Eversolo DMP-A6 Streamer Review

[Vladimir.vohmeanin]

@mirror88 I have another pictures(((

 

[mirror88]

@mirror88 I have another pictures(((

OK,It about Android mobile version, will add it in next version.

 

[Cepi]

@ mirror88, Hello mirror, I would really like to have a native podcast application like "podcast addict" which does not require a Google account, would it be possible to integrate it into DMP-a6 ?

 

[mirror88]

@ mirror88, Hello mirror, I would really like to have a native podcast application like "podcast addict" which does not require a Google account, would it be possible to integrate it into DMP-a6 ?

Can side load install podcast addict but not native intergrate.
In the next version will integrate "Calm radio" and "SoundCloud".

 

[BigEarsBill]

I just purchased this. There's lots to love but I'm having issues with latency. I purchased a separate remote but it's mostly for basic functions - like power, volume, mute and flipping through pages on the display. For scrolling through streaming services like Qobuz and Tidal, you have to use the app. When I cue up a track and hit "play," I miss that first note. It's not a problem when tracks play in sequence, just when I'm dropping the needle on some random track. I haven't figured out a way to avoid this latency.

 

[mirror88]

I just purchased this. There's lots to love but I'm having issues with latency. I purchased a separate remote but it's mostly for basic functions - like power, volume, mute and flipping through pages on the display. For scrolling through streaming services like Qobuz and Tidal, you have to use the app. When I cue up a track and hit "play," I miss that first note. It's not a problem when tracks play in sequence, just when I'm dropping the needle on some random track. I haven't figured out a way to avoid this latency.

Did you use an external DAC?

 

[Cepi]

Peut charger latéralement installer le addict de podcast mais pas l'intégration native.
Dans la prochaine version intégrera "Calm radio" et "SoundCloud".

'podcast addict' is really a good simple and effective podcast application, it's a shame.. I would use soundcloud in this case, thank you for this quick response

 

[BigEarsBill]

Did you use an external DAC?

Yeah, I run the Qutest through the optical output and the Wandla through the USB DAC outlet. It looks like the Qutest is the only one having this problem.

 

[mirror88]

Yeah, I run the Qutest through the optical output and the Wandla through the USB DAC outlet. It looks like the Qutest is the only one having this problem.

Try Settings - Audio -USB DAC output(or SPDIF output) - Sample rate switch latency.

 

[BigEarsBill]

Try Settings - Audio -USB DAC output - Sample rate switch latency.

Will do! Thanks!

 

[jiji]

Any thoughts about LPS-A6 [eversolo DMP-A6] linear power supply?
Did anyone tried this?
Is there any benefits?
In some forums they say there is improvements, but for me it is hard to believe

 

[Purité Audio]

Look again at Amir’s measurements of the DMP A-6,

Eversolo DMP-A6 Streamer Review

This is a review and detailed measurements of the Eversolo DMP-A6 Streamer and balanced DAC. It was sent to me by the company. I don't have the price but see it on sale for US $850. The DMP-A6 design is absolutely gorgeous. A large, high contrast LCD allows it to show realistic visualizations...

www.audiosciencereview.com

There are no issues whatsoever from power supply noise so a ‘better’ power supply will not make the slightest difference.
Of course that won’t stop manufacturers making them or retailers/influencers trying to convince you that they bring an improvement.
Keith

 

[BigEarsBill]

Any thoughts about LPS-A6 [eversolo DMP-A6] linear power supply?
Did anyone tried this?
Is there any benefits?
In some forums they say there is improvements, but for me it is hard to believe

Many believe an LPS sounds "cleaner" than an SMPS. You'll hear them talk about "noise" and "jitter." Others say it's total snake oil. I don't have the science or the equipment to prove the case either way.

I have a Chord Qutest that came with a wall wart. When asked why he wouldn't spring for an LPS on such pricey products, Robb Watts said the power supply was irrelevant - or at least an LPS wouldn't provide any improvement. I thought I'd check this claim with a basic battery bank. I didn't hear a big difference, if any, from the battery.

I did, however, spring for an SBooster, which is hilariously twice the size of the Qutest. I wasn't expecting it to fare much better than the battery. I was shocked to hear a massive difference. What I mostly heard were artifacts that sounded, to these ears, like a party trick I'd be willing to pay for. It's cool when a cymbal crash seems to just hang in the air. I dig that. I don't think I'd ever noticed something similar with a drum hit. That made my day.

Of course, it could have been the switch from the MacBook to a streamer, any streamer. It could have been the Mk II filter I got with the SBooster. Then again, it could just be me hallucinating because hype is hypnotic.

