Eversolo DMP-A6 Streamer Review

[dscottj]

@mirror88 : Just got the latest update and I see there's a new screen layout optimized for people who are sitting across the room from it. Thanks! Any idea when the "UPnP plays the last track forever if you don't manually stop it?" bug I reported awhile back?

 

[Zwepp]

Has anyone been able to compare the PEQ function on the DMP-A6 to the WiiM Ultra? I can't find much information on the functionality of the DMP-A6, whether it has the option to adjust the EQ per channel like the WiiM Ultra.

 

[Purité Audio]

You can add peq to each channel, with the Eversolo.
Keith

 

[Zwepp]

You can add peq to each channel, with the Eversolo.
Keith

That is great, thanks! I know what I'll be buying soon

 

[staticV3]

You can add peq to each channel, with the Eversolo.
Keith

And with the Ultra

 

[djigibao]

@mirror88 : Just got the latest update and I see there's a new screen layout optimized for people who are sitting across the room from it. Thanks! Any idea when the "UPnP plays the last track forever if you don't manually stop it?" bug I reported awhile back?

...can you post a picture of this - "...a new screen layout optimized for people who are sitting across the room"
Thank you

 

[Brian Hall]

 

[Brian Hall]

There is another option that shows the lyrics.

 

[dscottj]

There is another option that shows the lyrics.

I've settled on the largest version, which is clearly visible from where I sit about ten, twelve feet away. It's the first time I've been able to see the name of the track playing (they way I want to) since I moved to separates.

 

[jiji]

I had a chance to compare both A6 & A8 recently and don't hear much difference between them. Very minor difference , probably due to the preamp section(gain) in A8?
I upgraded from A6 to A8 for Analogue input, requirement for my Turn table.
Otherwise I should have kept A6.
Another good thing is the FIR filter import directly from Rew is a great feature.
Still PEQ import function from Rew directly like mini dsp is not available in A8(I thought A8 has DSP features , hence PEQ import will be there. Don't know if this is possible in future software upgrades).
Love the Analogue input and preamplifier section in A8 , which is missing in A6.

 

[The Moog]

@mirror88 Is this update still 'Soon'?

 

[spizz]

Updates have been slow in coming for the A6 even with the bigger engineering team which must just be focusing on the UHD8000.

As an aside I would love to see a replacement for the Neo Alpha but full size rack mountable like the new Zidoo UHD8000. It misses the touch screen.

 

[The Moog]

I think that each software development team focuses on a specific SoC, so the team working on the UHD8000 isn't the same as the team working on the A6.

It would be good if 'Soon' was soon.

 

[Gremlins]

Is there a way to use the mic phone and an application to make auto mesurements and use PEQ automatically with the A6?

 

[thegeton]

This has probably been answered on here somewhere before, but can I use the RCA outs and a High/Low pass filter to manage my sub AND have system PEQ for both RCA/XLR out?

 

[mags65]

Is there a way to use the mic phone and an application to make auto mesurements and use PEQ automatically with the A6?

Not automatically, but HouseCurve on your phone/pad will give you a set of PEQ filters you can easily plug into the A6.

 

[Nutul]

This has probably been answered on here somewhere before, but can I use the RCA outs and a High/Low pass filter to manage my sub AND have system PEQ for both RCA/XLR out?

No. RCA and XLR are just the "same signal", any PEQ will affect them both in the same way.

 

[thegeton]

No. RCA and XLR are just the "same signal", any PEQ will affect them both in the same way.

That's kind of what I thought, thanks.

 

[Gremlins]

Not automatically, but HouseCurve on your phone/pad will give you a set of PEQ filters you can easily plug into the A6.

Thank you
Would be nice to explain in détails
I need to download which application, and then do what?
Cheers

 

[mags65]

Everything is explained very well here https://housecurve.com/usage

Basically five steps:

1. download the HouseCurve app
2. download the sine sweep file to the A6, in order to play the test tones
3. use the HC app to generate response plots of your room (by «listening» to the sweep tones)
4. following this, use the app to create filters, e.g. to Harman or B&K targets. You set the frequency range and number of corrections (max 10) as well as max dB and Q for each correction
5. on the A6, enter these filter values as a correction in the PEQ-section

Advice on full range vs. low-end PEQ only varies. Read around on Schroder frequency for an idea of issues. Lower limit should be roughly the lowest extension of your speakers. From my very limited experience, and in my room, PEQ up to around 450hz and no more than 4db corrections seem to work the best. The good thing is that once measured (save the measurement in the app!), you can play around with different assumptions and generate a truckload of filters to test. Also, don’t forget to remeasure after applying filters to see effect. Also remember that cutting peaks is significantly easier than filling troughs, which in some cases may be nigh impossible.

Bear in mind that there is a lot more to serious-level PEQ, and that the real experts here will probably laugh at the banality of the above. Nevertheless, one has to start somewhere. I have found a huge improvement in sound (ie. the music I play is closer to what I would like it to sound like) by tinkering around in this fairly simple manner.