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Eversolo DMP-A6 Streamer Review
- Thread starter amirm
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Mine has struggled a bit with streaming as well after the lastest update. Not sure if it is related to the update or a coincidence. It skips or stops at least every two to three songs.
ExPerfectionist
Active Member
Which music service, or internal files?
I have noticed that being in Settings and changing the screensaver can cause the song being played to stop. Hitting play again starts the song from the beginning and not where it stopped. No other effect (player is not «reset» or anything of the sort). V 1.4.32.
Apple in both app and streaming and also when playing FLAC from a usb.
Hello dmp a6 owners, before joining the group I had few questions for you:
Context: I will switch from Spotify to Apple music (for Apple One family reasons and trying to rationalise the different services we're paying), today my setup is based on rpi 4 with picoreplayer and lyrion. As my system is not supporting Apple Music, I'm looking at this DMP A6 gen2 product.
- I understand that the default Apple music app is not supporting the lossless, but a sideloaded version can do it, is it still the case?
- can I control with my iPhone the music played via apple music on the A6? And still benefiting the lossless quality?
- my wife's scenario would be to pickup her phone select a song, ask to be played on the DMP A6, which would trigger to start my emotiva XMC2 on the right settings which would trigger the power of the power amps. Does this scenario works from your point of view? (the emotiva and power amp bits works already )
Context: I will switch from Spotify to Apple music (for Apple One family reasons and trying to rationalise the different services we're paying), today my setup is based on rpi 4 with picoreplayer and lyrion. As my system is not supporting Apple Music, I'm looking at this DMP A6 gen2 product.
- I understand that the default Apple music app is not supporting the lossless, but a sideloaded version can do it, is it still the case?
- can I control with my iPhone the music played via apple music on the A6? And still benefiting the lossless quality?
- my wife's scenario would be to pickup her phone select a song, ask to be played on the DMP A6, which would trigger to start my emotiva XMC2 on the right settings which would trigger the power of the power amps. Does this scenario works from your point of view? (the emotiva and power amp bits works already )
ExPerfectionist
Active Member
I posted this on a separate thread last month(?), where I looked at the Apple Music and Amazon Music functionality for the two versions of each service, and accessibility of the Atmos/Spatial tracks:
The native app (red icon with Apple symbol) on the DMP-A6 is limited to 44.1kHz. The interface is developed for the horizontal screen layout, and A6 native "now playing" screen has the full-screen options for album art, song / artist / album name, track progress. For spatial/Atmos tracks, I don't know if they are accessible, or if they auto-play instead of the standard track. There are no settings for streaming quality that I can find (opening the app provides a warning that it's limited to 44.1kHz), and no Spatial/Atmos auto-play setting, and no apparent way to toggle within a track's "now playing."
The downloadable app (music note symbol on red background) supports the hi-res/lossless tracks if you have the settings set to enable the higher resolution files enabled. The interface on the A6 screen looks like a desktop app with small icons to tap. Music playing will appear on the right hand side of the screen in a "now playing" pop-up (similar to what comes up full-screen on mobile phones), and you won't be able to get full-screen "now playing" info. For spatial/Atmos tracks, I don't know if they are accessible or if they play in place of standard tracks. There are settings for streaming quality, but no Spatial/Atmos auto-play setting that I could find, and no apparent way to toggle within a track's "now playing" track version. The interface is low-res, a bit blurry, and tapping on "About Lossless Audio" in the audio quality > wi-fi settings screen took me to a Google Chrome browser page. Note that in this Wi-Fi Streaming settings page, setting it to "Hi-Res Lossless" (ALAC up to 24/192) brings up an "external hardware suggested > to play content in Hi-Res Lossless at full resolution, you will need an external DAC" warning. That might be default because this app is ported from elsewhere, like iPad/Android browser interface? Because I was able to play a Hi-Res Lossless track (24b/192kHz ALAC) just fine.
You can control the music playing from the device's app on your phone, either within the app or via the app's "Cast" screen mirror function.
I think the only way to start the A6 is to press the power button on the unit itself (depress the volume dial). Otherwise the mobile app won't connect to the unit.
It supports AirPlay, of course not for full hi-res lossless tracks, but that I believe allows control from the iOS Apple Music ap. I don't use it this way, so I can't verify off the top of my head.
The native app (red icon with Apple symbol) on the DMP-A6 is limited to 44.1kHz. The interface is developed for the horizontal screen layout, and A6 native "now playing" screen has the full-screen options for album art, song / artist / album name, track progress. For spatial/Atmos tracks, I don't know if they are accessible, or if they auto-play instead of the standard track. There are no settings for streaming quality that I can find (opening the app provides a warning that it's limited to 44.1kHz), and no Spatial/Atmos auto-play setting, and no apparent way to toggle within a track's "now playing."
The downloadable app (music note symbol on red background) supports the hi-res/lossless tracks if you have the settings set to enable the higher resolution files enabled. The interface on the A6 screen looks like a desktop app with small icons to tap. Music playing will appear on the right hand side of the screen in a "now playing" pop-up (similar to what comes up full-screen on mobile phones), and you won't be able to get full-screen "now playing" info. For spatial/Atmos tracks, I don't know if they are accessible or if they play in place of standard tracks. There are settings for streaming quality, but no Spatial/Atmos auto-play setting that I could find, and no apparent way to toggle within a track's "now playing" track version. The interface is low-res, a bit blurry, and tapping on "About Lossless Audio" in the audio quality > wi-fi settings screen took me to a Google Chrome browser page. Note that in this Wi-Fi Streaming settings page, setting it to "Hi-Res Lossless" (ALAC up to 24/192) brings up an "external hardware suggested > to play content in Hi-Res Lossless at full resolution, you will need an external DAC" warning. That might be default because this app is ported from elsewhere, like iPad/Android browser interface? Because I was able to play a Hi-Res Lossless track (24b/192kHz ALAC) just fine.
You can control the music playing from the device's app on your phone, either within the app or via the app's "Cast" screen mirror function.
I think the only way to start the A6 is to press the power button on the unit itself (depress the volume dial). Otherwise the mobile app won't connect to the unit.
It supports AirPlay, of course not for full hi-res lossless tracks, but that I believe allows control from the iOS Apple Music ap. I don't use it this way, so I can't verify off the top of my head.
The remote turns the unit on and off.
Keith
Keith
Thank you very much, indeed i did read this comment somewhere else and it was very useful, thx again!
I think i'll give it a GO
yllanos
Active Member
Just get a tablet with a big screen. Control from there. Problem solved.
Beginning with the Gen2 the DMP-A6 supports WOL, if the item is connected with LAN.
With this you can power on it also with the app.
Nutul
Addicted to Fun and Learning
No. It is a hardware limitation of the gen 1.
I’m trying to copy music files from a usb stick to an SSD on the Eversolo and it seems really difficult. It keeps getting “stuck”. Has anyone else noticed this issue? I have around 230 GB to transfer and it can barely make it through 1 GB without freezing up.
700 MB is a lot less than I'm trying to copy. As I said, I have ~230 GB to copy.
Ah, ok, in that case how long did it take? It seems like it is going to take several hours.Of course it was GB (f@ck autocorrection)
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