Last Friday my Regen was delivered. First I wasn't sure if there were any changes in sound (my ears weren't working like they should due to the effects of hay fever) but yesterday I did hear differences. Some of those were positive but some were not.
Earlier I opened a topic at the JPlay forum (http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/1...one-audio/) to see if there are other JCAT and Regen users but none have reported themselves thus far. There are plenty of SoTM/PPA Audio users though and they are all positive about the Regen. Someone suggested trying with a LPSU instead of the SMPS delivered with the Regen which was and is indeed my plan. My reply, I guess, I also relevant here.
PS: The Regen does not fit under the lid of the 250 with the supplied short adapter. Better said, it fits but you can't close the lid.
Earlier I opened a topic at the JPlay forum (http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/1...one-audio/) to see if there are other JCAT and Regen users but none have reported themselves thus far. There are plenty of SoTM/PPA Audio users though and they are all positive about the Regen. Someone suggested trying with a LPSU instead of the SMPS delivered with the Regen which was and is indeed my plan. My reply, I guess, I also relevant here.
Quote:I have a 'cheapo' 9V LPSU on order and was planning to use that to power the Regen and the TP Link FMC (copper ethernet to fiber ethernet media converter) connected to my music server.
Yesterday however I remembered, after reading a post by someone at CA (http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f10-mu...post438974), that I still own a BOTWS LPSU with Sbooster which I stopped using before after I received my HDPlex LPSU. It's the 12V version but since the Devialet doesn't use USB bus power I connected it to the Regen anyway. It was too late to give it a critical listen but I connected it and played the sound of the TV series I was watching to see if the Regen got warm or hot. It didn't so I am confident it'll be safe (this of course together with the knowledge I got from John Swensons posts and FAQ about powering the Regen using anything above 7.5V).
You can read from the above that I've also recently switched to fiber networking. I've also upgraded to JPlay 6.1 and I was still making up my mind about the new 8.1 Devialet firmware. So I am currently "sinning" as in changing more than one thing at a time! I'm giving myself a time-out and relax a bit, i.e. give myself more time to evaluate all the different changes. It's best if stop updating this topic until I am confident what change amounts to what result. No one should of course be stopped or doubted in the least by my postings (as if they would! ), in purchasing a Regen if they were planning to do so.
So long story short, I usually take more time to evaluate changes and actually started 'sharing' too soon.
PS: I'm sure most of the people interested in/owning a Regen already know but Chris and John, the creators of the Regen, are planning a power supply add-on. Release date ideally mid-September. (also see link above and then a few posts down)
PS: The Regen does not fit under the lid of the 250 with the supplied short adapter. Better said, it fits but you can't close the lid.
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