arnyk wrote: > > > > > One big caution flag about business practices can be found here: > > http://uptoneaudio.com/blogs/news/20068483-usb-regen-updated-amazing-bass-all-unshipped-orders-will-be-the-latest > > The article says that 'We have added $0.40 worth of tiny resistors to > the circuit board of the USB REGEN and increased its musical performance > by 40-50%most especially in the bass! Anyone who has a REGEN will be > astonished by the improvement, and anyone who hears the new one for the > first time will be even more amazed." > > _-*The_obvious_question_is_\"What_about_the_100s_of_Regen_units_that_have_allegedly_been_shipped_without_this_allegedly_amazing_upgrade\".__The_article_says_that_an_entirely_new_circuit_board_is_required,_which_means_that_you_have_to_essentially_replace_the_entire_unit,_presumably_at_your_own_cost. > *-_ > When you are fishing, you wait for the fish to nibble the hook and then > you manipulate the line to set the hook. However, you can only pull in > one fish each time you do this. Looks to me like Uptone Audio has > figured out how to pull in many fish with just one setting of the hook. > ;-)
Well I was not being insulting, just asking if you had read the article. The answer to your question is here, I'm not quoting all of the answer to save a bit of space, but one should get the gist, > READ THIS SECTION ONLY IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A USB REGEN IN YOUR > HANDS.[/B] LET'S DISCUSS HOW EXISTING, REGEN GREEN OWNERS CAN > UPDATE TO AMBER. THIS SECTION IS JUST FOR THE 95 PEOPLE WHO HAVE > BEEN ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF AN UPTONE USB REGEN FOR THE PAST FEW > WEEKS: > I HAVE THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT HOW TO OFFER AN UPGRADE TO YOUR > DEVICES IN A CONVENIENT MANNER AND AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE COST. WE ARE > GOING TO SUBSIDIZE A PART OF THE COST, BUT TO DO SO WE ALSO HAVE TO PUT > SOME STRICT GUIDELINES IN PLACE SO THAT TIME INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS IS > KEPT TO A MINIMUM. SO HERE IS THE DEAL: > > *$45 > What does this get you? > One new, pre-tested REGEN circuit board; One T8 Torx wrench for > removing one end-cap of your REGEN case. You just slide the old board > out, slide the new board in, and screw the faceplate back on. > > What do you do with your old board? Whatever you want! You can use it > bare without a case, but you will need to provide your own power supply > for it, and your own cables/adapters. Or you can just stick it in a > drawer. But I bet you will first want to compare it to the new one. > Remember the power-indicator LEDs are different colors so you wont get > mixed up. > > Okay, so what are the rules and restrictions for this deal? > > 1) [B]Wait until June 10th. But dont wait past July 10th* as this > upgrade offer expires then. atb Ronnie I'll not be posting further on this thread, I don't have enough paracetamol :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Man in a van's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43627 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103684
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