UpTone Audio EtherREGEN Listening Impressions

[Frojo]

Whilst I am here commenting, I should add my listening impressions....

the EtheRegen arrived yesterday and was inserted into the system still cold from its transatlantic journey ( which was really quick).

It replaced a gs108 in between my Mac mini/Audirvana and ultra Rendu et al.

The most obvious benefit/ feature was an improvement in resolution across the whole audio spectrum, which gives rise to impressions of ‘punchier bass’, better stereo imagery and placement. The improvement which particularly pleases me is the increased level of information retrieval from the background ie vocals and instrument licks which I was not previously fully aware of - all of my ‘review’ tracks are favourites from the last 30/40 years and therefore very familiar to me.

thanks very much😀

 

p.s. I think safari is snappier as well

[Frojo]

1 minute ago, R1200CL said:

No it won’t 😀
But It is my understanding that an optical module do based on this article.

 

 

 

I beg to differ.

Martins  proposed system is similar to my set up..... I found that introducing fibre into the chain in between my Airport extreme and the etheRegen improved the streaming capabilities and slightly lowered the noise floor on the rest of the system.

An optical module may well enhance that improvement.

[Frojo]

3 minutes ago, Martin Herløv Andersen said:

 

I can not use the fiber optic without a  optical module. I know that I need it for the SFP port on the router and also on the EtherREGEN.

How can I use it without?

Forgive me for confusing you -

The Sonore Optical module is a converter (RJ45 -> Fibre) 

In either scenario you will still need the sfp modules (and fibre) to connect sfp cages together. i.e. your ubiquity router and the etheRegen.