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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
macg19 OP
1,045 posts
 

@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.

dandion
40 posts
 

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.

 

 

 

macg19 OP
1,045 posts
 

@dandion Thank you - I did play with that setting.

dandion
40 posts
 

Now, let your A8 plays radioparadise for a week 24h/day and come back to us with your impressions. I would be really surprised to see that you still prefer the node steamer...

The A8 is a completely difefrent animal with EQ, DSP, I2S, features.  Personally, I prefer streaming pcm than listening flac files stored with the A8 but I upgraded all my network route with better switch, FMC, ethernet Cat8 cables etc,,,,

I upgraded from the A6 with LHY power supply to the A8.  The A8 is step up regarding soundstage size.

If you want to exprience deep, wide 3D soundstage with A8, you need to correct your speakers with DSP but it is another story...

macg19 OP
1,045 posts
 

@dandion 

I will be honest and say that I initially thought the A8 was too good to be true, overhyped, saw quite a few really negative reviews, and checked out their website which gave me a negative impression of the Company. And I have said so on this forum.

What prompted me to try the A8 was my go to brick and mortar dealer started carrying it. His lines include Wilson, Dan Ag, Nagra, Clearaudio, HiFi Rose (etc) to give some perspective.

He said you get almost the Rose RS 150 for $3K less money. I was surprised.

We also discussed trading up my TT. My current analogue investment is more than 3 times digital.

I've decided to upgrade my TT to end-game instead of invest any further in digital so the A8 has been returned.  

I was wrong about the A8, it is a nice piece of kit, and I think the streamer section is better than the Node.  

 

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