UpTone Audio EtherREGEN Listening Impressions

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8 hours ago, Johnnydev said:

The EtherRegen brings improvements in all these areas and gets better every day

 

Have you removed the ER to make a comparison yet?  I have one on order but won't receive it until Feb so I'm living through you all vicariously in the meantime ;)

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7 hours ago, Johnnydev said:

February is still long, sympathize with you, but definitely worth the wait It is a big evolution in the switch world.

 

Thankfully, I'm not suffering currently   I'll enjoy the anticipation

 

Thanks

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11 hours ago, Superdad said:

Okay, thread is unlocked now. @plissken(jinjuku over at ASR)

 

Not to get off topic but for the life of me I don't understand why he/they/anyone cares what others do as long as it doesn't impact someone else.  Live and let live and avoid wasted energy.

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Operating temperature — 48~52C (118~126F)

From Uptone website

 

My take: This is warm enough that I plan to move a bit of air across it to dissipate as much as practical.  I realize the component values are more than twice this temp according to Alex but the lower the ambient temp the longer they will last and likely perform.

 

I'm fortunate that all of my gear (save my preamp, amps and speakers) are located in an adjacent room where a slow moving fan cannot be heard or seen.

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Add me to the list of gobsmacked happy listeners.  My ER is about 4 hours powered on now...just sat down to listen to the very low bitrate internet stream that's been playing with the preamp off...holy sh*t.  

 

My system is no slouch but this is definitely in the component level upgrade territory.

 

!Bien hecho!

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My ER is about 150 hours powered now.  It just keeps getting better or rather my enjoyment of music keeps increasing.