Twinja

Thanks for your reply. I'll give it a go, can't make things worse. 😕

Like others here I've had the apologetic email from Alex. In my case it seems the two blue caps have failed. It is a massive disappointment that the Ultracap has failed so soon and there is no solution from Uptone. If anyone has found a fix I'd be interested to hear from you

I've been running my ISO Regen/LPS 1.2 for a couple of weeks now and thought I'd share my experience. Initially the sequence was PC>>Lush USB>>ISO Regen>>USPCB>>DAC. Unfortunately, this caused the static ticks & pops to start and made listening all but impossible, I was constantly listening for noise rather than absorbing the music. I turned off the galvanic isolation on the IR and this cured the problem, but wasn't that supposed to be an integral part of the IR's function? The sound was great and a definite step up from the original Regen. I'd always perceived a very slight channel imbalance with the Regen, which meant that I had to carefully position myself to get the best sound. Back to the drawing board... I reversed the sequence from the PC to: PC>>USPCB>>ISO Regen>>Lush USB>>DAC Two things happened... The ticks have stopped, nothing interferes with the music. Listening to music is now immensely pleasurable. The textures, details and bass are tangible. I've not had this much fun with music for a while. 30 year old, poorly recorded, rave & hip hop tunes are getting me dancing again.? Recently produced music sounds fantastic. Soundstaging is not something the SBLs do, as a rule, but somehow they are being coaxed to portray music in the most natural presentation I have experienced. Well done John & Alex! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I've installed a pair of MC200CM and 1m of OM4 fibre between my router/NAS and PC. All is working well but I'm using the stock power supplies. The info for the FMC says that a 5v or 9v supply can be used. I've replaced the Meanwell PSU on my Regen with an LPS so this is now unused. What are your thoughts on using the 7.5v Meanwell PSU on the PC side FMC (the Meanwell measures 7.62v and the stock PSU 9.60V)? The voltage is between the upper and lower requirements of the FMC, however it has a higher amp rating at 2.93. Will the voltage be adequate or will the FMC draw more amps and overheat? I have plugged it in (as I wanted to see what would happen!) and everything works, but will it cause long term damage? the FMC gets no warmer than it's partner using the stock PSU.