I chose Antipodes. First had DS Reference. Then upgraded to DX. We compared Antipodes DX server to Wadia 781i CD/SACD transport with Esoteric D02 DAC (significantly worse then DX), to Esoteric P05 transport (significantly worse again). Will compare to dCS Scarlatti transport hopefully with both dCS Scarlatti 3 box DAC and Lampizator Big 7 DAC.
I am now of the opinion that Antipodes servers are the best for any money (as a full server).
Hopefully comparisons to W20 be made by users. And we do need comparisons to other servers too. But comparisons from people with truly revealing systems with good experience, ears, etc,
I still have Lampizator Transport and I appreciated it more when I recently tested it again. Even with poorly tuned notebooks it sounds divine. It totally beats Esoteric P05 transport too. As a stand alone network player I think it's the best. Remarkable achievement and dirt cheap for the music it makes. But it needs a good server. I settled for the all in one Antipodes. But Lampizator is a way to save some cash and is the cheapest ticket in ultra high end sound level.
