eversolo dmp a6 gen 2 and Eversolo DMP-A6 Master Edition Gen 2

[doitttt]

Eversolo DMP-A6 Gen 2
has been upgraded linear power supply
at 40uv vs 0.04 mV
where the old eversolo dmp 6 had a power supply
679uv vs 0.679 mV
how much does it mean for the sound
can it be heard
when looking at wall mart adapters then up 100mv in ripple and noise

 

[Purité Audio]

No.
Keith

 

[doitttt]

thanks keith

 

[Greenman]

Well a lower noise power supply is always good news, but the A6 had near SOTA performance anyway so unlikely that this would produce anything audible. However some people have very dirty mains that can sometimes affect performance, in these cases a supply with lower noise power/ better filtering may well just help, but I suspect this is an outlier scenario.

Any news on any. other updates as well?

 

[Purité Audio]

The A6’s filtering/regulation is excellent see Amir’s measurements a linear supply won’t improve it.
Keith

 

[AudioScience Enthusiast]

For the same price as Gen 1, it's no brainer to get the Gen 2.

Adding HDMI ARC and Triggers is a nice touch, while retaining the MCH output.

The real question is, why do higher cost A8 and A10 not have MCH output?

 

[bimmerlover]

For the same price as Gen 1, it's no brainer to get the Gen 2.

Adding HDMI ARC and Triggers is a nice touch, while retaining the MCH output.

The real question is, why do higher cost A8 and A10 not have MCH output?

"For the same price as Gen 1, it's no brainer to get the Gen 2." - of course, as it's priced the same so there's no downside. That's not the question, though. The question to be answered is, is it worth selling an existing Gen 1 at a $X loss and upgrading by buying a Gen 2?

 

[Somafunk]

The question to be answered is, is it worth selling an existing Gen 1 at a $X loss and upgrading by buying a Gen 2?

I just need to find one of those people who own a Gen 1 and I’ll try my hardest to convince them it’s eminently sensible to sell their Gen 1 to me for £300 and buy themselves a Gen 2.

I will then sell my Cambridge Audio CXN V2 for £300 and we can all live happily ever after with the knowledge that we have all won in the game of hifi

I'm open to willing participants

 

[bimmerlover]

I just need to find one of those people who own a Gen 1 and I’ll try my hardest to convince them it’s eminently sensible to sell their Gen 1 to me for £300 and buy themselves a Gen 2.

I will then sell my Cambridge Audio CXN V2 for £300 and we can all live happily ever after with the knowledge that we have all won in the game of hifi

I'm open to willing participants

That is a good plan. Convince them they just HAVE to upgrade to Gen 2. I have the Cambridge Audio CXN V2 for my 2-ch system/listening lounge and the EverSolo DMP-A6 Master Edition (Gen 1) in my HT room. Both are doing a fine job for me, not least because I am more of a vinyl kind of guy when listening to music.

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[C0mbat]

The big improvement for me is the addition of the 10 peq slots per channel that matches the WiiMs. However, it doesn't seem to have a subwoofer output, nor low and high pass filter settings, so that's still a major deficiency vs the WiiM Ultra. Shame as I would be tempted to "upgrade". But then many of you would likely suggest I would hear no improvement anyway?

Edit: Response from Eversolo to and email that I sent them:

Thanks for reaching out to Eversolo.

Sorry, the DMP-A6 MASTER EDITION GEN 2 does not yet support the setting of high-pass and low-pass filters.

My Kef KC62 has manual switched based high pass filter settings on the back of the subwoofer so I could use those. But I think having it on the WiiM is far superior. Not having a chain with the Kef in the middle probably reduces noise. But having it on the WiiM makes it easier to do quick a/b comparisons between different peq settings with the sub on and off.

 

[ejr]

FWIW - I use two Genelec (1029A) powered speakers and the subwoofer that was designed for them (the 7050A). The L and R speakers connect to the subwoofer through one set of cables and the subwoofer connects back to the speakers through another pair. In other words, the subwoofer handles the routing of the frequencies for you, so it doesn't really matter whether you have a subwoofer connector on your preamp. These are old speakers (and they still sound great), but I think some of the newer models also have this capability. It just gives you a little more flexibility with your setup.

As for Eversolo, I like the DMP-A6 Gen 2 much more than I thought I would. I am seriously thinking of buying the Master Edition Gen 2. The idea would be to use the Master Edition on my home audio system and move the standard edition to my video setup. I'm tired of all the issues with Roku and Android TV music apps. The idea of just connecting another ethernet cable to the DMP-A6 and using the Eversolo's apps to stream music seems like it would be much less of a hassle (although, admittedly, an expensive workaround).