EverSolo DMP-A6 Review Thread

ammar11 · Jun 16, 2023

Came across a new review of a streaming DAC camparing with the A6 and wanted to share it here, but I thought we could have a dedicated thread for reviews.

So this thread is for the reviews around the web, and also personal reviews by your good selves.

iiWi Reviews

Eversolo DMP-A6 compared to other DACs and Streamers

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ammar11 · Jun 17, 2023

Of course, from yours truly.

Iswardi_Lives

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AVForums

Zidoo Eversolo DMP-A6 Network Audio Streamer Review

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* Zidoo Eversolo DMP-A6 Network Audio Streamer Review

ammar11 · Jun 16, 2023

STEVE-UFF HI-FI (AND PHOTO)

EverSolo DMP-A6 Streamer and DAC Review. INSANE!

https://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2023/05/02/eversolo-dmp-a6-streamer-and-dac-review-insane/?amp=1

Absolutely the BEST Music Streamer for the Money! The EverSolo DMP-A6 Review. Blew my Mind.

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Amir from Audio Science Review

Eversolo DMP-A6 Streamer Review

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/eversolo-dmp-a6-streamer-review.44198/

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SOUNDNEWS

EverSolo DMP-A6 Review - Feature Packed & Overwhelmingly Addictive

https://soundnews.net/sources/dacs/eversolo-dmp-6-review-feature-packed-overwhelmingly-addictive/

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13th Note HiFi Reviews

Eversolo DMP-A6 : The Streamer to Beat under $/£/€ 1000 (Vs Node & CXN V2)

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ABX Audiophile

EVERSOLO DMP-A6 / HiFi Rose WHO ?? Dont be mad

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C4i Consultants for Industry

Eversolo DMP-A6

*Not in English but with subtitles.

ammar11 · Jun 20, 2023

ABX Audiophile

EVERSOLO DMP A-6 "ROUND TWO, FIGHT"

ammar11 · Jun 20, 2023

This thread is not just for professional reviewers, but for all of us as well.

Tell us what you think about the EverSolo DMP-A6, even a few words can help others to decide.

Let's contribute.

Cheers.

tora-tora · Jun 20, 2023

ammar11 said: ↑

Tell us what you think about the EverSolo DMP-A6
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Ok. Here is the review from the buddy from the other forum:

I will write a small review based on the results of a week of listening to Eversolo DMP-A6 Master Edition (hereinafter - A6).

System where A6 was tested:

DAC: Meitner MA3
Integrated AMP: Gryphon Diablo 300
Speakers: B&W 702 SIGNATURE

Cables:

A6 - DAC: USB Tellurium Q Ultra Silver
A6 - AMP: Tellurium Q Ultra Black 2 XLR
A6 - mains: Tellurium Q Silver
AMP - mains: Tellurium Q Silver
Speaker: Tellurium Q Ultra Black 2
Listened in 2 modes:

Transport mode for Meitner MA3.
The connection to the A6 network was via Wi-Fi.
I switched the inputs with pre-amp of MA3 between the internal streaming board to MA3 and A6 (connected via USB).

The differences are barely perceptible: the A6 has slightly less unity, the highs are slightly raised.
But here I will make an amendment to the DAC technology in MA3 - it drives everything through conversion to DSD and there are possible nuances that it translates everything in its own way, so there are not such significant differences, well, provided the A6 had a serious cabling.

Player mode with DAC.
Here the A6 was connected via LAN.
Yes, I understand that the price with MA3 differs 6.5 times, but it was interesting moreover, I have exactly the same set of cables.
Of course, the superiority of the MA3 is felt on all fronts.

Differences that are directly audible:

With approximately the same width of the stage, A6 lost a lot in depth.

Naturalness. Of course, MA3, which is famous for its naturalness, immediately showed all the nuances, especially it was heard on the contrabass in the composition "You Look Good To Me".

In A6, the highs are emphasized. Here you need to be careful with the cabling, you can easily cross the line.

The lows in A6 are not as assembled and percussive as the MA3.

