EtherREGEN: The long development thread. [Some Gen2 dev. pics and update starting on page 92.]

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I for one cannot wait for the EtherREGEN - it should solve a location issue that forces me to have my modem and first switch in the basement with a long run of CAT 5a through the walls to the main listening room. I hope to use this to clean up the signal coming into the room and give me a real baseline for analyzing different digital components that come after it. Look forward to release!

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As would I, for sure. Most anticipated new product of the year!

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Sorry my response above was meant to be to the general enthusiasm for the product, not to the notion of taking money to get on some list. Count me as someone dying to hear the etherRegen but more than willing to let the timing play out as it will... Zen and the Art of the New Product Cycle.

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4 minutes ago, Puma Cat said:

Dang. I was hoping there'd be an SFP dock on the EtherREGEN; my unorthodox configuration requirements means I need an Ethernet switch in front of (that is, ahead of) of my upstream FMC. Guess I can still use the "audiophile" RJ45 output jack on the EtherREGEN for connecting to my current upstream FMC. 

That's not what he said. He said no module. There is still a "dock." You will just have to source your own module.

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On 10/10/2019 at 5:18 AM, vortecjr said:

I agree with you. However, the silly thread will say you need two ERs in series each with external reference clocks in order to get good sound. Also, for good measure the silly thread will say you need two linear power supplies that you have to wait over a year to get or it just won't sound quite right. I'm just saying... 

This is exactly what I plan to do with the two eRegens I ordered so I will report back if there is any difference vs. one vs. no eRegen.  I also plan to test various power supplies - linears, ultracap, battery, wall-wart . As well as SOtM ethernet cables vs. generic Cat6 vs. Aqvox. (And yes I do have different optical cages and cables to compare!) I will do these tests, then I pass judgement. I believe that is the scientific method...

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2 hours ago, Matias said:

Using B side input and A side optic output exclusively makes the $640 EtherREGEN do the same function as the $250 opticalModule though...

Same function, sure, but most likely different results.  Also no different than going A side input and B side output, as stated numerous times in this thread.

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46 minutes ago, vortecjr said:

It's a lot of work to change only one thing at a time with all those variables. You will more likely than not have to make different tests depending on what you accomplish. Also, as soon as you introduce your opinion into the mix the scientific method goes out the door because others can't repeat the test to verify your results. It really just comes down to what you prefer.  

What you are calling work, I call fun! This is the sh*t I live for in this hobby.  And if ears are opinions, then like a**holes we all have them.  Don't see how they can ever be removed from any of the testing we do.  No ears, no music.  But that's another discussion for another day (hopefully never, actually).  Really looking forward to the eRegen.  I have no idea what to expect as I have spent a lot of FUN time arriving where I am with my system and I am VERY curious to see what changes, if any, it brings. Thanks Alex and John for bringing some excitement to the game!