EtherREGEN: All posts about firmware moved here

[FileMakerDev]

Realizing one size does not fit all, I would never willingly go back to the version one firmware. On my system things are noticeably better with v2. Last night listening to a series of female vocalists I practically had tears rolling down my cheeks. That’s how good it sounded. As good as v1 was, v2 has taken things to a whole new level — it *is* more revealing, for better and/or for worse. 

[FileMakerDev]

On 11/26/2019 at 3:14 AM, Superdad said:

There is a slight difference sonically. But nowhere near what a couple of the very vocal dissenters are claiming. Music with the EtherREGEN is still just as engaging; no bass is lost; no "soul" is lost. 

 

In the interest of accurately conveying my experience, the sonic improvement between v1 and v2 was immediately apparent.

 

I calibrate my system by obsessively listening to certain tracks over and over (to my wife's bemusement), and am intimately familiar with their sonic characteristics on my system. Making sure the volume and all other aspects of my system were identical, I played some of these tracks both immediately before and immediately after the firmware update, and in the lead-in "silence", before the first post-firmware note even sounded, I was startled to hear tape hiss from an analog-source recording whereas previously I'd only heard silence. I wasn't expecting this, just waiting for the music to start, so imagine my surprise to hear a difference before any actual music had begun(!).

 

And then once the music started it was quite clear that transparency, which had already been great, had now further improved. I detected no difference in bass, and "soul" remained, and continues to remain, to the best of my knowledge, intact.

[FileMakerDev]

On 11/29/2019 at 5:50 AM, Ehsu said:

On 11/29/2019 at 5:34 AM, _JL_ said:

too smooth

Exactly the same words popped into my head in last hour of listening while I was looking for answers why the new version doesnt resonate with me. It seem to lose a bit of transient speed which makes music a bit less " live ". 

 

How odd that my reaction would be precisely the opposite. And "live" sounding is one of my main goals for my system. Before the ER my system sounded "live", then with ERv1 "live-er", and now with ERv2 "live-est".