nonesup Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 12 hours ago, BigAlMc said: I own both the Aqvox SE and the ER and there's no doubt the ER kicks the Aqvox butt in my mind. I heard a slight improvement with the Aqvox, I hear a big improvement with the ER. Its unmistakably a bigger impact. What I don't know is whether its additive. Prior to the EEE/firmware discovery the ER plugged into my Aqvox didn't work period. I haven't tried again post the EEE fix. Perhaps I should. But common sense indicates if the ER is doing its job then the Aqvox is not needed. I anticipate selling my Aqvox. Even if I'm not exactly marketing it on this thread. That is exactly my suppositio, and that is why I have been waiting for the ER for almost two years. But until I try my system, it will only be that; a supposition. Francisco Aries Cerat Kassandra Ref. MKII / Melco N1ZH60-2 / Audio Research Ref. 5 SE / Gryphon Essence Stereo / Rockport Atria I / Göbel XLR and RCA Cables / Göbel Ethernet and USB Cables / Sablon Ethernet Cabe / MIT Magnum MA Sepeakers Cables / Shunyata Everest 8000 / Shunyata Omega XC (1), Sigma NR V2 (3), Sigma NR V1(1) and Alfa NR V1 (2) / Paul Hynes SR7T for Melco S-100 Pink Faun Upgraded / Farad Super3 for IPS Modem-Router / Center Stage2 0.8, 1.0 and 1.5 Link to comment
oilpaint Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Should there be a different thread for the V1/ V2 sound discussion? While this one is about ER listening impressions it seems like the request for V1 is taking over this thread.... Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 A friend has been visiting. He just walked into the room and spoke positively about the “pulse” of my system. I chuckled and told him that some on this forum are saying the new firmware is killing the ability to tap their toes. He chuckled saying he could feel it in the other room. Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
Popular Post Superdad Posted November 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 30, 2019 3 hours ago, oilpaint said: Should there be a different thread for the V1/ V2 sound discussion? While this one is about ER listening impressions it seems like the request for V1 is taking over this thread.... Good idea! So I just did that and moved all 75 firmware-related posts from Listening Impressions to this new thread: https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/57809-etherregen-all-posts-about-firmware-moved-here/ I made a longish opening post, but until @The Computer Audiophile handles my request to have it appear as the first post, it is buried on the third page. Here is the link to how I opened it: rickca and auricgoldfinger 2 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
Popular Post Johnnydev Posted December 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 1, 2019 listening experiences after 100 hours burning in: - First 10 minutes, mwaah?🙄 - After a few hours okay and considerably better than the Cisco 2960.😊 - Now after 100 hours: great, best upgrade I have ever had.😃😍💝 If I now stream a good internet radio station, it will sound as good as qobuz without The ER Qobuz streaming does the same SQ improvement after the ER upgrade. In one word, great! I can also say that only using A-side for your music installation already gives a considerable improvement in SQ compared to the cisco 2960. But streaming from A to B, or backwards from B to A, as in my case is unsurpassed. Again many thanks for you Alex and John you have developed an unbeatable top product for a very real small price soares, Indydan and Superdad 2 1 Link to comment
Superdad Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 This very interesting review was posted over in the EtherREGEN Firmware discussion thread. A bunch of people liked it and someone suggested it also be included here. @incus, I hope you don't mind. I left it in the other thread as well. 14 hours ago, incus said: There are many things to take away from this episode in the ER's brief but already illustrious history. Yet there is one thing that hasn't been mentioned within this context very much which may help explain some of what is going on, and that is burn-in. It's a very real thing for this device. Prior to any awareness of the bugs and the connectivity issues that the new firmware was created to address, I would say I possessed at least 3 and possibly even 4 different sonic iterations of the EtherREGEN. By this I mean that after about half an hour, the sound of my unit changed from being a bit lifeless and straightforward and not offering any special acoustic advantage over my old SOtM switch to quite suddenly blooming into life with a full-throated and detail-saturated tone that reminded me very much of when I first owned a Mutec REF10 and went through the process of burning it in. A "big pipe" someone called it and that was very accurate for me at the time in terms of where I found myself in the EtherREGEN burn-in process. I enjoyed the up-front presentation and increased depth of the sound-stage but I also harbored some quiet reservations about whether I could ultimately live with this addition to my playback chain long term. I ended up selling the REF10, after all, for much the same reasons; everything I