Antipodes EX User Manual page 3

Music Server Terminology
MUSIC SERVER TERMINOLOGY:
The purpose of this article is explain a handful of basic terms we use on this website to describe what our products do.
REMOTE CONTROL – Use your desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone to tell the Server what to play.
SERVER – The Server organises your music, and displays your library, streaming services and radio stations on the Remote Control's screen.
When told to play a le, the Server pushes the music le to a Renderer.
RENDERER – The Renderer turns the music le into a digital audio signal to send to your DAC.
DAC – The DAC converts the digital signal to an analog signal and sends it to an ampli er.
Different products on the market may combine two or more of these functions:
STREAMER – This term is used loosely, but it usually means a DAC with an Ethernet input, and combines the Renderer and DAC functions in a
single device. Many streamers work by 'pulling' les stored on other devices on the network, and so in this case the remote control talks to the
streamer. Other streamers, such as Roon Ready DACs, work by les being 'pushed' from a server to one or more streamers, and so the remote
control talks to the server.
MUSIC SERVER – Most devices called Music Servers combine the Server and Renderer functions in a single device, and may include a ripper.
RIPPER – Ripping simply means reading the data on a CD and storing it as a playable music le. This process needs to be done well or you
will be disappointed in the results, and given that it takes a lot of time to rip a large library, you should make sure this process is done at the
highest possible quality.
HOW THESE TERMS APPLY TO ANTIPODES MUSIC SERVERS
All Antipodes Music Servers combine the Server function and the Renderer function in a single device, for a simple solution. The DX also
incorporates a ripper. The CX and EX do not incorporate a ripper, but you can add a P1 to add a ripper to these models. The P1 is a slim
isolation platform carved from a solid block of alloy, that holds a high quality ripper.
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