Thanks David - have you heard the new Bricasti card upgrade for the Bricasti M1SE? I would love to hear from anyone that has tried it.
I was using the Auralic Aries /Duel Femto Clocks with SBooster Linear Power Supply and Ultra Filter (I still own this set up) and it sounded very good but it just kept dropping and dropping again over and over and it drove me nuts so I picked up a microRendu set up to try.
The microRendu by itself is decent / not bad / not great / a bit thin but a competent and airy sounding unit. The Aries / SBooster sounded better, fuller more resolving and fuller for sure but boy can the
microRendu
be drastically improved by how you power it. I mean as in a 1,000 times better, so much better I can't believe the sound I am getting. When they say night and day, jaw dropping, game changer this is what they speak to.
For the
microRendu
I purchased this combo to go with it:
Uptone Audio JS-2 Linear Power Supply
Uptone Audio
LPS-1 Super Capacitor Linear Power Supply
Uptone Audio Regen (I have the newest ISO Regen on order)
The set up requires two USB cables. It comes with cheap ones to get you going.
I already owned the amazing Tellurium Q Black Diamond Reference USB Cable. I use this to go from the microRendu to the Uptone Regen.
Curious USB Extender. I use this to attach the Regen to the Bricasti. I have heard of the Regen but never thought it was necessary with the Aries but boy I was wrong. Huge impact even with the Aries.
Adding the combo of gear to above to the microRendu has been nothing short of utterly amazing. I am not sure it is this gear maybe as much as how this gear puts the Bricasti M1SE in position to truly shine but the combo is absolutely world beating.
I fear Brian's new Card Upgrade will not be as good but than again who knows - maybe it will be better.
I mean I have not A&B all the stuff out there but I am telling you guys in my rig but this combo has to be better - maybe much better than the 3k to $7k servers out there from the likes from Antipodes, Aurender, Lumin, Auralic. I am blown away how good it sounds and how much the 2 - power supplies improved the sound. I made a couple of home brew DC cables that go from the Power Supplies to both the microRendu and the Regen out of Audioquest Type 4 Speaker cable which is a solid core cable. It was awesome. My Rethm Saadhana V3 Speakers and my Bricasti seem to really highlight and expose and even the little changes. One of the many things I love about these components.
I know tons of people out there have tried / used / own / heard the microRendu but you have not heard anything if you have not tried these power supplies with the Regen. I am so blown away I had to share with you guys.
Who knows maybe Brian's is better and I will be selling all this gear on Audiogon but I would love to hear from anyone that has heard the new Bricasti Streamer option.