listened to through the REF10 shared the sonic signature of that device, regardless of genre or quality of source, I could hear it. And this bothered me in the end, because I knew I was hearing the component and not the music. Then after about 70-80 hours, the etherREGEN changed again. It was similar to going from a copper power cable to a silver one. Or from vinyl to tape. The bombast receded. The frequencies aligned better. The pipe was still big but it was smoother along the inside edges, like it had been polished. The details sparkled a little more. The soundstage stabilized. More ambient cues emerged. A kind of calm settled over the music. I wondered if this was source dependent but then noticed that this wasn't about the quality of the recording - that information was there no matter what; bad recordings were bad and good were good - but I felt a touch closer to whatever was there in that source, like there was less between me and the recording now. Another interesting thing happened about this time, as well. I had another big revelation for my playback chain. I felt like things had become a little too smooth, what some might call "hifi" and I started to examine each component in my desktop system to see if the etherREGEN might be to blame. After much experimentation, I decided to try my Chord Hugo TT2 *without* the M-Scaler practically for the first time since I bought the pair together. And I was quite impacted by what happened. I realized that the M-Scaler, as great as it was, was very much imparting its own sound on the music. Very much in the manner as the REF10, although nearly the opposite in terms of effect. The M-Scaler had a way of dulling the inner edges of things, flattening and smoothing tones that at times was very agreeable but resulted in a slight homogenization of the signal. Put another way, without the M-Scaler, there was simply more difference between sources. I would hear the quality of the source better. I could discern the various components and cables in my playback chain better. Finally, after about 120 hrs - right as I became aware of the connectivity issues with the etherREGEN and the subsequent fix - my etherREGEN entered a final stage of 'becoming' what it was ultimately to become. A final level of ease, openness, purity, calm, silence, accuracy of tone, and overall balance come out - to such an extent that the etherREGEN essentially erased itself. This is a very important point to stress. At that stage in the break-in process, listening to the same material again and again, I began to doubt my ability to "hear" the etherREGEN anymore. It was right around then that I made the switch to V2. And the process of burn-in was more or less complete. This is not to say that when I remove the etherREGEN I can't immediately tell it's not there. I can. But when it's in and I settle into listening for a while, each recording comes to me with so little adulteration, each musician, each producer, each venue 'speak' to me in such a clear way, that I could conceivably argue in that moment that the etherREGEN is doing "nothing." I could certainly say the etherREGEN is NOT doing what it did before. So my point is - this process has made it VERY hard to pin down the "sound" of the etherREGEN. It has evolved - and evolved to the point where I have trouble describing what exactly it does - except allow me to hear better into the music. AND it's perhaps possible that this is at least in part what has brought some listeners to the conclusion that something changed with their units with the V2 upgrade. I would very curious, in other words, to know where people were in the the break-in process when they made the switch. The results of my personal experience also imply that the etherREGEN may, in some circumstances, force its owner to reassess even highly-resolving and highly-acclaimed components. In other words, the etherREGEN may reveal things about one's playback chain that are actually NOT what one thought they were and NOT actually to one's liking. Anyway, the major take-aways are this: 1) Burn is very real with this device and took me through many stages before it more or less settled where it is now. During this process the sound of the etherREGEN changed many times and pinning down its 'sonic signature' is now very difficult for me to do. 2) The EtherRegen allowed to me get rid of my Hugo M-Scaler because it allowed to hear how that device was influencing the sound I was hearing. I will follow up later with some other interesting observations about: 1) Using a Farad 7V PSU in place of an LPS 1.2 on the etherREGEN and how this further "erased" the etherREGEN from the music. 2) Testing of different servers and software to learn that the effect of upstream 'devices' through the etherREGEN still matters quite a bit, although decidedly less than downstream devices, which corroborates what I have said above because essentially ALL components are revealed more by the etherREGEN - whether upstream or downstream... Bernstein 1 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
