The lack of a subwoofer output on a product at this price point is a complete failure for my wallet. The Wiim product line is much better value. And if you add another 1K USD you can go for an amazing pair of active speakers
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Eversolo DMP-A8 Balanced Streamer/DAC Review
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charlielaub
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If you will just be passing stereo audio to a DAC from software the OS is used straight up, no changes at all. It's only if you need to also have input switching and are doing DSP that something more than "I can use a mouse" is needed. In the example system I described the OS is WIN11 unaltered. It couldn't be simpler. A mobile phone is more complicated than that
I have the A8 and you can use REW to create left and right FIR filters and upload them to the Eversolo unit and load them in the DSP part. Easy peasy free room correction if you already have a DSP mic.
That's exactly what I did. I had a Parasound JC2 BP and the Eversolo DMP A6. I sold them both and bought a new A8. The preamp in the A8 surprisingly outperforms the Parasound in sound quality by a large margin. It doesn't have as much gain as the Parasound though.
They do the Marantz AV10
Not all HPF are created equal: What are the -3dB and -6dB frequencies?
Her 2nd song ("Lunch"), in her latest album (2024) sure sounds like it is reaching well into the sub-bass range.
Francois II
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I believe eversolo will implement this feature in the near future
I think you have to be a pretty "well known" customer before a HiFi store will lend you equipment like that.While I find his blind tests fun exercises, I must say I'm a bit skeptical about what we will actually hear in such a test.
1. Isn't the quality of the A/D converter in his RME ADI-2 Pro FS set the “limit” and “color” the recordings of the signal coming out of the 3 DACs, and by that introduce some “sameness”?
2. Aren’t the different DACs in all the different systems used to listen to the recordings of the 3 DACs set the “limit” and “color” the sound in their ways, and therefore possibly reduce any differences and introduce “sameness” even further?
Maybe I should visit my local HiFi store and see if I can borrow a Linn Klimax DSM with the Organik DAC for a week, make recordings of my favorite albums with the excellent A/D converter in my Prism Sound Titan, and with that make my Linn Akurate DSM with the Katalyst DAC sound like the Linn Klimax DSM.
Not all HPF are created equal: What are the -3dB and -6dB frequencies?
Not according to @staticV3 who measured Billie Eilish's whole discography. The only track reaching the sub-bass region is the song "Bittersuite" which is the ninth song in the same album as “Lunch”.
Why he measured she’s whole discography? Can be considered “sonic harassment”?
Yes, I would. Given the price of 4TB of internal storage it would be an enormous waste to use it only as internal buffer. NAS hardware that supports SSD storage is expensive too. And it would remove yet another device from my LAN. So I think that would make a great proposition. Even if Eversolo would have to use a more powerful processor.
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Again, opinions without data are useless. The product has not been out and you have an opinion, sure.....
Because He can.
Ok, I thought was another ASR mystery, I’m learning a lot of technical stuff here but even more about human obsessions. Of course I include mines
AudioSceptic
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I think the idea is to make it into an all-in-one-player, like a CD player with a near-infinite stack of CDs inside. You can use SATA SSDs in a NAS designed for HDDs. OK, you don't the full performance, but it's still much faster than HDDs and how much speed do you need anyway?
AudioSceptic
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You didn't notice the ;-) ?
AudioSceptic
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Yes, the sort of dealer that sells Linn and knows its customers well will do that.
No mystery, He described the way how he recorded Her discography.Ok, I thought was another ASR mystery, I’m learning a lot of technical stuff here but even more about human obsessions. Of course I include mines
being that there is no dedicated subwoofer output, is it possible to integrate a subwoofer while still using the HPF?
Perhaps using RCA to speakers with DSP and XLR out to the sub? I don’t expect to be able to have two separate DSP setups for the two different outputs, but being able to defeat DSP on one set would make sense. Could integrate a MINIDSP before the sub in that case.
If not than you’ve got a high pass filter that you can’t use to integrate a sub? Am I missing somethin?
Perhaps using RCA to speakers with DSP and XLR out to the sub? I don’t expect to be able to have two separate DSP setups for the two different outputs, but being able to defeat DSP on one set would make sense. Could integrate a MINIDSP before the sub in that case.
If not than you’ve got a high pass filter that you can’t use to integrate a sub? Am I missing somethin?
Stuj
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I believe that the XLR AND RCA are active at the same time so yes you can hook up a sub this way
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