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Mojo Audio Deja Vu vs. Antipodes K50 or K41

Have any of you actually heard Mojo Audio’s Deja Vu music server and either the Antipodes K50 or K40/41 in the same system running Roon/Tidal/Qobuz and stored audio files? If so, what did you hear, which sounded better to you, and why?

I still own an Antipodes DX3 as well as the Mojo Audio Deja Vu, which is what I have been using as my music server for over a year now. I need to make a decision, which could include:

  1. Sending the DX3 to NZ for the Oladra upgrade, which would leave me with two servers so I could maybe use the DX3 in another system but more likely would just have something else sitting around,
  2. Trading the DX3 in on a newer Antipodes K-series unit, which would be expensive and leave me with two very good servers, so I would have to compare and decide which to keep and which to sell, or simply
  3. Selling the DX3, which is still a very good sounding server, particularly when used with an outboard renderer/player such as the Metrum Amber, Sonnet Hermes, Bricasti M5, or similar. In that case I would simply continue using the Deja Vu in my system.

I really like the sound of the Deja Vu, but Ben at Mojo seems focused on DACs and Antipodes seem to keep pushing the digital server/player capabilities forward, although at steeply rising pricing (i.e., the Oladra is $25K). I have read all the reviews but any direct feedback about the sonic comparisons between the Deja Vu and Antipodes K50/40/41 would help me figure this out. I already own a Metrum Amber and a Bricasti M5, and I am using those as players/renderers with either the Deja Vu or the DX3 so, if I purchase a new Antipodes unit, it would probably be the K41 server only, which I could then use with the Bricasti M5.

Thanks for any feedback.

mitch2
mitch2 OP
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@verdantaudio 

I am not sure how much of a difference you would hear between the Mojo and the K41 in that scenario.  If there is a difference, I am sure it will be relatively small.  I am biased heavily toward Antipodes so I would like to think they would outperform the Mojo.  But without a direct compare it is tough. 

I agree with you, which is why I am interested in hearing from anyone who has tried the Deja Vu and compared it with a higher level Antipodes server.   I am not interested in a lateral move, but I do have this upgrade opportunity window and would be interested in the possible advantages of upgrading through the Antipodes line, where they are focused solely on providing the best servers possible, while Mojo has been more focused on DACs lately.

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verdantaudio
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Where are you?  If you are in NE corridor we could do a compare when my Oladra arrives.  I would figure out how to get you a K50 for a compare but I just sold my demo to get the Oladra.  

mitch2 OP
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Michigan.

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