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Eversolo A6/A8

Hi there and greetings!   Pleasure meeting you virtually.

i saw a post of yours saying that you have owned various Eversolo models and that they work properly and you're pleased with them.  congrats to you!

i use an Anthem AVR with my GoldenEars speakers and currently, i'm using a Bluesound Node X as my streamer with Tidal as my source.   i recently tried out Apple Music by buying an Apple TV 4K Ethernet model in order to listen to Atmos versions of recordings for fun, and also tried out their Apple Music Classical as i listen to 80% classical, 20% pop/rock.  i understand that apple bought Primephonic and simply renamed it Apple Music Classical.

i was totally wow'd by apple music classical's search functions, brief write ups on music pieces, and array of performances on any particular piece of music i selected.  loved the selection and how tailored it is to the classical music lover.  as such, i would like to stream apple music & apple music classical at the highest resolution possible with the greatest ease of use.  fyi:  i do NOT own anything Apple in my home with the singular exception of the Apple TV 4K Ethernet box.

i am interested in buying either the A6 or A8, most likely the A8, as it is the ONLY streamer that can stream apple music at high resolution.  i am wondering if it is easy to use, or does it require a lot of tweaking to get it to work properly please?  also, what if apple or android plug up their software holes and essentially disallow Eversolo units from streaming from Apple Music?  Apple is a walled garden with ONLY Sonos as a licensed brand besides Apple products.  do you see this as a risk of essentially "brickíng" Eversolos from ever streaming from Apple again once they decide to disallow an UNlicensed company, i.e. Eversolo, from streaming from it even though currently, Eversolo has discovered a workaround or a "hole"in their software?

thank you in advance.  hope to hear from you!  very much appreciated.

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oddiofyl
3,825 posts
 

When my Dad received his Eversolo I thought it was a decent package but after dealing with them on the customer service side I wish I could retract recommending them.  I apologize to anyone who bought one on my recommendation and is having problems after this latest update.  There are several, some have to do with indexing and music catalog.   

Fortunately his works still via other outputs.   

I have been trying to not crap on Chi Fi but here is a great example of Savings vs. Support/Quality biting you in the ass.   

mahler123
3,318 posts
 

I to stream Apple Classical and was interested in the Eversolo.  Reading this thread has discouraged me.  Btw I agree with the OP that Apple Classical is superior to Qobuz and vastly more so than Tidal.

  My recommendation to the OP is to get a streamer that has Chromecast or AirPlay.  He apparently is an Android user so he should be able to Chromecast .  I am listening right now to Gregory Solomon playing Beethoven Op. 10 Piano Sonatas using Chromecast to send from Apple Music to my Cambridge Audio streamer from my Samsung Tablet 

balooo2
100 posts
 

I am always disappointed to read or hear about a lackluster performance in audio as in my experience things are often over hyped or someone could have simply received a lemon...I own a Eversolo A8 moving up from the A6 and I’ve been extremely happy with both so much so I now own the flagship. the Eversolo products have performed exactly as I expected based on the hundreds of reviews and thousands of positive comments. I certainly can appreciate one’s frustration when a purchase goes sideways. Loss of functionality would make me an unhappy camper too,but I have not encounted that with any of the Eversolo products.My A8 is the best streamer I’ve owned thus far, for all of you that decide Eversolo is not for you for whatever reason I get it don’t purchase one or sell the unit you have. I’ve kissed a few audio toads in my time as well. Concerns duly noted but there comes a point...

rickatwoodme
7 posts
 

My personal experience with Apple Music on the Eversolo is that it isn't great; while it does work.. sort of.. it is not natively supporting the app per se; it's more like its side loaded, so the app is very slow and laggy and can only be used in 'cast' mode; also the iinterface is a bit 'off' layout wise. 

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