Music Server Recommendation

Hehhaw, we have to comment on your statement as some of what you posted needs clarification.

First you have only two posts both denigrating the Innuous, you also make ridiculous statements like you won both how is this possible? Also the Innuous Zenith MK II is vastly outperformed by the newer MK 3 units.

Also there are no "filters" in the Innous that affect sound quality, they are Ethernet noise filters that eliminate the incoming line noise and then present a cleaned and optimized signal to the Dac.

In what way is Antipodes work and technology better?

Over the last five years Innuous has continued to grow with products which use all bespoke parts, the Statement uses a custom designed USB reclocker, as well as an Ethernet reclocker, all units use custom motherboards, custom cases, sophisticated power supplies, vibration reduction, incoming Ethernet noise filters, and outgoing Ethernet filters.
Add to that a great custom built setup software that makes the entire out of the box to a fully running product a five min chore.
Innuous is even working on their own Roon like operating software.

For all of these reasons we see Innuous continuing to grow.

In looking at verifying that claim Antipodes own website is very mum on what they actually put in their boxes, there is no mention of custom motherboards, power supply design, how the USB and Ethernet outputs are derived, clocking is accomplished,or how noise is eliminated.
Even the pictures of the current Ex in Positive Feedback doesn’t show much other than a copper heat pipe on the processor. and an Rcore transformer with a few smoothing filtering caps.

VS

Innuous Zenith which you can see an incoming ethernet filter, a large sophisticated mutli rail power supply with Mundorf caps and a huge amount of voltage regulators
https://positive-feedback.com/audio-discourse/antipodes-cx/https:
compare this to the entry level Zen model
https://hifi-ifas.de/test-innuos-zen-mk-iii-high-end-musikserver-highlight-sylvesterknaller
The higher end Zenith ups the anti with a three rail power supply, adds Mundorf capacitors, an SSD drive.

Then to the Statement
http://www.the-ear.net/how-to/power-supply-design-innuos-statement

Dave and TroyAudio Doctor NJ Innuous dealers

@audiotroy You want Antipodes pics....go here...
https://6moons.com/audioreview_articles/antipodes/
In the end, what really matters is how they sound and how well the interface works for the end user.

While @hehaw77 is entitled to his/her opinion just like everyone else on this forum, that opinion is suspect based on my experience. As a former Auralic G1 and Roon Nucleus Plus owner, the Innuos Zenith MkIII is a superior server/renderer/player by a wide margin. I do miss the multiple digital outs that were present on the G1, the Innuos team obviously spent their time maximizing the USB and maximize it they did. Its exceptional and so easy to integrate. Buy it or don’t buy it, no skin off my nose but I just can’t imagine a simpler better sounding solution for anywhere near the money. Several boxes went away, replaced by one clean, dead quiet and richly rendered signal to my dac. @audiotroy is right.

@mitch2 


Thanks for posting the link.

I haven't used one but is anyone else curious why 6moons/Srajan uses an all in one 27' iMac as his server/source? I can't imagine that having the monitor, cpu, a hard drive, ethernet, etc etc built in makes for a very quiet environment electrically. Even having a monitor near a playback chain could prove problematic. If that is his day to day listening chain...Anyway...I'm sure the Antipodes are fine pieces of gear.

No problem @ghasley 
I don't see this as a contest any more than what amplifier somebody likes best.
I looked at the  Innuos Zenith MkIII and also the much more expensive  Innuos Zenith Statement that all the reviewers say is outstanding.  They both seem to be very purpose-built pieces using advanced technologies, as are the Antipodes pieces.
The quality of a playback chain can be limited by the source, DAC, amplification, speakers, room, etc., which makes the "what is best" question sort of a moot point without adding "for my system, needs, and budget."
Based on reviews, user comments, and other information I have seen, I suspect both Antipodes and Innuos pieces are excellent at their price points and possibly well above some of the other competitors. 
What I can say for sure is that my current source of Antipodes DX Gen3 as server via Ethernet into either Metrum Ambre or SOtM triad as endpoint, sounds way better than my dedicated and fully tricked out Mojo Mac mini and also better than the several high-end CD players I was using prior to switching to non-physical media.  For me, the Ambre offers the benefit of going I2S into my Metrum Adagio DAC while the SOtM stuff outputs USB.  I do like non-MQA Roon playing my ripped discs or Tidal, and I am keeping my powder dry on Qobuz until they get a larger (rock/blues/popular) library, and on Amazon until I learn more about the size of the library, ability to play full albums, how many of the selections are actually hi-rez, and (hopefully) integration with Roon.