Popular Post PYP Posted December 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 1, 2019 37 minutes ago, Superdad said: This very interesting review was posted over in the EtherREGEN Firmware discussion thread. Terrific/prefect review! But, as a wise man once said, everything has been said, but not everyone has said it. So... For my measurements and A/B testing, I use highly accurate, one-of-a-kind instruments: my wife's ears. During burn-in, which in our setup required 300+ hours and cycled back and forth between musically engaging and hard to listen to (with, to me, the usual signs of overall improvement), my wife said the following: please lower the volume (always a bad sign); could you put on other music (ditto); is that Bill? (Frisell, artist identification and interest is always a positive sign); what is that? That song is really lovely (getting close to break-in, whew); you can turn that up (thanks, Uptone!), it sounds better but I don't know the reason. The last statement makes perfect sense to me. My wife is either engaged by the music or not. She listens holistically. She doesn't care about gear, highs/lows, soundstage, burn-in or anything related. When I thought the eR sounded bad, I didn't say anything, hoping she wouldn't notice. Nope. Likewise, when I was happy the break-in was almost over, I didn't say anything. Very pleased when she mentioned it sounded better, especially given her concern about messing with the SQ we had before the eR. Before the eR, we both loved our setup and could listen all day (literally), so she was a bit concerned about why I would gamble $640 to find out if the sound could improve (until I explained the money back guarantee). Frankly, I didn't know what to expect from the eR. And now that it has settled in, just like incus, there are times when I wonder what exactly has changed and am very thankful for the transparency of the eR (known here as the little gizmo, sorry Alex) -- I wouldn't want to change the characteristics of our DAC. Those qualities are simply more evident is a very natural, organic and flowing way. The DAC's ability to provide what are sometimes tradeoffs in sound -- the presentation is even more relaxed and more dynamic, more transparent and more lush -- has increased. Great product at a great price! Thank you Alex and John. Looking forward to reading about your next innovation. Matias, so-no-mah, pl_svn and 2 others 1 3 1 Grimm Audio MU1 > Mola Mola Tambaqui > Mola Mola Kaluga > B&W 803 D3 Cables: Kubala-Sosna Power management: Shunyata Room: Vicoustics “Nature is pleased with simplicity.” Isaac Newton "As neither the enjoyment nor the capacity of producing musical notes are faculties of the least use to man...they must be ranked among the most mysterious with which he is endowed." Charles Darwin - The Descent of Man Link to comment
Popular Post Superdad Posted December 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 1, 2019 4 hours ago, PYP said: But, as a wise man once said, everything has been said, but not everyone has said it. So... So true--and what a wise wife you have. But seriously, you gents amaze me with the many lovely ways you find to describe what you hear. (If I had to feed myself by describing what I hear I'd quickly starve .) As for all people--and we first-world audiophiles have it easy--some days for John and I are difficult. Having nothing to do with what goes on here, rather with all the behind-the-scenes work, both engineering and logistics challenges. Maybe I'm just in a state today (it's Sunday and I've spent all day in e-mail and mind-numbing accounting catch-up), but coming here and reading these new reports from happy EtherREGEN owners brings me much joy and contentment. Quote Great product at a great price! Thank you Alex and John. Looking forward to reading about your next innovation. The cotton-eared critics think the whole realm of this stuff is hooey, that you are all delusional, and that this is just a money grab by UpTone. Aside from being wrong about the sonic relevance of this stuff, they are of course wrong about the greed part as well. Otherwise we would have used cheaper parts/design and charged three times the price to make a more typical margin. And while those who could afford it would still write similar sonic reports, not near as many people would have the opportunity to enjoy the fruits of our efforts. Now I am not trying to claim some kind of altruism here; This is a business (which we work darn hard at every day) and I am happy to be able to support my family and offer college assistance to our 3 children if they choose. But pricing fairly is important to us--even while I try to assure that we produce the capital for R&D and production of our next groundbreaking products. Playing "Jobs" to John's "Woz" is the most fun I've had in my whole life. Seems that it shows in the products and in the wide world of music lovers enjoying them. Thanks everyone... --Alex C. P.S. The January batch (all shipping by January 16th) is now about sold out. Whatever additional orders come in between now and in the morning when I change the web page (to say February for newly placed orders) will be reducing the number of units our dealers get for January. Even now it it clear that the dealers will get less than half of what they want in January. The dealers are still getting their 150 of the 250 we are shipping this month. And of course ALL 2nd-batch/December direct user orders will be shipped on time, by December 12th--just as promised on launch day! gstew, skatbelt, so-no-mah and 5 others 5 1 2 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
