EtherREGEN on the way!

Kingrex said:
The Ether Regen will also improve the sound over a Best Buy switch. It comes down to budget and how far do you want to take it.
I never liked the idea of stacking in series any component. There are cases where it works. My personal belief is buy the "one" that best suits your situation and budget.
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Acc. to Hans Beekhuyzen, the EtherREGEN is also better than the SOtM Ethernet switch, which he compared it to, and which costs quite a bit more. Link here:
 
$6k for a switch? wow.

Best switch? No switch!


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Puma Cat said:
If you're open to sharing it, I'd welcome seeing a diagram or plan of how you're using the Ethernet switch in your system.

If you have had your ER for less than 30 days, you can return it for a full refund, no questions asked.

We just had Alex Crespi on as our guest speaker at out SFAS meeting this Saturday, and Alex mentioned that of over 1500 ERs sold to date, only 5 have been returned.

That is a satisfied customer proportion of 99.7% (to date; Alex is getting ready to ship out 250 more next week).
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I bought ER switch after using AQvox for a while and believe better switch could improve my streaming SQ.
Just for your information i am using Avantgarde Mezzo XD, Wooden Amp, Vivaldi One + Clock, Taralabs Grandmaster Evolution speaker cable.
My diagram is Router > AQvox > (Roon Nucleus+ & Vivaldi One) All using Nordost Heimdall Ethernet cable.
Then i bought ER and put it in between AQVox and Vivaldi One.
Sound didn’t improve at first time comparing to my first use of Aqvox. Then i use it for a while and remove ER from the chain. You know what, i heard my SQ is much better without ER.
 
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Mike said:
$6k for a switch? wow.

Best switch? No switch!


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Plus their 9250$ Ethernet cable, MQA album now sounds better than my same SACD album on my Vivaldi One with Clock. How come? I just can’t believe and does not mean to promote any brand here. Just a pure customer.
 
Mike said:
$6k for a switch? wow.

Best switch? No switch!


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For some reason that Netgear cannot explain my wireless router will not function properly without my gear plugged into a un-managed switch plugged into one of its ports.
 
Mike said:
$6k for a switch? wow.

Best switch? No switch!


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Agreed. I don't understand why people bother to complicate their digital rigs and think that somehow it will sound better. KISS.
 
mep said:
Agreed. I don't understand why people bother to complicate their digital rigs and think that somehow it will sound better. KISS.
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Yeah. Agree too until i tried and it does sound better. I did return it and still looking for the answer.
 
I use a switch. I have found, keeping the burdon off the Modem and Router greatly step up their performance. There are also particular modem and routers that work best with audio. My router is also my home wifi. And it only has 4 or so output. Not enough for my entire home.
I was one of the first switch purchasers when I bought The Linear Solution. I very much heard an improvemet when Adrian brought his unit here. I use a switch because overall it improves the sound, as well as handles distributing ethernet to the rest of the house.

If you want to bag on multiple devices and believe in keeping the signal pure, then why put a Gigafoil in front of your server. You do because it works. And darned if that isn't even a audio specific device that has to process the signal twice as it converts from erhernet to optical and back again..
And then you ask, why would the switch in front of the Gigafoil matter if the packets have been rexlocked by the Gigafoil. But the switch still matters.

This appears to be one thread with a couple unhappy users. There are other Etherregen threads with very happy users. Read Audiogon Forums. If only 5 have been returned and very few are ever for sale, that says something. My guess, not having used this brand is it works. If you don't have an audio grade switch its going to improve the sound. There are other switches out there far less than $6k that also work.
 
I know the name includes "switch" but it's not just a switch.

I wonder if Joe ever got his, I didn't see any comments after mentioning he would get one.
I received mine beginning of July. I asked Uptone about the USB gizmo, Alex advised ACS10 has very good USB output but my config would benefit from the ER.

I am using an Ethernet bridge to get to my ACS10 from where my router is located. I'm not a tech guy so I went with the type that plugs into the AC outlet.

I took the Ethernet cable into the A side and ran the B side to my ACS10.

I noticed a difference right away. I'm not sure how many hours I have on the unit at this point. Myobservations were similar to Pumacat. My bass had more punch and went deeper, highs were more prominent while being smoother and more detail. On Ella's Fine and Mellow you could really hear the reverberations more. Without the ER things seem a bit thicker but with it you realize things may seem thinner but you are hearing more detail, I suspect this effect is the removal of distortions.
 
I forgot to mention another improvement was in what I guess is timing, the songs seem to have a better sense of rhythm or coherency. You get more envolved with what you are hearing.
 
V. I don't get it either. It sounds better so you returned it???? I get not spending $6k. If you would, how good was the Ansuz? Was it stunning. Was it ok. Was it just slightly better than the etherregen. What did you hear. What were the perceived improvement.
What about a gigafoil. Have you tried one of those.

Also, what modem and router do you use, as well as which linear PS is feeding those devices.
 
vutranchitam said:
I bought ER switch after using AQvox for a while and believe better switch could improve my streaming SQ.
Just for your information i am using Avantgarde Mezzo XD, Wooden Amp, Vivaldi One + Clock, Taralabs Grandmaster Evolution speaker cable.
My diagram is Router > AQvox > (Roon Nucleus+ & Vivaldi One) All using Nordost Heimdall Ethernet cable.
Then i bought ER and put it in between AQVox and Vivaldi One.
Sound didn’t improve at first time comparing to my first use of Aqvox. Then i use it for a while and remove ER from the chain. You know what, i heard my SQ is much better without ER.
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I would have recommended replacing the AQVOX switch only with the EtherREGEN, there's no need to run two switches in series. Did you try it that way? I don't understand why you put another switch in between an Ethernet switch and your Vivaldi.
 
Kingrex said:
V. I don't get it either. It sounds better so you returned it???? I get not spending $6k. If you would, how good was the Ansuz? Was it stunning. Was it ok. Was it just slightly better than the etherregen. What did you hear. What were the perceived improvement.
What about a gigafoil. Have you tried one of those.

Also, what modem and router do you use, as well as which linear PS is feeding those devices.
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The GigaFoil is a fiber media isolator, Rex, the EtherREGEN is an Ethernet switch. They do different things.
 
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