UpTone Audio EtherREGEN Listening Impressions

[frederick184]

Took delivery of my Ether Regen yesterday and installed it in my system last night.  My server and router are on the top floor of my house and my i7 NUC endpoint is on the ground floor.  Until now the endpoint and server have been connected by 5GHz wifi.  I set it up temporarily connected at the server end with my router and server both plugged into the A side and a 40 foot Blue Jeans CAT6a cable plugged into the B side and run downstairs to the endpoint.  

 

Using this configuration there was an immediate and obvious improvement in sound quality.  As many others have reported, a lack of harshness is what struck me right away, coupled with a naturalness to the sound that drew me in.  I am using the stock power supply for now.  Tonight, I am going to add an additional USB NIC to my server and bridge them, connecting one cable to my router and run the other one downstairs which will allow me to relocate the Ether Regen closer to the endpoint.  

 

Very impressed with the Ether Regen.  Thanks Alex and John!

 

Colin