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UpTone Audio REGEN Power Supply Add-On


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I will buy 2

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I knew I wanted one after two days of living with the Regen.

Al J.

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Jason, did you ever find out if the PS Add-on will be of any benefit to users that power their Regen with the JS-2? If so what is the answer.

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Jason, did you ever find out if the PS Add-on will be of any benefit to users that power their Regen with the JS-2? If so what is the answer.

 

No, it wasn't answered. Guess we'll have to wait! ;-)

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No, it wasn't answered. Guess we'll have to wait! ;-)

 

 

Then my vote will be a maybe. Though I have a feeling it will be a separate plus to the JS-2, so if I am correct then my vote is a yes.

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Too soon to know for sure, so for now a maybe.

 

If it surprises me, like almost everone, as much as the Regen did then I surely will.

 

I hope it can be a product that can also be used universally perhaps even with an adjustable output voltage and if not this exact "Voldemort" product then perhaps a spin-off. :)

 

PS. Alex just confirmed in an other topic that it will accept any DC input between 7.5 and 12V. No more no less.

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Let's try to build some facts around "Voldemort" from the breadcrumbs that Alex has left us.

 

So we know that it will work with the Mean Well SMPS that is included with the Regen.

 

Also with a Linear PSU, though it should do 2A to 3A? Just guessing on this one ... I think it was actually a 30W, 9V R-Core Linear PSU that was mentioned.

 

iFi iPower (? did I get the name right? the one that is a wall wart) ... not powerful enough

Speaker : iPhone 6S Plus > UpTone Audio USB Regen (x2) > Benchmark DAC1 Pre > Pass Labs INT-30A > Focal Micro Utopia BE

Headphone : Auralic Aries > Auralic Gemini 2000 > Audeze LCD-X

Power & Tweaks : Heaps of Balanced & Isolation Power supplies, Dedicated Line, Vinnie Rossi MINI PURE-DC-4EVR, HD-Plex LPSU, iFi Audio DC iPurifiers, DIY Resonance/Vibration platforms using Townshend Audio Seismic Isolation Pods

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Oh .... and the release date is ... mid September ... or is that when all will be revealed about "Voldemort" ... not sure

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Headphone : Auralic Aries > Auralic Gemini 2000 > Audeze LCD-X

Power & Tweaks : Heaps of Balanced & Isolation Power supplies, Dedicated Line, Vinnie Rossi MINI PURE-DC-4EVR, HD-Plex LPSU, iFi Audio DC iPurifiers, DIY Resonance/Vibration platforms using Townshend Audio Seismic Isolation Pods

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There's a selection factor at work here. If you're even interested in reading a thread about the Regen then it's unlikely that your answer will be "no." The poll results bear that out. I have faith in Alex and John having happily purchased 2 Regens and JS-2 but I'm still in the "definitely maybe" camp until I hear more about the product, pricing, etc.

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It really depends on the price of an add-on to improve the performance of the Mean Well SMPS when compared to the cost of a replacement linear power supply. I'll go one way or the other but I would just as soon keep the Mean Well as I'm damn happy with my Regen as-is and my closet is already full. ;)

 

Maybe it is.

 

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I might as well add to the tsunami. Plus I need to release my JS2 slot for my NAS supply.

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Nope. Not in the least. 180-degree different direction. Not a filter; Not a battery; Not a like anything currently available. :)

Please don't guess. Just wait and be surprised.

Thanks.

 

Just wait and be surprised!

 

That would make for a great company logo for Uptone Audio. :D

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This is so typical of obsessive audiophiles (of which, I suppose, I am one). Everyone went beserk anticipating the arrival of the USB REGEN. "Mine is on the way!" "I got a shipping notice!", "I just opened the box!" "I just plugged it in!"

 

In no time at all, members here were falling all over themselves to praise it (me, too).

 

Now, just a couple of months after its introduction, it's OLD NEWS.

 

Now, everyone is clamoring for the arrival of the power supply add-on. "The REGEN took my system to ten. This might take it to eleven!" "If I listen real hard, I think I hear a little harshness with the naked REGEN. This is the fix!" When, when, WHEN!!

 

After the "Green" REGEN, this gadget should be named the "Grass is Greener P/S".

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Now, just a couple of months after its introduction, it's OLD NEWS.

 

Now, everyone is clamoring for the arrival of the power supply add-on. "The REGEN took my system to ten. This might take it to eleven!" "If I listen real hard, I think I hear a little harshness with the naked REGEN. This is the fix!" When, when, WHEN!!

 

You missed a chapter: two Regens in series sound better than one too.

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To negate the negative aspects of the Mean Well SMPS,,,, me thinks maybe.:)

 

IF it's only on the output side of the SMPS, I can't see how it can do too much about the RF/EMI that this and most other consumer grade SMPS plugpacks dump back into the AC mains supply.

 

How a Digital Audio file sounds, or a Digital Video file looks, is governed to a large extent by the Power Supply area. All that Identical Checksums gives is the possibility of REGENERATING the file to close to that of the original file.

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