A6 gives more details, perhaps it seemed so, because of the emphasized highs, but this feeling has been throughout the whole week of listening. It was as if I began to hear additional things.

Other nuances.
The build quality is excellent. There is nothing to find fault with. Much higher than my Zidoo Z1000 Pro. The guys knew for sure that their device should be tactile and felt at a high class.
Application. Everything is fine and works very fast. The interface is nice (I have a fat thing about this). I liked the interface much more than the vaunted application from Naim.
I didn't notice any glitches. But this is on firmware 1.1.60.
I can't check the playback of files, because I only use streaming.
Peculiar Cast function that optimizes the tablet/phone interface for device management. Maybe a little resolution is missing, but the idea is good.
I can only find fault with the update method - you need to download the latest firmware yourself from the forum and update it manually. But taking into account the fact that Samba is running on the device, then everything goes easily and quickly (without a flash drive), just throw the firmware from the PC over the air to the device and click "update".
Zidoo tortures firmware by year, which then arrive by air, even beta versions. But judging by the number of versions on the forum, the device is in priority and it is being actively programmatically finished.
Resume. A really great device that is worth the money. I'm sure Matrix Audio has strained a lot, especially with their current prices.
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(C) Nikekillerloop

ammar11 · Jun 20, 2023

tora-tora said: ↑

Ok. Here is the review from the buddy from the other forum:

(C) Nikekillerloop
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Thanks! Excellent review! Even better that it's a Master Edition, people been asking about it a lot.

Xyzzy · Jun 27, 2023

Matt Coykendall

Eversolo DMP-A6 - Streamer of the year? Maybe Not YET

ammar11 · Jun 27, 2023

Thanks @Xyzzy .

tora-tora · Jul 4, 2023

From ASR user @Werther44210
Code:
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/eversolo-dmp-a6-streamer-review.44198/post-1642307
Hello,

Feedback from a rather interesting and detailed Polish, listened to with a Marantz PM 8006 amp, Expecting mine in a few days, looks very good as sound with the internal DAC, for now with a Rose RS 250
Eversolo DMP-A6. Sound
First days

Well, it's good! I spent the first three days in awe. Music from Eversolo sounds very nice and comfortable. It has good dynamics, is free and does not tire. The bass is nice and the stage is nicely arranged. I did not feel the sharpness and hissing of the sibilants. I'm really positively surprised. Somewhere inside I was a little afraid that all this media hype on the web was making a lot of noise about nothing but no! The equipment actually sounds good and is unique!

What have I noticed in this short time?

The bass is accurate, not too big but not too small. It has its own weight and strong impact, but it is not a bass sound like the Onkyo 6170 or Marantz ND 8006 (because these did not regret the bass). Perhaps the strength of the bass will improve even more, because sometimes you have to wait two weeks for it - we'll see. Later, I will add what and how has changed in this regard. Overall it's still good. Much better than the recently tested Innous Pulse Mini. Here in Eversolo you can feel the right foundation and there it was a bit too thin.

The music scene - as I mentioned before, is beautifully arranged. Nothing overlaps, everything has its place. It has a lot of charm and gives incredible comfort. This is very pleasant to hear. There is a lot of music and it has good dynamics. Individual sounds drive each other creating one great beautiful spectacle.

Old and poorly produced songs - I listen to such songs a lot and I admit that they went smoothly and with "power". Even old Footloose got up to dancing! It's powerful, really. In addition, nothing hissed me much, it was not thin as on other more audiophile players. It played with the joy of life and a good beat. I like this! I hope it doesn't change!

Tone color - I read somewhere that the Eversolo DMP-A6 is bright. And you know what - I don't feel it! I am generally sensitive to bright sounds and nothing bothers me here. I would say that the color is rather neutral. It is neither dark nor bright. She's normal! And it's enjoyable as well. Often when something plays too bright, it simply annoys me. For example, the Innuos Pulse mini, when I connected it with the Furutech TCS31 cable, sounded a bit bright and I immediately had a bad taste. It's perfect here.

