UpTone Audio EtherREGEN Listening Impressions

[Urs]

I received the etherREGEN last Friday, waited a few hours to let it adjust to room temperature, inserted it into the system, waited another few hours and then started to listen. I never expected such a significant - immediatly evident improvement. I cannot express better what I heard than what @thotdoc wrote a while ago:

"What's different so far is lower noise floor, better harmonics and more data in mid bass, more precise stops and starts of notes and more detail in and surrounding the notes....Space  between people more clearly defined...but there seems to be sound in that space, not grain."

 

My system as seen from the etherREGEN:
- upstream (A-side): all music is stored locally on Synology NAS, roon core on sonicTransporter i7, connected with good quality (though nothing special) CAT6a or CAT7 cables to a Cisco SG300-20-20 Gigabit managed switch

- downstream (B-side): Cardas Clear ethernet cable --> dCS Vivaldi stack (latest software) --> AR Ref 6 --> Pass 250.8 --> Magico S3 Mk2 (with SPODs)

 

Power: everything - except the etherREGEN - is plugged into an Isotek Sigmas, which itself uses a separat powerline. The etherREGEN, using the standard power supply is plugged into a different wall socket 

 

Cables: analog: Cardas Clear Beyond and Jorma speaker cables. Digital: Black Cat Digit 75 Mk2.

 

Was listening to (some examples only): Tracy Chapman, Cowboy Junkies, Eric Clapton, David Bowie, K.D. Lang, Marissa Nadler, Leonard Cohen, Pentangle, Beatles (50th ann. Abbey Road), Gene Clark (No Other)

Classical: Bach: Suites for Cello (Janos Starker), Haydn: String Quartets (London Haydn Quartet)

 

Hats off and big thanks to John Swenson and Alex. In my setup this little device with great engeneering art has a major positive impact.

 

[Urs]

3 minutes ago, matthias said:

 

Did you try to remove the Cisco?

If yes, what was the outcome?

Thanks

 

Matt

No, that would not be an option. We need the Cisco in our home LAN to connect all the devices (WAPs, network printer, TV, PC, other roon endpoints (microRendu)). Some devices are also in the basement. We use quite a number of in-wall ethernet cabling and the Cisco "sits" in the center of it.