Eversolo DMP 8 audition going poorly...


Evaluating as a standalone streaming player.

8 hours run time. So far sounds dull and lifeless.

  • Streaming Qobuz only
  • DH Labs ethernet
  • Zavfino Fina power cable
  • Zavfino Fusion XLR interconnects

DMP 8 settings

  • DSD audio: native (default was DSD over PCM - sounds the same)
  • Volume: max
  • DAC filter: short delay slow roll-off (default)

Any ideas from other DMP 8 owners?

macg19

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.