Eversolo DMP-A8 or NAD M33 or Cambridge EVO -150 or ?

[mongosapien]

Hello to everyone, just joined this refreshing site. I want opinions that are not only based on the price of a product. I am considering one of the products in the title or maybe something i don’t know about. It will be powering a pair of Tyler Linbrook ll speakers. I use Roon, Qobutz and Amazon music. Thanks for the input.

 

[staticV3]

Hi @mongosapien! Welcome to ASR.

The Eversolo DMP-A8 cannot power a pair of Tyler Linbrook II speakers, because it does not have a power amplifier.

 

[VintageFlanker]

Welcome !

Hello to everyone, just joined this refreshing site. I want opinions that are not only based on the price of a product. I am considering one of the products in the title or maybe something i don’t know about. It will be powering a pair of Tyler Linbrook ll speakers. I use Roon, Qobutz and Amazon music. Thanks for the input.

If you have the cash for it, then go for the M33, which is a State Of The Art Streamer/Amp, with stunning build quality, beefy power (actually even more powerful than Purifi reference design), complete software ecosystem (BluOs) and room EQ (Dirac).

As @staticV3 said, the Eversolo is a streamer only, with no integrated amplification. The Evo 150 is fine (StreamMagic + NC252MP nCore) but a step behind the NAD when it comes to raw power and features.

 

[mongosapien]

Thanks so much for the input. I will start shopping for a M33. I think the NAD will fill all my audio needs.

 

[Chrispy]

The M33 is a fine unit but you could probably get away with spending less. Depends. I'd just consider the Eversolo overpriced, tho.

 

[mongosapien]

The M33 is a fine unit but you could probably get away with spending less. Depends. I'd just consider the Eversolo overpriced, tho.

What would you do to spend less and get similar results ?

 

[mongosapien]

What about the HiFi Rose RS201E. I found it on sale for $1499.

 

[Verig]

What about the HiFi Rose RS201E. I found it on sale for $1499.

Price is ok but it falls very much short from NAD M10 let alone M33.

 

[staticV3]

What would you do to spend less and get similar results ?

WiiM Pro + miniDSP Flex + Hypex/Purifi Power Amp (various builders all over the world).

Identical sound quality to the M33 at less than half the cost, though not nearly as elegant.

 

[VintageFlanker]

Identical sound quality to the M33 at less than half the cost, though not nearly as elegant

Nor all-in-one, which I believe is what the OP seeks... This proposal would literally be the opposite with three separate boxes...

What about the HiFi Rose RS201E. I found it on sale for $1499.

That's a 50W amplifier, performing way behind the other suggestions.

 

[TSX]

Hello to everyone, just joined this refreshing site. I want opinions that are not only based on the price of a product. I am considering one of the products in the title or maybe something i don’t know about. It will be powering a pair of Tyler Linbrook ll speakers. I use Roon, Qobutz and Amazon music. Thanks for the input.

Do a search on the forum on EVO 150. I’ve had some very unsatisfactory experiences with that particular model. My advice would be don’t buy it.

 

[fcracer]

Hello to everyone, just joined this refreshing site. I want opinions that are not only based on the price of a product. I am considering one of the products in the title or maybe something i don’t know about. It will be powering a pair of Tyler Linbrook ll speakers. I use Roon, Qobutz and Amazon music. Thanks for the input.

I have both M33 and Evo150. The M33 is in another league. You get more power, better industrial design, a touch screen, BluOS, and most importantly, Dirac Live.

 

[Loooop]

I've had an Evo 150 since the end of 2021 and it has always worked perfectly, unlike the Naim Superuniti that preceded it and which I was happy to throw in the rubbish.

 

[pogo]

WiiM Pro + miniDSP Flex + Hypex/Purifi Power Amp (various builders all over the world).

Identical sound quality to the M33 at less than half the cost

No
miniDSP only works at max. 96kHz and is not DLBC/(DLART) capable.
The M33 has also the better PSU than various Purifi amp builders all over the world (except T+A and Lyngdorf), matched purifi modules, more dynamic output power (see also here: Link), ...
NAD does not use any off-the-shelf purifi modules, but rather modules produced and matched 'in-house'. Matched modules are necessary for the bridge mode to work properly!

 

[Timcognito]

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Also the Lyngdorf TDAI 1120 mentioned in this review