LowMidHigh Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Superdad said: So true--and what a wise wife you have. But seriously, you gents amaze me with the many lovely ways you find to describe what you hear. (If I had to feed myself by describing what I hear I'd quickly starve .) As for all people--and we first-world audiophiles have it easy--some days for John and I are difficult. Having nothing to do with what goes on here, rather with all the behind-the-scenes work, both engineering and logistics challenges. Maybe I'm just in a state today (it's Sunday and I've spent all day in e-mail and mind-numbing accounting catch-up), but coming here and reading these new reports happy EtherREGEN owners brings me much joy and contentment. The cotton-eared critics think the whole realm of this stuff is hooey, you are all delusional, and that this is just a money grab by UpTone. Aside from being wrong about the sonic relevance of this stuff, they are of course wrong about the greed part as well. Otherwise we would have used cheaper parts/design and charged three times the price to make a more typical margin. And while those who could afford it would still write similar sonic reports, not near as many people would have the opportunity to enjoy the fruits of our efforts. Now I am not trying to claim some kind of altruism here; This is a business (which we work darn hard on every day) and I am happy to be able to support my family and offer college assistance to our 3 children if they choose. But pricing fairly is important to us--even while I try to assure that we produce the capital for R&D and production of our next groundbreaking products. Playing "Jobs" to John's "Woz" is the most fun I've had in my whole life. And it seems to show in the products and in a wide world of music lovers enjoying them. Thanks everyone... --Alex C. P.S. The January batch (all shipping by January 16th) is now about sold out. Whatever additional orders coming between now and in the morning when I change the web page (to say February for newly placed orders) will be reducing the number of units our dealers get for January. Even now it it clear that the dealers will get less than half of what they want in January. But don't worry, 150 of the 250 we are shipping by December 12th are going to the dealers--with ALL promised 2nd-batch/December direct user orders being shipped on time! Thank you for sharing! If I may: affordable prices don't mean reduced profits, as the volume usually goes up. Selling one ER at $100,000 would offer an astronomical profit margins per unit, but likely zero in sales... As for the expression "cotton-eared" I don't think it applies. Those critics are adamant not to audition the product, therefore their ears have no part in it. I have a hunch many of them lack the funds for any serious gear, so they resort to the "sour grapes" tactic, known to sooth the pain of unrequited lust. jos 1 Stereo [Genelec 1032C x 2 + 7360 x 2] <== [MC3+USB x 3 <-- REF10 SE120] <== [AERIS G2] <== [EtherRegen x 3] Chain switchable to [Genelec 8331 x 2 + 7350] Surround [Genelec 1032C x 3 + 8431 x 2 + 7360 x 2] <== [MiniDSP U-DIO8] <== [Mac Mini] Link to comment
Popular Post mark_z Posted December 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 2, 2019 4 hours ago, Ricardo007 said: Please keep us informed about the startech SFP module for 80km and monomode fiber ... 🤗 Overall impression was that everything flowed a tad easier and on time. A bit more 3D than the previous. I'm using a lps 1.2 to power the er - finally ran a ground wire yesterday. Wow. Quite an increase in overall clarity w/ the ground wire from the er to the equi-tech 1.5RQ. New firmware loaded w/o issue. Grounding the unit really made the most audible improvement. Adjusted the phase on my subs. Replacing an opticalmodule with an etherregen feeding an opticalrendu in my system has been the functional equivalent of a new dac. Superdad, Matias, jos and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment
skatbelt Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 3 hours ago, matthias said: Thank you for reporting. BTW, very interested to try the "internet sharing" configuration. Matt Thank you. This setup worked very well for me and I actually was surprised that only a few others seem to have their systems setup the same way. Before the dCS Network Bridge I owned micro- and ultraRendu's and with these units it also worked flawless. The only concern is to have a good and stable wifi connection but if this is the case, streaming sources up to 24/192 run without any problem. Theoretically, the only downside is that you have to have Wifi electronics enabled in the Roon server, a potential source of unwanted RFI/EMI. This is what I always had in the back of my head. But as I wrote, nothing 'wired' outdid this setup before EtherREGEN. There was a slight inconvenience in use: for reasons unknown to me (read: I could not solve), it was not possible to reach the dCS or the Sonore's via a browser window with this setup. I had to hard-wire temporarily for firmware updates for instance. matthias 1 Streamer dCS Network Bridge DAC Chord DAVE Amplifier / DRC Lyngdorf TDAI-3400 Speakers Lindemann BL-10 | JL audio E-sub e110 Head-fi and reference Bakoon HPA-21 | Audeze LCD-3 (f) Power and isolation Dedicated power line | Xentek extreme isolation transformer (1KVA, balanced) | Uptone Audio EtherREGEN + Ferrum Hypsos | Sonore OpticalModule + Uptone Audio UltraCap LPS-1.2 | Jensen CI-1RR Cables Jorma Digital XLR (digital), Grimm Audio SQM RCA (analog), Kimber 8TC + WBT (speakers), custom star-quad with Oyaide connectors (AC), Ferrum (DC) and Ghent (ethernet) Software dCS Mosaic | Tidal | Qobuz Link to comment
