Eversolo DMP A6

I have the Master Edition for my headphone setup. I also own a Holo Audio May KTE and Aurender N200 for my speaker system. I'm very impressed by what this does for $1299. 

@badgerdms Besides the retailers selling it like SummitHiFi, there is one person so far that has compared the two on the facebook eversolo group. There is no doubt the Master edition is superior but much of this is dependent on how you use it and possibly what connection you use if using an external DAC.

@willywonka Thanks for the update.  It's definitely a great value, and I would jump all over the Master Edition if I was looking at some of the stuff from (as an example) Matrix Audio, which I've found really wonky in a number of ways.  The Eversolo is really well thought out.

The DMP-A6 is quite an attractive unit, very tempted to buy one. In looking at the DMP-A6 forum page at Zidoo, there are a few red flags that would stop the purchase.

USB DAC compatibility
There's no guarantee that your DAC will work with the DMP-A6, primarily being based on Android. 99% of DAC manufacturers can supply a Windows driver if necessary, but not necessarily Android, this comes into play for native DSD support.

Getting hot
Under certain conditions, the DMP-A6 can get too hot.

Use of a modified Android OS.
Should 'the best' player become available since sliced bread, the OS in the DMP-A6 may be too old to work with this modern marvel.

Airplay2
I don't use, but it looks like AP2 is on hold for the moment.

I'm looking for a DAC in the office system, and thought the streamer would suffice, but not the case. Audio-GD have some interesting NOS DACs, might give them a shot.

I think if you’re reasonable with your expectations of the Eversolo then you’ll find it’s a great network streamer that sounds relatively good. But if you think you’re going to compare it to a $4000 DAC and a good quality streamer you’re going to be disappointed. And that’s fine right? After all it’s an $800 device. I personally have the master edition and have had the standard one which I returned. I will tell you right now that even to an untrained ear, the master addition is significantly better. I sent them both up and timed them together feeding into the analog inputs of my 300B integrated tube amplifier. Every time you switch to the master addition there’s no doubt that it’s a better device overall. Saying that, I still think if you compared to a $4000 DAK and quality network streamer, you are still likely to be disappointed. But for what it is and what I want from it, it’s a fantastic component! 
 

  I will say this.. ever solo did the homework when it came to the operating system and their phone app. It is smooth and completely bug free.