Antipodes K22 vs Innuos Pulsar

I have had both here along with the Grimm.  I was a dealer for both but never really sold any Innuos and we parted ways at the end of last year.  I remain an Antipodes dealer.

Both are excellent devices.  It really depends on a couple things.

1. What software do you want to use?  If you like Roon, this is not close.  The K22 is the superior device.  If you are not a Roon user or actively don't want Roon, then also, this is not close.  The Pulsar is the better device.  Sense is excellent

2. Outputs matter and you are running a Bricasti device.  If you have the network card in the Bricasti, I would argue a K41 running Roon or Audirvana would be top performer as ethernet in is best with Bricasti.  I don't know if the Pulsar has finally added the additional outputs beyond USB, but AES is next best input on Bricasti.  This is Antipodes best output. USB is not best input on Bricasti.

The Grimm is nice but I found did not outperform the Antipodes running Roon side by side.  They seemed VERY similar.  Antipodes has a slightly softer sound than Grimm but that was only noticeable difference to me.  That said, I have heard that Grimm is at its very best with HQ Player enabled in Roon.  I did not test this and have no POV on that.  

I agree that on the K50, squeeze is best sound but most people still control it with Roon.  You can turn on squeeze lite on player size and still use Roon remote.

sense is a squeeze derivative and is a thinner package than Roon in terms of how much system resource it takes up.  That is theoretically why it sounds better but someone with more technical knowledge may be able to explain better.

The Bricasti player is best way to connect and I had to get a K50 to beat it.  Short of a k50 or Oladra, k41 into the renderer will be top performer.  
 

I had Grimm vs k22.  I don’t get Grimm vs k50 compare.  Thought it was quite a bit better.  Maybe vs old gen 3 but not gen 4.  I had playback DACs I demo’d that Grimm with.