SGC Vortexbox Audiophile

The A-Vortexbox can be powered by a seperate 12vdc linear ps. SGC sells one of those for that purpose, also the SOTM USB card is designed to clean up the power supply "noise" on the USB cable and can be powered with a separate linear ps. Another cool feature on the SOTM card is a switch to send data only to your USB dac if the USB receiver is internally powered.
I use the Dspeaker Anti Mode Dual Core and the data only feature would work well with it.

I think the Antipodes unit is a more advanced version with custom scripts written into it to further silence noise and interference, achieve a vastly lower level of jitter and it uses a power supply made expressly for the least possible noise.

They've even found a hard drive that's better than a SSD (who would of thought).
It's more expensive but reviewers highly regard it.

All the best,
Nonoise

If you use DLNA the SOTM usb card is wasted expense.

I have the standard vortexbox. I've had mine about two years and it has been reliable and was reasonably easy to set up and operate. Highly recommended.

To All,
Thanks for the info, my main two concerns are sound quality and build quality I have looked at the Antipodes unit and the cost is too high for my budget.

Please keep the comments coming.

Chris