Best Server To Run Roon Core

I have the ENO filter between an Etherregen and Innuos Statement,  if I take it out there is a big drop in sound quality.

I purchased a used Antipodes Core to put Roon Core on.  It is definitely better than running Roon Core and Endpoint on the Innuos.  The Antipodes converts to DSD 512 in Roon without a problem but I have recently found Roon sounds better with this turned off.  I haven't compared this set up with Experimental Mode yet. 

I also have a Terminator Plus and Iris DDC and agree the combination is a bit step up from USB and using the clock out from the TP to the Iris has an amazing effect of clarity, timing and presence.  Yes, it has a major positive effect on the Statements USB which I was not expecting.

@jmarshak 

I'm no engineer so take what I write with a grain of salt.  It has been a while since I moved the roon core off the statement and I cant say I remember what was different except that it was easily better.  

I think maybe reducing the processor demands on the Statement lowered noise and further improved its performance.  Innuos seems to have chosen a lower power processor for the noise benefits.  They say it can run roon core and it can but I think at the expense of a noise trade off.  I think I may have also been trying to upsample to DSD in roon- which I don't do any more because it sounds worse in my system now.

Since moving the core off the Statement I have spend the time working on the network; switches, cables, reclocking, fiber, re arranging dedicated lines, power conditioning and power supplies.  When I started I had a hard time listening to Tidal or Qobuz vs the Statement because there was such a drop in sound quality.  Now while the Statement is superior the gap is relatively small and Tidal and Qobuz Hi-Rez are amazing and occasionally better than the redbook files on the Statement.

The Antipodes Core is a purpose build Roon Core server and I think better than the Roon Nucleus's in terms of sound, not power.  I also think its a shame Antipodes unleashed a new product line shortly after releasing the CX/EX line making the CX/EX dated and devalued shortly after release.  I am watching the price of the CX tumble and plan to pick one up next year to replace the Antipodes Core to run roon core unless Innuos finally releases their OS update and it outperforms roon and has a reasonable search function to browse.