Popular Post Emc1 Posted September 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2020 On 8/30/2020 at 9:39 AM, scolley said: Apologies for the long post. Here goes... My experiences are a bit unique in that I never listened to the EtherREGEN in its stock form. As soon as I got it I hooked it up, I placed one of these heatsinks on top. Waiting 90 minutes before my first listen, I was QUITE pleased with the initial sonic results. After leaving it on and playing quietly for 24 hours, I permanently attached the heatsink with thermal epoxy. After allowing the unit to quietly burn-in/warm up for a couple more hours, the next listen was a glorious improvement in sonics. Sound stage size, texture, detail and - most important - resolution of the sound-stage. Not to mention just being more “tuneful” and engaging. The improvement was very exciting. I have to underscore the conclusion of @austinpop. This is a bargain. A big one. That said, I found the improvements to be heavily skewed toward high-res tracks. It helps Red Book content a lot, but the improvements in high-res content sonics are much more evident. I suspect the more you’ve invested in your system, the more you need this. One thing I wonder about is why the improvements were audible for me so quickly. Within 90 minutes it was really good. But it was huge after 24 hours. Was it the heatsink? Or were 90 minutes (initially) and 24 hours burn-in time sufficient? Or a combination of both? I wouldn’t know. One thing is certain, I could not be more thrilled with the purchase. 🙂 PS - I will mention that based on my brief experiences, independent of obvious your-mileage-may-vary-on-your-network considerations, I would suggest that if you can normally clearly hear the difference between high-res tracks and 44.1/16, then this is a slam dunk. If you can’t though, this may be a tweak that your system may not resolve quite so well. PPS - I hear FAR far greater differences over my speakers than my headphones. My cans are Oppo PM-3’s with stock cable, amplified by a Mytek Brooklyn Bridge. But that difference may well be due to having invested much, much more in my speakers and speaker amplification, which could be a bit of evidence backing up my conclusions above: the better your system resolves sonics, the better improvements the EtherREGEN can bring. Follow Your experience, I manage to put a large CPU heat sink and the sound improve surprisingly . Besudes,I do use Farad super3 with audio sensitivity signature silver dc cable on EtherREGEN switch. This further improve the quality with more dynamic sound and details. Good suggestions. Thanks. Now I am waiting for PHD SR7/T Power supply to come. Let see if any improvement for the switch. bambadoo, RickyV, vmartell22 and 3 others 6 Link to comment
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