UpTone Audio EtherREGEN Listening Impressions

[adamaley]

Mine arrived today as well. Orbi router(Farad Super3) (Sablon Audio Elite Ethernet) -- etherRegen (Farad Super3) (Sablon Audio Elite Ethernet) -- ultraRendu(Farad Super3) (Sablon Audio Elite 2020 USB) -- Lampizator Golden Gate 2 DAC. First impressions are good. I'm noticing a warmer sound contrary to the brighter sound many reported. Still early days though, so will report back.

[adamaley]

On 3/16/2020 at 8:07 PM, LowMidHigh said:

 

The chips in the Cybershaft products--at least at the entry level--are reclaimed (read, used). Further, the enclosures have limited number of outputs (1-3) and require a convertor from 50hz up to 75hz in order to perform, an approach known to be suboptimal (50z ER would be a good match of course). The owner takes a cavalier is approach to the impedance conversation, which should tell you quite a bit about the design and the product itself.

 

I would do a thorough research before spending money with that company. 

 

 

I'm surprised to read this. The Cybershafts are well-regarded devices. I've never used any but have only read great things about them.

[adamaley]

Hi @feelingears. Have you tried placing the etherRegen after the Orbi mesh Wi-Fi? Is that the router or the satellite? I think you will getter better sound the closer you can get it to the DAC. I use the Orbi mesh system myself, and have the etherRegen coming right after my satellite. If you have the current configuration because you want to take advantage of fiber, I believe the etherRegen has an SFP port that you can utilize for that particular scenario. I am open to be corrected if I am wrong. I really haven't moved my etherRegen since putting it in place - the sound has been that good.