The 2 piece core and render-er is what Roon itself recommends.
To me this is a flaw regardless of brand. Including the ultra crazy pink faun which I reviewed a little while ago.
Secondly these are stand alone units they don't have to be used together. They are separate units and can be used as such. I had the EX before I ordered the CX to get to the next level. To me the EX alone is a match for the statement... that's right ... a match. It's a different sound signature as I've spoken about in other posts. Which of course I prefer.
That's right you have a massive noise generating power supply right underneath your player. Then you also have two power cords with more noise potential. If I had bought that unit. I would immediately have been looking to upgrade the 2 stock power cords to something high quality.
It's also bulky looking (my opinion) some of you may like the look. The EX/CX units are small and light. I can pick up one unit with one arm.
Which by the way my local dealer did try to get me to buy the statement. He now has the Antipodes units. Smart move on his part.
It's not nice to have one built into the unit its a noise source should be outside the unit.
That's another advantage if you don't have the funds right away to go cx ex you can just buy the ex ... affordable as far as music players/servers go ... and then upgrade from there.
EX retail is 5099 CAD 4K US
CX retail is 7800 CAD 6K US
Don't quote me on exact Antipodes pricing...
I paid way less than this 8900 US for both.. that's right 8900 (taxes included) so the person who was saying it comes out to the same is not correct. If you know how to bargain of course.... yes brand new units.
Statement retail price below excluding taxes....
1TB SSD £9 800 • €11 000 • $13 750 • CAD$17 900
2TB SSD £10 300 • €11 500 • $14 400 • CAD$18 900
4TB SSD £10 800 • €12 100 • $15 150 • CAD$19 700
Again I'll say that when listening to the Statement I liked it so those of you that own it don't assume I'm slamming it. I just didn't like it as much as the Antipodes... I think its overpriced... Eventually they will cut pricing (if they want to move units) or maybe not if the other models do well. Personally I think they will.... sorry present Statement owners.
As for SSD drive space 650 for an extra TB? I can easily get 2TB SSD for that
To me this is a flaw regardless of brand. Including the ultra crazy pink faun which I reviewed a little while ago.
Secondly these are stand alone units they don't have to be used together. They are separate units and can be used as such. I had the EX before I ordered the CX to get to the next level. To me the EX alone is a match for the statement... that's right ... a match. It's a different sound signature as I've spoken about in other posts. Which of course I prefer.
That's right you have a massive noise generating power supply right underneath your player. Then you also have two power cords with more noise potential. If I had bought that unit. I would immediately have been looking to upgrade the 2 stock power cords to something high quality.
It's also bulky looking (my opinion) some of you may like the look. The EX/CX units are small and light. I can pick up one unit with one arm.
Which by the way my local dealer did try to get me to buy the statement. He now has the Antipodes units. Smart move on his part.
It's not nice to have one built into the unit its a noise source should be outside the unit.
That's another advantage if you don't have the funds right away to go cx ex you can just buy the ex ... affordable as far as music players/servers go ... and then upgrade from there.
EX retail is 5099 CAD 4K US
CX retail is 7800 CAD 6K US
Don't quote me on exact Antipodes pricing...
I paid way less than this 8900 US for both.. that's right 8900 (taxes included) so the person who was saying it comes out to the same is not correct. If you know how to bargain of course.... yes brand new units.
Statement retail price below excluding taxes....
Again I'll say that when listening to the Statement I liked it so those of you that own it don't assume I'm slamming it. I just didn't like it as much as the Antipodes... I think its overpriced... Eventually they will cut pricing (if they want to move units) or maybe not if the other models do well. Personally I think they will.... sorry present Statement owners.
As for SSD drive space 650 for an extra TB? I can easily get 2TB SSD for that