Eversolo DMP 8 audition going poorly...

Streaming - even at "CD quality"  just doesn't sound as good as local CD.   So if folks are expecting it to they will probably be disappointed.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cd+vs+streaming+sound+quality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10sXCRD-nls

@mapman perhaps review my follow up posts

My advice. Never stay in a relationship that isn't working.

You can grit your teeth and try to make things work, but most times it is better to just move on.

@ossicle2brain Analogue is my primary source. I have a new, maybe endgame TT arriving tomorrow.

@tony1954 The A8 is boxed up.

But to be clear for present and prospective owners, it is a decent product and sounded good once I figured out that all those fancy filters and reply-gain matching just get in the way. 

It just didn't beat what I already had.

Macg19, there is setting in A8 audio menu to bypass internal sampling/processing .  When it is enable, the A8 will stream directly the flac files to and external dac without processing. I prefer this setting to on.  

Check for : Eversolo original sampling rate audio engine.