Cable Monkey Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 7 hours ago, skatbelt said: There was a slight inconvenience in use: for reasons unknown to me (read: I could not solve), it was not possible to reach the dCS or the Sonore's via a browser window with this setup. I had to hard-wire temporarily for firmware updates for instance. Those devices require DHCP and an IP address to be issued from your network for admin pages and updates to be able to work. Link to comment
cool_chris Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Did someone compre the Ether Regen with Sotm swich ?also would be interesting to stack them Sotm 2x v ER 2xlastly Sotm + ER andSotm +ER + 10 mhz clock feeding both connected via opitical and via copper What combination would sound best ? Link to comment
Popular Post stevebythebay Posted December 4, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2019 After hundreds of hours of break/settling in of the eR, I’m finally going into my local music vault - for the gold. And with a whole lotta’ anticipation: Buddy Holly - From the Original Master Tapes. This is Steve Hoffman’s unearthed find. And wow does it sound great! MCA could really do some great recordings back in the 50’s. Amazingly pristine with superb guitar work and detailed backing vocals. Indydan, Superdad and Jud 3 Steve Schaffer Grimm MU1 / dCS Vivaldi Upsampler - APEX DAC - Clock / Spectral DMC-30SV preamp / Spectral Anniversary monoblocks / Wilson Audio Alexia V / Wilson Lōkē subs / Shunyata Everest / Shunyata Omega interconnects, power cables, Ethernet / Shunyata Altaira / Uptone EtherREGEN switch / Cybershaft OP21A-D / Uptone JS2 LPS / HRS racks - Vortex footers - damping plates Link to comment
Popular Post Jud Posted December 4, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2019 All kinds of stuff sounding absolutely wonderful. Very hard to pick just one, but because it's got some bass and some warmth and not everyone's heard it: "CocoBlues" from Mbongwana Star's album "From Kinshasa." Check it out. PYP, oilpaint, Superdad and 1 other 1 2 1 One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Popular Post Johnnydev Posted December 4, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2019 Important for my wife and me is the whole music experience: Together or alone on the couch and immerse in the (live) music experience, with details and impact Tight and layered bass, detail, nice, warm middle and a good resolution with a live feeling if present. sometimes as if you can walk among the musicians Nice sound from the TV, films preferably with a smashing, lively (cinema) experience. Playing like in a disco, but also very important nice sounding when music gets played in the background, and fine sounding as we walk around and do our daily things The EtherRegen brings improvements in all these areas and gets better every day lwr, Superdad, PYP and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment
lpost Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 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 ;) Link to comment
Popular Post Superdad Posted December 5, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2019 4 hours ago, jtwrace said: Congrats on the stellar review! https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/uptone-audio-etherregen-switch-review.10232/ Excellent, thanks! Funny how he makes this presumptive statement right at the top: "The power supply is private branded but I am assuming that is just a sticker and UpTone has not really applied for FCC and regulator certification itself. This always puzzles me as companies like UpTone make a lot out of noise in audio yet they don't get their products (as required by law) certified for emissions per FCC or CE. For all you know the EtherRegen may be creating a ton of more high frequency noise ("EMI") than a cheap but certified Ethernet switch." I have copies from our OEM SMPS supplier for all the certifications listed on the power supply, and the emissions from the EtherREGEN are as low or lower than most off the shelf switches. Of course his entire review as well as the much more derisive 29 page thread @jtwrace started back in October is just more evidence of Amir and company's lack of intellectual curiosity about the principles behind the design of the EtherREGEN as well as the complete rejection of the reality that leakage, ground-plane noise, and clocking in packet data interfaces (USB and Ethernet) have effects on the I2S signals and clocking in connected DACs. While I am sorry that Amir is unable to measure it with his beloved Audio Precision system, that