There is no best Roon alternative UI wise 
But there is sound wise 
Squeeze +squeeze
sorry i dont understand, is Material and app that’s need to be downloaded/installed or it just runs from AMS server?
Squeeze server allows you to manage your library using either a web browser or an app. When using a browser, there are choices of “skins”. This determines the look. “Material Skin” is the best of the bunch. Antipodes sets this to be the default skin.
After updating to AMS v4, you can launch Squeeze with the Material skin by clicking Play with preset set to Squeeze. This will open a new tab. I recommend that you bookmark it.
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Sorry if it was not clear.
Material runs from AMS. Just type the local IP address of the Antipodes and add at the end :9000. In my case that did not work so (as suggested in this forum) I tried 192.xxx.x.xx:9001.
You can look up your ip in the Antipodes software or myantipodes will show the ip in the address bar.
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What? Did you replace K30 with K50 
? Or is it (above) a stock image?
Really loving this update…In recent weeks I’d been really happy with Roon V2.0 server and player, but having the ability to change easily to Squeeze, with or without Roon Server is just fantastic.
Still need Roon for other zones, and I’m not always convinced Squeeze is so much better, so it is great to move between the options so easily.
Upgrade was very smooth on the K50.
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are you mostly using squeeze or roon player then? just got my antipodes and cant hear a huge difference if any
I’m mainly using Squeeze Player on my main system, yet feel there isn’t a great difference. I think Squeeze might sound a little clearer, but it also sounds a bit more ‘digital’ to me. It is so hard to describe these differences…
I might give Squeeze Server another go, though the drawback is that on many UK radio stations, TuneIn only has very low bit rates, and Roon is much better on that. Plus the interface remains a joy.
Still, it’s great to be able to experiment without too much hassle.
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I am a new Antipode K50 owner and am struggling a bit to get things set up. I’d like to use Squeeze player with Roon server as I believe it best suits my needs. That being said, my initial impression from a sound quality perspective are not great, the sound is quite digital and fatiguing.
Where can I find this setting?
Thanks
Yes, I’m beginning to think I’m blind or stupid, I cannot find this dashboard in the server console
Do you mean the screenshot that I posted? If so it’s in Roon. You need to go to the Audio tab under Settings. Find the device under Squeezebox and click that gear icon.
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Thank you sir! I’m curious if it was this difficult for everyone?
I’m being told to turn off the LMS which I’m assuming is on the K50.
Rather then bother all of you with this stuff is, there a level 2 user guide that touches on all this stuff?
30 years in the bowels of the IP comms market and I haven’t a clue what I’m doing here…very humbling.
Let me ask this another way. Can I run roon server on K50, with squeeze player running, using a squeezelite app to control music…both stored locally and streamed from qobuz…and…turn off flac compression?
I’ve tried everything I can find online
Multiple Server apps can run simultaneously, while only one Player app can run at a time. It is an oddity of Roon that it can’t find the Squeeze player if Squeeze server is running. The good news is that the Solution dashboard presets takes care of this for you. If you select “Squeeze Player with Roon Server (Auto)”, the Squeeze server app will be shutdown. If you then switch to "Squeeze (Auto), the Squeeze server app will be started.
My recommendation is that you select “Roon (Auto)” for the time being. This is the simplest way to get Roon going.
I get how challenging this can be. I actually came to Antipodes already familiar with most of the third party apps, but I took it easy the first 3 months by just sticking with Roon. Your K50 will likely improve a lot over the next few months, so just focus on enjoying your music with Roon for the time being.
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i have an aurender and i will only think antipodes if there will be an app
Lots of apps. Squeezelite, iPeng. Roon-Roon or Roon server, Squeeze player… Freedom of choice can be rewarding. But you need to invest some time to optimize. I like the exchange of knowledge on this user forum.
Take a look at https://antipodes.audio/articles.php, and scroll down to read the last article.
We don’t quite understand why any user wants their choice of hardware to lock them into a single app, so we support multiple apps, to provide choice and flexibility.
But it is fair to say that the hardware-focused Oladra Project did mean our software side took a bit of a back seat. That has changed with the release of G4 models a year ago, and we are now primarily focused on software development. So you can expect to see software updates instead of new models for some time.
What we are delivering is a completely new bespoke Antipodes stack that offers Antipodes apps for all platforms, with each providing a seamless experience for users regardless of the playback app they prefer to use.
AMSv5 already includes a new optimised OS, a new and simpler management interface, improved back-end performance, new Squeeze interface options, and new Android and iOS apps. You open the app for your device, click on the Antipodes to manage, and if using Squeeze click on the Play button and play music. Just like having an app, only with a lot more flexibility.
We are now working on improving the performance of the back-end functionality to finish the optimisation for responsiveness and sound quality of the whole stack. And as mentioned above, we are working on making the (now kind-of separate) My Antipodes, AMS and Playback experiences a seamless single experience.
You should see this a little later in 2024, and then it will be easier to understand what I mean.
We see a bespoke Antipodes playback app as a lower priority than what we are working on now, but we certainly have it on the list as we can see some areas where we can add something a bit different.
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