Comparing Aurender N20 vs eversolo dmp A8

@saurabhgarg 

@lalitk is a great resource of all things audio, especially cabling. @blisshifi is another great resource.  My profile has my setup for power and AES between Holo May DAC KTE and the N20.  I preferred AES over USB.  I like my results, but I don’t have the expertise of those mentioned above.  I’m currently on battery through Shunyata conditioner and cables plus a bit of help from Synergistic Research.  I’ve spent much more on power than my streamer and DAC combined.

@vonhelmholtz 

Thanks for the kind words. Clean power (along with room acoustics) should be foremost priority for assembling a good sounding system. Once you have addressed the power and room acoustics, rest of the system is pretty much a moving target…you can gradually add/upgrade rest of the components. 

@lalitk is a great resource of all things audio, especially cabling.
 

I second that! His advice is based on actual experience and a ton of research. 

N20 is designed to use top tier cables than you are using to get more out of it!

I guarantee you it will exceeded the ever solo if you start putting in some higher cables over the 3000-$5000 range for your power cable and your ethernet and usb that you are using. I recommend Shunyata omega usb or synergistic research srx usb.
power I recommend Shunyata Sigma NR or kubala sosna realization level or Synergistic research Galileo discovery or Voodoo air Phoenix.

Your cable budget for a streamer should be the highest in your system since that is your source.

The DMP-A8’s DAC is one of the fullest, least “thin” among delta sigma designs, especially in the upper bass and lower midrange. Though it’s not terribly surprising you’d find it lean relative to an R2R ladder DAC.