does not change the fact that thousands of people readily hear these effects, both with UpTone products and others. They want you to not believe your ears and that you are delusional. Really I am glad that someone loaned him a unit. The bright line has been drawn. He can not measure what we all can hear. (The fact that he heard nothing speaks more broadly to how and what he listens with--as evidenced in his other reviews--but that is a personal matter for him.) Perhaps John will have luck showing some effects with his Wavecrest analyzer, but regardless of what we put forth, I expect only more scorn and ridicule from the ASR camp. In the meantime, I just received a long report from a group of very dedicated European audiophiles who conducted some blind trials of a variety of switches. No surprise that it was followed by a flood of new EtherREGEN orders and some e-mails begging to get them into the now sold-out January production batch. Liam, Puma Cat, mikeg and 2 others 4 1 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
Popular Post Superdad Posted December 5, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2019 Deleted offensive posts from both sides. Locking thread for now. I have 250 EtherREGENs to ship over the course of the next 5 days and can not afford the distraction. This was the Listening Impressions thread anyway. Bernstein and Bones13 1 1 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
Popular Post Superdad Posted December 5, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2019 Okay, thread is unlocked now. @plissken(jinjuku over at ASR) started his own thread in the public Networking sub-forum--where the skeptics who think you are all delusional and that UpTone is a scam/rip-off company--can all freely pontificate and obsess over our success. I'll even punch back a bit there if I feel inclined. But none of that crap will be tolerated here in our sponsored forum. And this is the EtherREGEN Listening Impressions thread. gsquared, soares, RickyV and 6 others 3 4 1 1 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
BigAlMc Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 As my dear old Granma used to say: Don't waste your time arguing with idiots son. They'll just bring you down to their level. Wise words from a wise woman. Listening impressions. Nice. Good. Better. Put it this way. At the risk of having my audiophile credentials revoked! The new firmware came out a week ago. I haven't gotten around to trying it. Why? Partly busy. Partly no pressing need as my system is sounding great, so any further bump in SQ is just gravy at this stage 😁 jos 1 Synergistic Research Powercell UEF SE > Sonore OpticalModule (LPS-1.2 & DXP-1A5DSC) > EtherRegen (SR4T & DXP-1A5DSC) > (Sablon 2020 LAN) Innuos PhoenixNet > Muon Streaming System > Grimm Audio MU1 server > (Sablon AES) Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC > PS Audio M1200 monoblocks > Salk Sound Supercharged Songtowers Link to comment
Johnnydev Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 On 12/4/2019 at 12:30 PM, lpost said: 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 Yes, I did, for 10 min., but it's not really necessary. It is immediately and without a doubt the best upgrade ever for me. Follow the advice to make your setup as simple as possible. The first 10 minutes after new connection I had some doubts, after a few hours no more. Every day in use still gives an SQ improvement. I'm on my way for 185 hours. February is still long, sympathize with you, but definitely worth the wait It is a big evolution in the switch world. lpost 1 Link to comment
ogs Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 8 hours ago, Superdad said: While I am sorry that Amir is unable to measure it with his beloved Audio Precision system Imagine what will happen in the minds of Amir & Co when Audio Precision adds measurements that reveal what etherRegen (and similar devices) does. Time to throw out Audio Precision I guess... 🙄 Link to comment
Popular Post Jud Posted December 5, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2019 One of my favorites for listening tests, because it's short, simple, emphasizes vocals, and this time it's something pretty much everyone has heard: The Beatles' "I'll Follow the Sun." Somehow Paul and John made their harmonies sound like no one else's. The voices so very similar, but just that bit of difference.... Dave G and soares 1 1 One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Bones13 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 10 hours ago, Superdad said: Deleted offensive posts from both sides. Locking thread for now. I have 250 EtherREGENs to ship over the course of the next 5 days and can afford the distraction. This was the Listening Impressions thread anyway. Looking forward to a shipping notification this week, and a new, well reviewed, toy for Christmas! [Home Digital] MSB Premier DAC > Modright LS300 > Atma-Sphere "Class D" Monoblocks > Daedalus Audio Muse Studio Speakers [Home Analog] Technics SL-1200G > Boulder 508 (Benz Glider SL) [Office] Laptop > Kitsune R2R lvl3 > Violectric V281 > Meze Liric / Meze Elite [Travel] Laptop/iPad -> Focal Bathys Link to comment
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