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Wasn't too bad for me too. I paid Rs 1300.
Haw much was the declared price? It was $75 in my case.
Could not help asking if the sound quality could have been bettered by upgrading the DAC itself ? Would'nt that have had a more substantial increase in SQ?
I could not help noticing that the people who could not hear differences had very good DACs and maybe that is why the Regen did not make that much of a difference?
No offense but it is an expensive piece of equipment for what it does and adding a separate power supply only adds to the cost...
Why and how is it so "obvious"? Is the regeneration claimed by the "Regen" built into $500 DAC's as a matter of course? And "better" PSU's do not matter to computers feeding these DAC's? If so, then, to me what you said makes sense else it does not.Obviously it doesn't make any difference adding a 200$ regen and a 400$ linear PSU to a 500$ dac.
So what you are saying is that if one has a $100 [low $ amount taken arbitrarily] DAC it is justified spending an extra $200 + $400 bringing the total cost to $700 all in the quest for improvement. Assume that it is maybe warranted - but then would one not be better off buying a $500 DAC [of course assuming that the $500 DAC/computer would not need the Regen & linear PSU because it would not make a difference as you claim] and save $200?However if you do have a higher midfi or hifi dac, then every bit of improvement is warranted for.
Why and how is it so "obvious"? Is the regeneration claimed by the "Regen" built into $500 DAC's as a matter of course? And "better" PSU's do not matter to computers feeding these DAC's? If so, then, to me what you said makes sense else it does not.
So what you are saying is that if one has a $100 [low $ amount taken arbitrarily] DAC it is justified spending an extra $200 + $400 bringing the total cost to $700 all in the quest for improvement. Assume that it is maybe warranted - but then would one not be better off buying a $500 DAC [of course assuming that the $500 DAC/computer would not need the Regen & linear PSU because it would not make a difference as you claim] and save $200?
To give you a background to my question - I recently bought a Chord 2Qute and there was a substantial increase in sound quality to my previous DAC (Meridian Director)..Now the designer of the Chord DAC says that the USB is galvanically isolated and any external power supply will not increase the sound quality which is what convinced me to buy the DAC in the first place...Hence I ask as to why are external power supplies so popular and if they make so much of a difference, does that mean the DACs have a very average power supply built into them and if that is the case, then why the hell are they so expensive?
If I Just Want To Buy One, Which One Should I Buy?
In my systems and to my ears, the UpTone Audio REGEN is the device to buy. The improvements offered were greater than the JitterBug and the Wyrd. I found that the REGEN added weight, clarity, and ease to the presentation to a greater degree than the others. For me, this is simply the way it is. No ifs, ands or buts
For those of you handy with a soldering iron and who can order components - build this P2P on perfboard. It does exactly what the Array solutions guys claim at probably 1/4th the cost....
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The Array Cable AC Filter is designed "for high-level RF interference environments, where computer and monitor power-line noise causes a problem with sensitive receivers, as well as with critical listening and recording environments such as high-end audio studios, home theaters, and audiophile stereo systems"
(From Array Solutions website)
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Price is $106 for the Cable Filter.
No, that's not like what I was saying. :indifferent14: