USER GUIDE | 1
1 Installation & Turning On/O
INSTALLATION
In most cases you will be using the music server to
play direct to a DAC. See One-Box Installation below
for this case. See Multi-Box Installation below where
you are using separate renderers from the server.
Set the Antipodes on its own shelf with good ventilation.
ONE-BOX INSTALLATION
Connections
Make 3 connections to the back panel of the Antipodes:
1. Mains power (for models with internal power
supplies) or DC from the External PSU (all other
models)
2. Wired Ethernet connection to your network
3. Signal output to your audio system - USB, S/PDIF,
AES3 or Analog as tted.
MULTI-BOX INSTALLATION
Connections
Make 2 connections to the back panel of the Antipodes
that will run the Server application.
1. Mains power (for models with internal power
supplies) or DC from the External PSU (all other
models)
2. Wired Ethernet connection to your network
Make 3 connections to the back panel of the Antipodes
that will run Renderer applications:
1. Mains power (for models with internal power
supplies) or DC from the External PSU (all other
models)
2. Wired Ethernet connection to your network
3. Signal output to your audio system - USB, S/PDIF,
AES3 or Analog as tted.
CABLES
Audiophile cables - power, Ethernet, USB, S/PDIF,
AES3 - will generally improve sound quality.
One reason is the reduction in noise interference. All
cables are both an antenna and transmitter to some
degree and will pick up noise and transmit noise to
nearby cabling.
Another reason is that the crystal and lattice structures
of the metal wires have an impact on perceived sound
quality. Wires with poor crystal or lattice structures
create obstacles to the ow of electrons and the small
eddy current eects are surprisingly audible.
Another reason is that the cable insulation can never
absorb and release the eld surrounding the wire as
quickly as the signal changes in the wire itself, causing
the signal to be smeared in time.
Audiophile cabling is designed to reduce these impacts
and some rms do a better job than others. Let your
ears be the judge, but do try better cabling.
NETWORK
Just because you successfully browse the internet,
does not mean your network is of suitable quality to
run a demanding client-server application. A small
investment in your network setup may pay large
dividends in the user experience.
Antipodes music servers are controlled over your
network from computers, tablets or smartphones
so must be connected to your network. Ripping
CDs requires a connection to the internet to gather
metadata.
Ideally, get an expert to install wired Ethernet from
your router to your audio system as this will give
you the best performance, particularly for internet
streaming services. If that is not practical then you
can bridge between your audio system and your
router by using wi access bridges or powerplugs, but
performance may or may not suer, depending on the
circumstances.
