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In Reply to: RE: " USB REGEN " by UpTone Audio ... any opinions ? posted by beppe61 on May 20, 2015 at 23:55:16
By far the biggest tweak I have done for my usb signal to my dac. I use the Benchmark II HGC dac. I had been using the iFi Usb power thingy and initially just added the Regen. It made a nice upgrade to the music. Eventually I took out the iFi it seemed to color the sound. But the good news was I freed up the iFi power supply. I tried that and it was better than the Regen supply. I also experimented with a LiFePo4 battery supply. It was good but bested by the iFi.
Bottomline it added depth, reduced glare, just sounded more natural. The degree to which it added air and space around instruments in well recorded stuff was just super imo. For $175 you can't go wrong. Highly recommended.
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Hi and thanks a lot for the very useful advice.
a really great little device. May i ask which OS are you using ?
I cannot see it on your system page.
Thanks again.
Kind regards,
bg
I'm using a super slimmed version of Windows XP. I toggle between Foobar and JRiver.
Hi i knew there were the trick.
I am stuck to win 7 but i have a plan to try to slim it down soon.
Instead i had a very good impression with 8.1 with Bing.
Very very musical from what i heard ...
Kind regards,
bg
Further comments on the Regen. It sounds very good with the stock Power supply. But I am an inveterate tweaker. I had the spare supplies so I tried them. If you read the info on Regen in Computer Audiophile you will notice the design has evolved. Firstly it is the brainchild of superstar John Swenson. He noticed some important sonic effects of using upstream USB cables with additional resistance in the ground wire. Uptone (the manufacturer) won't say exactly how much but I tried inserting a 3.3 ohm resistor into the ground wire of a throwaway USB cable. The results were spectacular. No need to do this on any new Regens ordered, all will have the necessary resistance. Bottom line if you use USB get the Regen.
Another point, all stuff upstream of the Regen is still important. Everything matters.
Hi and thanks a lot again. Very very interesting and helpful.
I have some tests ahead to see if i can avoid another buy.
But in case this device is very high in the most wanted list.
Thanks again.
Kind regards,
bg
Mine is on order, but won't be shipped until June.... :(
Best regards,
Jim Smith
Edits: 05/21/15
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