Reviews and Quotes

Links to some of the many reviews and testimonials from users get posted on this page. For the most current discussions, please visit our sponsored forum at Audiophile Style where many people ask questions and share their experiences with UpTone Audio products.

• The EtherREGEN Listening Impressions thread.
• The JS-2 User Review thread.
• ISO REGEN Listening Impressions thread.
• The new generation UltraCap LPS-1.2 Listening Impressions thread.
• The original UltraCap LPS-1 Listening Impressions thread.
• Respected Netherlands reviewer Hans Beekhuyzen gives a video review of the UltraCap LPS-1 on his YouTube channel.
• Installed the UpTone JS-2 LPS Today WOW!
• Uptone Audio JS-2 Power Supply and Linear Fan Controller Installation (Experience, Pictures, Results)
• Well-known CA member "Eurodriver" posts about his first listening with the JS-2 powering the fine exaSound E20 Mk.III DAC.
• The original USB REGEN Listening Impressions thread.
• This thread, UpTone REGEN and your DAC: What do you use?, is great because people with DACs from modest to mega are posting about their combinations and results.
• Popular CA member "Jud" blogs a detailed comparison report about MusiCaps he installed in his semi-DIY DAC (He was also kind enough to indulge my posting a long reply in his blog about the colorful history of MusiCaps, Hovland Company, and how I met John Swenson.)

• AudioBacon.net August 6, 2021 — Round-up review of 15 linear power supplies with JS-2 ranking as best price/performance value against both more expensive and no-longer-available models. Jay also posted a 36 minute YouTube video of his round-up.
• The French web site Threshold & Pass Lovers published a two-part review of the EtherREGEN, and in the second part they gave us a major award.
• The December 2020 issue of The Absolute Sound has an in-depth 7-page review of the EtherREGEN which resulted in it earning a Product-of-the- Year award in the January 2021 issue.
• Rajiv Arora (aka 'Austinpop') published a comprehensive and comparative feature article review of the EtherREGEN at Audiophile Style.
• Dr. Ray Smith (aka 'DarqueKnight) published a fascinating formal review of the EtherREGEN benefiting high-definition home theater video performance, including photographic proof.
• Hans Beekhuyzen produced both a very fine video review of the EtherREGEN and two weeks later a followup discussion of some of the factors underlying the why and how of the EtherREGEN.
• AudioBacon.net. September 20, 2018 — Review of the UltraCap LPS-1.2.
• ComputerAudiophile.com, May 24, 2018 — Feature review of the JS-2 paired with the popular Mytek Digital Brooklyn DAC+ by well known member AustinPop. 
• Hans Beekhuyzen posted an excellent video review of the ISO REGEN.
• AudioStream.com (division of Stereophile), November 15, 2017 — Writer Alex Halberstadt reviews the ISO REGEN with UltraCap LPS-1.
• Positive-Feedback, October 12, 2017 — Review of the Sonore ultraRendu / UpTone UltraCap LPS-1 combo.
• AudioBacon.net. July 11, 2017 — An extensive review of the ISO REGEN with comparison to other more expensive products. 
• AudioStream.com (division of Stereophile), October 27, 2016 — Editor Michael Lavorgna reviews the UltraCap LPS-1, using it with the Sonore microRendu.
• AudioStream.com (div. of Stereophile), August 6, 2015 — Editor Michael Lavorgna assess the REGEN with several high-end DACs.
• AudioStream.com (div. of Stereophile), August 20, 2015 — Editor Michael Lavorgna's USB Accessory Roundup (REGEN comes out on top.)
• AudioStream.com (div. of Stereophile), September 22, 2015 — Writer Steven Plaskin (Mercman on AudioAsylum.com) auditions the REGEN along with the AudioQuest JitterBug.
• Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine, October 16, 2015 — Writer Kurt Lassen reviews the REGEN for this well-known European journal
• RealHD-Audio.com, September 8, 2015 — Russ Stratton (of the Los Angeles & Orange County Audiophile Society) Shares His Notes on the REGEN Session hosted by Mark Waldrep at AIX Records recording studio.