Popular Post nounours18200 Posted April 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 6, 2020 @Superdad: Quote If I was not so swamped with work (15 more JS-2s and 40 more EtherREGENs to build and ship out by April 15th!) One of these units is for me !! 🙂 (ordered from Audiostore in the UK), so I agree: your priority is so build them < LoL... I am an engineer, I have been working in IT for decades and I have a "high end" system... I perform a lot of audio devices reviews for my website (I do not give its URL because it is not my objective) so when I first read that a switch can make a difference, I have immediatly thought that it was again a snake, similar to the " best DAC of all times" that wins over the previous "best DAC of all times" reviewed last month... But I had a good LPS left in my stock so last week I decided to make a test: just replace the stock SMPS of a secondary switch (my NAS1 and NAS2 are connected on this switch) by this high quality LPS: waouh (!) this is a big improvement... I perfectly know the differences about other digital stuff including cables, but I did not believe that a switch could make a difference: so I promise you a full review of the EtherREGEN in my high end system when I receive it ! Stay far from the virus ! Maceear, Vule and Superdad 2 1 Link to comment
Popular Post nounours18200 Posted May 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 6, 2020 Well I have recently decided to follow the route of removing all the SMPS that may affect the sound quality. My LAN config will soon be available on my website (I will edit this post to insert the link) but here are the main things to know: 1st Floor: NAS1 + NAS2 ---> NetGear Switch with stocked SMPS ---> going to the Main D-Link 24 ports switch located at Ground Floor. Ground Floor: Main D-Link 24 ports switch receiving all the Ethernet connexions from the house + Orange LiveBox (providing internet access) + my room dedicated to my main HiFi system (URL will follow). Before going further you have to know that the main 24 ports switch has its own internal 230V power supply so I cannot replace its P.S. I have started by replacing the SMPS feeding the Netgear Switch at the 1st Floor by an LPS: an AMB Sigma 11 delivering 12V that I had previously built. This is NOT the main switch, but just a switch onto the 2 NAS are connected. The Music is stored on NAS1. Incredible: the improvement is clearly audible: more detail, clearer notes, etc.... This convinced me that "bits are not just bits", or in other words, that the switches do matter more than I suspected. I have been in the IT world for 30 years, so it was difficult for me to accept the idea that a switch may affect the SQ. I have then installed the EtherREGEN yesterday in my dedicated room, and let it powered ON during the night. My God: the improvement is just unbelievable !! The EtherREGEN achieves an incredible and unexpected SQ improvement ! On my high resolving system the iprovement is really unexpected. Regarding its price, the SQ improvement is unbelievable. Period. So I will continue to try to improve the SQ by removing the remaining SMPS (Orange Livebox) and try a Masterclock and a LPS on the EtherREGEN. I have not clearly understood the technology inside the EtherREGEN, but this device is a wonderful success... More to come in the coming days.... feelingears, Vule, audiotunesx and 4 others 5 1 1 Link to comment
nounours18200 Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 On 5/8/2020 at 9:27 AM, audiojerry said: I also heard an improvement from the ER when I replaced a generic ethernet cable on the 'B' side of the ER with a better quality ethernet cable (1 meter of Cable Matters SFTP Cat8 Ethernet Cable). Thanks to the Uptone community for that Amazon recommendation. I live in France and cannot buy this cable from Amazon, not directly from Cablematters website. Do you know another source that would ship to France ?? Link to comment
nounours18200 Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Quote I've seen it on Ebay. Have you tried looking there? I did look on eBay but, when it relates to cablematters, I have only seen USB cables, not RJ45 cables. Can you give me the eBay URL where you have seen it ?? Link to comment
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