Interested in listening to Antipodes.

My DX is scheduled for the DX2 to DX3 upgrade very soon.  My understanding is that I will be able to use the DX3 as a Roon server on my network that will be similar to a CX-EX combination, and I will be able to output Ethernet into a Roon endpoint, or renderer.  Instead of using Antipodes own EX as the endpoint, I am considering either the SOtM traid or Metrum's new Ambre endpoint.  The interesting thing about the Ambre is that it outputs I2S and Metrum offers a user-installable I2S input board for my Metrum Pavane Level 3 that gets installed in place of the USB board.  That will allow me to go with Ethernet from the server into the Ambre then I2S from the Amber to the Pavane L3.  If I decide to use the SOtM triad, the output will go through the highly regarded tX-USBUltra then via USB to the Pavane L3.   Taking the USB connection out of the chain with I2S from the Ambre to my DAC may be the deciding factor in my decision of whether to purchase the SOtM gear or the Ambre as my Roon endpoint. Either way, the thought of "significant" improvements to the already great sounding DX2 is really interesting to me.

My plan does not include DSP so I should be good with the DX and cannot really justify selling it to buy a CX.  I believe I will continue to enjoy the DX's ability to directly rip CDs.  If I were starting over, I would look hard at one of the sonic Transporter i7 models (either Roon with HQ or Roon with DSP), as well as the CX, to use with the SOtM triad.

I was within a couple of days of purchasing the SOtM triad but then saw information on Metrum's new Ambre, which is supposed to be Roon certified soon.  The Ambre is quite a bit lower in price than the triad, it uses femto clocks, and it does not require a USB enhancer/reclocker (i.e., the SOtM tx-USBultra) to use with my Pavane L3 DAC, since the Ambre directly outputs I2S and Metrum offers a user-installable I2S board for my Pavane L3.  The Ambre is a single-box solution, which I hope would be built to the same high standards as Metrum's other gear.  The dilemma is that everything I read about the SOtM triad describes exactly the type of sound I am trying to achieve.  I wish the Ambre were a bit further along and that there was a review to provide more information.