Uptone EtherRegen

Did you put 8Switch downstream or upstream of EtherRegen?

Mob is the correct word for that nasty group of men 

Keep questioning!! meanwhile, hundreds of people are actually enjoying it in their own systems, including myself.

djones511,608 posts04-16-2020 1:06pmOf course you did sweet pea just as I knew what you would say.

Yes sunshine. I have read stuff you wrote thousands of times.

As a matter of fact, all your posts are about how everything is snake oil, placebo, etc. etc. Not just this Switch, but everything that you post on. Cables, servers, DACs, you name it. You are posting on all of them. Remember the Innuos thread?

Of course Dow Jones. I knew exactly what you were going to say. it never fails. 

As I said, keep questioning ....

Hey @mapman  --- this is not about "jitter reduction". It is about reducing leakage (both high-impedance and low-impedance) and reducing clock phase-noise. Read more carefully, it's all up there. Better yet, try it for yourself! Without trying, everything is just a theory

And that’s perfectly fine. Your money, your decision. I realize six hundred buck may be a lot of money for some. All good.

There is definitely clock involved in network digital transmission. And there is also definitely clock involved with a USB connection. I don't think people realize that the USB and network signal does not get reclocked by the DAC. What they reclock on the DAC is the audio signal that is transported via Ethernet then USB. This has also independent of the isolation of the DAC.

Then there is also leakage current. Low impedance and high impedance. All the crap that goes on in your network leaks into your audio.

Wifi on the other hand introduces other issues. There in an antenna to get that signal, and that antenna, along with its (likely) crap PSU, May introduce its own electrical noise / interfere/ leakage current. 

Dow Jones: Your Google Machine works! But that’s about the extent of your knowledge.

I cannot help but observe: have you counted the number of your posts in this thread, on a product that you have zero interest in trying for yourself? Like that other thread. And the one before that. And on so on. Why? Nothing to do sunshine? Dude! Get a hobby. Take up sewing for example 😂🤦‍♂️

I appreciate the tone of your post. With all due respect, you don’t get it. Let me repeat it: DAC reclocks the audio signal. Network and USB signal, that carries the audio signal, do NOT get reclocked by the DAC
In other words digital signal is represented by a electrical pulse which can be affected by emi/rfi and the like that causes jitter before and after received by the network player so the reclocker (does just that) reclocks the signal and sends the better signal to the dac. The dac clock can only preserve what's received and hence can't correct the signal received. As it receives a better signal then produces a improved sound. 
If you believe that any “competently designed” DAC (a cheap $50 China DAC for example, that ASR mob says measures really good), magically solves any issues upstream (streamer, network, USB path), then so be it. Keep that Magic DAC Special Edition MK4, and be happy with it being fed crap. You are missing out.

Peace out. I have said enough. I am not sure why I am spending my time trying to convince someone that cannot possibly be convinced, let alone be curious to try

Well at least you tried it @doni. But it did ALTER the sound somewhat, no?

I was on first batch. EtherRegen definitely is a keeper. It’s one of those components that I don’t see myself changing. I am happy with it and good value for the money. If you stream a lot, and have a decent system, it’s going to make a positive difference. Now... of course, a Chromecast Audio will not sound as good as a proper DAC, with EtherRegen or not

Lance: I was asking about the English Engineering 8Switch that @anzaanimalclinic had purchased. In addition to the EtherRegen he already had. It sounds like he is cascading them

LOL!! Tested!! This thing got “tested” a year before it was launched from the the Flat Earth Society (otherwise known as ASR), and it was concluded it does nothing. Way before it was even built

‘Is that doubt justified?” The million dollar question with audio.

Basically I see this as two potential solutions, not just EtherRegen, but anything audio:

1) Try one for myself. Then I will know if it works for me or not. Whatever I try, I make sure there is no risk. Or at least just a small cost for returning (I.e shipping back, or some venders have restocking fees)

2) Do not try one at all. Save my money 

As dumb as this logic sounds, it ultimately always comes down to trying or not trying. And admittedly, there are many things that I have “doubts” about, not just audio, but all things life. The majority of these I never try, but I don’t rush all over Internet to read (then write) why that thing I never tried is such a bad idea, snake oil, etc. I just leave it alone, forget about it. But maybe that is just me.

Then you got your answer: do NOT try it. Simple, end of story. Hit the ignore button on this thread and subject. What brings you back here over and over?