Eversolo T8 Digital Transport!

[Purité Audio]

The A8 is connected to your network isn’t it?
Keith

 

[Pink Floyd]

yes in practice a different transparency but measuring them they are both transparent but then there is the transparent that shines through and the one that does not shine through, so everything is the same transparently speaking, I don't know if I made myself clear.

 

[Purité Audio]

This transparency

Eversolo DMP-A8 Balanced Streamer/DAC Review

This is a review and detailed measurements of the Eversolo DMP-A8 balanced DAC, Streamer, HDMI ARC, and Analog/digital Preamplifier with DSP support. It was sent to me by the company and costs US $1,980. The DMP-A8 is stylish and functional in every sense of the words. Running Android with a...

www.audiosciencereview.com

and this transparency too,

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

Keith

 

[grgppsc]

The A8 is connected to your network isn’t it?
Keith

All T8, A8, Node and Wiim streamers connected (wired) to the same router/network, only Eversolo on digital outputs has issues...

 

[Pink Floyd]

It depends on the region, in London it works

 

[Purité Audio]

I sympathise but I am listening right now to Quboz via the T8 connected via USB to the Z10 with no issues at all.
Keith

 

[grgppsc]

It depends on the region, in London it works

In my country, the internet is known as being better and cheaper than most of the European countries (fiber optics) . Maybe Estonia is the exception...

 

[Purité Audio]

Just tried with the A8 connected (USB) instead of the Z10 still fine.
Keith

 

[RichB]

Quote,
‘But if I am correct, that means that all DACs do not sound the same.’
Clearly all dacs do not sound the same, and your testing has possibly only shown that Topping’s implementation of the two inputs is not what it might be.
Keith

Correct. This is what I observe from two Topping DACs.
USB is re-clocked and can use PEQ.
SPDIF/AES max out at 192K can be use PEQ.
I2S is direct with clock from source.
All different.

- Rich

 

[Purité Audio]

If that really is the case then the dac is broken.
Keith

 

[grgppsc]

Eversolo are Tidal Connect certified products. If you could try that also...

 

[RichB]

If that really is the case then the dac is broken.
Keith

Or many are similarly broken, so they sound the same, from USB anyway: p

- Rich

 

[Purité Audio]

I don’t use Tidal, maybe you could try Quboz?
Keith

 

[grgppsc]

Qobuz is not officially available in my country so I won't pay them if we're not good enough. It's double the price anyway and I won't hassle to gather all my music/playlists in there also. I prefer using another streamer that works properly (not Eversolo) than changing the music service with no proof of playing better...

Has anyone tried Holo Red?

 

[Pink Floyd]

try the shanling smt which costs even less

 

[grgppsc]

And how can I return it to China if anything goes wrong?

 

[TTT15]

Tidal has many more subscribers than Qubuz so surely Eversolo making sure that the T8 works seamlessly with Tidal is a basic requirement for a streamer especially at that price.

 

[Purité Audio]

Just re-mewed my subscription and logged back into Tidal, ( T8 USB into Z10) Roon just displays a ‘too many errors’ message.
A8 same message ‘too many errors playback stopped’.
Tried Tidal on my KEF LXIIs and Wii Pro Plus, same message, ‘this album unavailable, too many playback errors’
I have tried many different albums same message!
Quboz absolutely fine.
Keith

 

[Thighsofsteel]

Tidal has many more subscribers than Qubuz so surely Eversolo making sure that the T8 works seamlessly with Tidal is a basic requirement for a streamer especially at that price.

I have a Lyngdorf MP40 and Tidal is a lot more problematic than Qobuz. Usually with the initial connection. I know a few other people who have very similar issues with Tidal.

 

[Purité Audio]

Baby Morocco, daughter saw them last week.
The Z10 hours of fun’s choosing which VU, spectrogram or volume/input screens, knob colour and intensity, fyi I have gone for ‘ivory white’!