The EtherREGEN thread for various network, cable, power experiences and experiments

[alsterfan]

Quite a few proposals have been made concerning LPSs to use instead of the standard PS.

I wonder why so far a power bank as a possible alternative hasn´t been mentioned.

Since over a year this power bank:

https://www.xtpower.de/XTPower-Powerbank-MP-50000-DC/USB-Hochleistung-Akku-Li-Ion-mit-52800mAh

replaced the JS2 to power-up a Mac mini because of a SQ improvement.

 

Uwe

[alsterfan]

On 12/27/2019 at 11:28 PM, Jud said:

Now prefer the Cable Matters Cat 8. 

Hi Jud,

Where did you buy this cable? I didn´t find a way to buy it in Germany.

[alsterfan]

 

Hi John,

Thank you so much for the clarification concerning the thermal issue.

Best wishes,

Uwe

[alsterfan]

Hi Jud,

Did you mention the Monoprize Cable as an alternative for your Cable Matters Cat 8 cable?

[alsterfan]

9 hours ago, uwe062 said:

I would like to buy a power supply for the EtherRegen. I heard a lot of good things from the Farad Super3

Hi Uwe,

The Farad 3 interests me as well, but the price tag so far made me refrain from buying it. Instead I am very pleased using a Zerozone LPS:

https://www.ebay.de/itm/ZEROZONE-Finished-65VA-Ultra-Low-Noise-linear-Power-supply-5V-9V-12V-15V-18V-etc-/322429316074

 

which is a lot cheaper and brings the ER forward too, surely (?) not as much as a Farad 3 would do.

However, one warning I have to make:

Using the Zerozone 12v LPS lead to massive hiccups,

(Hi Crom! #701) -->

https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/57519-uptone-audio-etherregen-listening-impressions/page/29/#comments

 

so pleasant listening became impossible. Via the German "aktiv hoeren" forum I got contact to a helpful audiophyle who uses the identical type of LPS now knowing that at least for 2 years (that is the age of my LPS, his is nearly new) it is produced with a bug (at least the 12v version). He kindly soldered a capacitor to the board thus achieving a constant flow of 12v. After this LPS-modification the ER works as it should have done from the beginning,

which is brilliantly.

Best,

Uwe