Antipodes Audio ... Meet The Manufacturer Event @ GC Hifi

[GC Hifi]

ANTIPODES AUDIO … Meet The Manufacturer

 

 

When:

Two-day Antipodes Audio Event:

Saturday 25th May 3-pm to 8-pm

Sunday 26th May 11-am to 5-pm 

 

Where: 

GC Hifi Arundel Gold Coast

 

What is it?

Opportunity to experience the Antipodes Audio’s range of high end Music Servers/Players in action at one time and get to meet the Manufacturer.

 

 

Antipodes Audio and GC HiFi are proud to be putting together a two day event to showcase the Antipodes Audio range of high end music servers/players and provide a chance to actually meet the manufacturer. The showcasing of the impressive Antipodes Audio line up will take place in GC HiFi's three listening rooms on the Gold Coast. For those of you who are interstate and considering coming to this event please be aware that Gold Coast Airport is just about the cheapest airport in Australia to fly in and out of.

Apart from the opportunity to meet and hear Antipodes Audio very own GM Mark Cole from New Zealand we will have demonstrations with the KALA K21, K22 and K50 and flagship Oladra music servers. Mark will be in attendance both days to not only answer any questions but provide a brief and informative talk about the latest Antipodes Audio line up.

 

Given the room and time constraints plus the fact that we want to provide the highest quality informative and listening experiences for those in attendance, we will unfortunately need to limit the number of people attending so we can put together a schedule that assures those in attendance get the maximum and highest quality listening experience we can provide.

 

The listening experiences will not only showcase the various servers but we will be switching between various interconnects on the higher end servers to highlight one of Antipodes Audio great strengths and how different types of interconnects can and do make a listening experience difference. Plus for demonstration we will have music streamed from Tidal, Qobuz, through Roon and HQ Player as well as supplied from a SSD to compare.  

 

Saturday will be our main day and will run well into the evening with drinks and snacks provided.

 

Sunday will be a more of a focussed session day, especially for those who already know exactly what Antipodes Audio model they are giving serious consideration to. Sunday also provides an opportunity for those who couldn’t make it Saturday, and or those who may have travelled from interstate to get a second and even more private and focussed listening session. Both days will have catering for those in attendance.

As mentioned earlier, unfortunately, attendance positions are limited so please contact Terry at GC HiFi as early as possible to organise and secure your spot for either or both days. For those considering coming to this event from interstate please note, as mentioned earlier, that the Gold Coast airport is one of the cheapest airports to fly in to and out of in Australia and is only a 45 minute Uber ride away from where we are located in Arundel.

 

Many of you would know I am a big fan of high end streaming, this event provides those amongst us who value and desire putting together the very best digital front ends at various price points an opportunity to hear how good Streaming can be and how good Antipodes Audio music servers are in particular.

 

I look forward to hearing back soon from those of you who would like to be a part of this opportunity. Please either email me directly on terryo@gc-hifi.com.au or PM me here through SNA to put your name down for one of the limited spots and once the list is confirmed I will email you back with further event details.

 

Cheers 

TerryO

 

 

Edited May 1, 2024 by GC Hifi

[OLADRA]

I'm looking forward to meeting everyone, and to showcase Antipodes Audio music servers to Australian audiophiles

[Analogueage]

Great initiative. I'm sure it will be enjoyed by all attendees. Would be great to attend but a bit too far from Perth .

[Guest]

If calendars align, I may raise my hand. Tax deductable trip to the GC!

[GC Hifi]

The opportunity to hear the latest Antipodes Kala model servers in action and meet the GM of Antipodes Mark Cole is fast approaching and is only one and half weeks away.

 

At present there are several spots still available for those considering attending, so if you are then please PM me or call on 0419448452 to have a chat about the day and or reserve one of the last spots.

 

cheers,

Terry

Edited May 15, 2024 by GC Hifi

[evil c]

Hmmmmmm ??? 

Sounds very tempting!!!,

Massive Antipodes fan, and one of the best investments I've ever made in Audio !,

[GC Hifi]

29 minutes ago, evil c said:

Hmmmmmm ??? 

Sounds very tempting!!!,

Massive Antipodes fan, and one of the best investments I've ever made in Audio !,

 

Come on Clive, get your backside up here for it, you need some sunlight and it would be good to have at least one Mexican attending. 

 

... 

[evil c]

8 minutes ago, GC Hifi said:

 

Come on Clive, get your backside up here for it, you need some sunlight and it would be good to have at least one Mexican attending. 

 

... 

Got any good steaks and beer??

[GC Hifi]

Where Antipodes started many years ago and where it now is. 

 

Very much looking forward to the Antipodes upcoming event with three rooms set up playing from the K21 and K22 in the first room, K50 in the second room and the Oladra in the main room on the 25/26th May.

 

Still a couple of spots left for those considering coming along.

 

cheers,

Terry

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 4, 2024 by GC Hifi

[PKay]

On 15/05/2024 at 4:00 PM, GC Hifi said:

Where Antipodes started many years ago and where it now is. 

 

Very much looking forward to the Antipodes upcoming event with three rooms set up playing from the K21 and K22 in the first room, K50 in the second room and the Oladra in the main room on the 25/26th May.

 

Still a couple of spots left for those considering coming along.

 

cheers,

Terry

 

 

Nice, I still have my repurposed Antipodes DS Reference running after many years. 

[GC Hifi]

We are really looking forward to this weekends Antipodes Audio event here at GC HiFi, thank you everyone who has contacted us about coming along. At this stage all of the available spots on both days have now been taken up. So unless there is a last minute cancellation then unfortunately there are no spots left.

 

I'll be putting together a bit of a report with some pictures after the event.

 

cheers,

Terry

Edited May 24, 2024 by GC Hifi

[Tim D]

Thankyou for inviting me Terry.  It was a wonderful night with wonderful hosts!  Mark from Antipodes has some  terrific sounding streamers.  Nice guy too. 

[April Snow]

Had a great time at this event too, thank you Terry & Mark for demonstrating the Antipodes & how they work in the various systems. Was really interesting and lovely to have met Mark too. 

[Anthony1]

Thanks Terry & Mark Cole from Antipodes for the event and hospitality.

Always educational, and great meeting like minded people.

Such a truely refined sound from all Antipodes streamer models.

[GC Hifi]

Hi everyone,

 

as I previously have mentioned I had a couple of months ago an opportunity to compare the first model Oladra to the latest Kala Oladra and as reported the SQ improvement was truly impressive. Well because I am sending off another series 1 K50 for the upgrade as of today I have had the opportunity to compare back to back this Series 1 K50 to the Kala K50 and the improvement in SQ is as one would expect even larger than there was between the two Oladra's. Having said that playing the series 1 again for the first time in several years reminded why I so much enjoyed the original K50, it was way ahead of its time when it first came out and still today sounds so very good.

 

So how do they compare? The Kala to my ears in the system I was playing both in today, as pictured below, is more dynamic with way more three dimensionality, separation, texture and decay. Yes I'm not holding back here saying what, to my ears, the differences are, the improvement is that good just as I expected it would be when I first heard the Kala K50 after having my demo Series two upgraded.

 

Seriously if you have a first or second generation K series, in my opinion, it is a very good idea to get it upgraded before the cut of date which is now only weeks away. More than happy to arrange this for anyone thinking of getting it done or have a chat if you have any questions.

 

Here are some pics, the Series one is the silver one.

 

cheers,

Terry

 

 

 

Edited July 4, 2024 by GC Hifi