Cascade + Ikigai Kinzan + Graphite → Ikigai Kinzan XLR → Riviera APL1 + Graphite → Ikigai Kinzan XLR → MSB S500 → Stealth Royal Dream 19 mk2 → Magico S3 2024 → Artnovion acoustics → Ear

RESULT
Every conductor is 5N silver/24K gold mono-crystal or fiber optic. Every component sits on vibration isolation. Power is off-grid battery. Network is EMI-free. Room is acoustically controlled. Zero feedback throughout.
There is no noise left. Only the recording.

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