Years ago, I bought a home-built amp called the M2 (Matrix Squared). It came in two boxes: one for the amp; the other for the power supply. That amp (which was probably decrepit by contemporary standards) felt "holographic" compared to other amps I'd had that utilized some kind of wall wart. Again, this could have just been good engineering or great hype.

Installing an LPS in your DMP-A6 will void the warranty. For a lot of people, that would be an unacceptable risk to take with their $900 integrated streamer/DAC/pre-amp. It's something you can't do on the higher-tier DMP-A8, which has two PSUs: a regular SMPS and LPS, each positioned at opposite sides of a larger box. Either EverSolo believes in the hype or is hoping to profit off of it, even if it adds heft to its production costs and makes the DMP-A8 more expensive and less likely to sell as many units as the A6.

To quote Tricky Dick in his infamous Checkers' Speech, "We're keeping the dog." The SBooster may be a boat-anchor-sized placebo but, in this case, ignorance is bliss. Without a blind A/B test, this is just anecdotal rambling. I really hope I'm wrong - and the real difference comes down to a better clock and lower distortion.

I also have a Wandla, which comes with an SMPS as if none of this mattered, while the Oor it pairs with can be powered by another SMPS or by the Oor, which is a hybrid power supply. Reviewers wax rhapsodic about how the Hypsos really adds refinement to the Oor, a claim I never properly A/B tested.

 

[Torrox]

Would I be right in saying that I could just connect the digital output of the DMP-A6 to a Peachtree GaN 1 and speakers to have a complete system? I know I wouldn't be able to use the digital inputs of the Eversolo but I would only be using it to play my library of ripped CDs and possibly try Roon in the future. If so, has anybody done this or have good reasons not to?

 

[Purité Audio]

I am not sure you can attenuate, in the manual it only states connection to a DAC ask @mirror88 she is always extremely responsive.
Presumably the Peachtree is designed to work with another Peachtree component?
Keith

 

[Nutul]

Would I be right in saying that I could just connect the digital output of the DMP-A6 to a Peachtree GaN 1 and speakers to have a complete system? I know I wouldn't be able to use the digital inputs of the Eversolo but I would only be using it to play my library of ripped CDs and possibly try Roon in the future. If so, has anybody done this or have good reasons not to?

According to what the GaN 1 says it is, yes, you are done. Thing is you won't be using the internal DAC of the A6.
I don't know the principle of the GaN, it looks to me that since it is DAC-less, nor it is R2R, there is absolutely no reconstruction filter; probably just a straight D/A conversion digital-value=>analog-voltage=>amp; I don't know if this approach just tells us we have been doing the D/A thing all wrong since the beginning...
I also see it's capped at 192 (which is just the limit of S/PDIF inputs).
I also don't know it can do DSD, most probably not, and may require D2P, but this is a completely different topic.
Question is, though... do you already own the GaN and don't want to waste it? Any other good amp should do justice to the A6's internal DAC conversion; moreover would let you use all the digital inputs on the A6.

I think John Darko has a video about it...

 

[Purité Audio]

I have been very wary of that ‘volume passthrough’ button since an unplanned finger slippage.
Keith

 

[Torrox]

According to what the GaN 1 says it is, yes, you are done. Thing is you won't be using the internal DAC of the A6.
I don't know the principle of the GaN, it looks to me that since it is DAC-less, nor it is R2R, there is absolutely no reconstruction filter; probably just a straight D/A conversion digital-value=>analog-voltage=>amp; I don't know if this approach just tells us we have been doing the D/A thing all wrong since the beginning...
I also see it's capped at 192 (which is just the limit of S/PDIF inputs).
I also don't know it can do DSD, most probably not, and may require D2P, but this is a completely different topic.
Question is, though... do you already own the GaN and don't want to waste it? Any other good amp should do justice to the A6's internal DAC conversion; moreover would let you use all the digital inputs on the A6.

No, I don't have a GaN. I was initially drawn to the NAD M33, but have been slightly put off by the price in combination with the review and some of the comments here. Ideally I would like a one-box solution, but could live with two. Some sort of DSP would be a bonus. My interest in the GaN was sparked by a brief flirtation with TacT many years ago.

 

[Purité Audio]

Boxem Purifi, good as it gets, add a dac/streamer that’s it. Some speakers as well of course.
Keith

 

[Torrox]

Boxem Purifi, good as it gets, add a dac/streamer that’s it. Some speakers as well of course.
Keith

...and that presumably could be a DMP-A6