Vocals - and here again I will refer to what I managed to find on the Internet. Well, in one of the opinions it was written that the vocals go forward. It worried me because I don't like it when that happens, but luckily I don't hear anything like that. Nothing comes forward for me. The vocals are where they should be - on stage. It is also not overly strong or too blurry. It's cool - clear, pleasant, comfortable. I didn't feel any sharpness or excessive squeak in it. The singers' voices are more chilling than tiring. For example, my Yamaha presented vocals a bit irritatingly, hard and a bit dry. It needed good wiring to give it some charm, and it still can't compare to this Eversolo.

Cons ? When it comes to the sound, I have not yet picked up any clear weak points. I could pick on the fact that I lack a bit of better saturation and more air, but ... we'll see what happens when the equipment warms up. Maybe changing the cables will help. (so far I have a regular Belden and I will change it to Neotech)
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tora-tora · Jul 4, 2023

another opinion from dastereo.ru user @AntonioZZZ

A little bit about physical data

This is just an addition to what is already known by what has attracted my attention.

The device is light. The feeling of premium (well, what I wanted for such money J ) does not particularly arise. My Cambridge Audio 851N looks and feels much more solid and thorough. A purely technological box. But it is assembled qualitatively – nothing creaks, does not backlashes, it feels stiff. Tactilely pleasant, except for the corners – some sharp-chiseled straight. The legs are quite tenacious – it does not crawl on the surface from the connected cables. The top cover is relatively easily soiled – touch only with clean hands. I was disappointed with the volume knob – plastic, it staggers, rotates too easily, not smoothly, but on ribbed steps. But, one way or another, it fulfills its price in this regard in full.

When working, it is slightly warm ~ 34 degrees.
When switching on/off, a small relay clicks – almost like a high grade component

What did you listen to

Mostly I listen to electronics, a little folk and classical. But in order to catch the difference more clearly, I picked up a set of compositions for the test to a greater extent with natural instruments and excellent recording quality:

Minnesota Orchestra - Hora Stoccatto [Reference Recordings] the naturalness and delicacy of the violin, wind instruments, the lightness of the triangle, the volume of the stage, deep bass

Louie Bellson, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Concerto for Jazz Drummer and Symphony Orchestra: IV. Movement 4 [BIS recordings] A wonderful set of natural drums to test the attack speed, tonal purity of percussion across the spectrum from the lowest to the highest - big drum, marching drums, cymbals, tambourines, triangles.

Minnesota Orchestra - Fanfare for the Common Man [Reference Recordings] Stage depth, bass afterglow timpani and tam-tam

Alexandre Desplat - Canto at Gabelmeister’s Peak [Abbey Road Studios] A very interesting variety of orchestral and ethnic instruments (big drum, balalaika, bells, ....). Plus a male choir and organ

Driss El Maloumi - Awzan [Contre-Jour] Solo on the tombac is another test of the attack speed of the drums and the relief of the bass

Oscar Peterson Trio - You Look Good to Me [Verve Music Group] The naturalness of the double bass when playing with a bow and a pinch, the transparency of the triangle

In addition, I listened to a lot of familiar compositions.

Transport

I took the device for myself purely for transport. Therefore, I focused first on listening in this capacity. Compared with 851N connected via AES. I tuned in to critically identify the shortcomings of one device relative to another.

As much as I could, I tried to feel a variety of moments: transparency / lightness, detail, sibilants, localization, the sharpness of the attack, the depth and width of the stage, the depth and relief of the bass, the purity of plates and triangles, the physicality of the violin and cello, etc. Well, in general, which of the devices creates a better sense of realism.

…. No matter how hard I tried to hear the difference, I couldn't. Both options sounded the same to my ear. Which, in principle, did not disappoint (of course, an inappropriate comparison, but the raspberry 3B+ via USB sounded dirty compared to the 851N)

Full streamer (transport + DAC)

To be honest, after reading and watching a lot of laudatory reviews, I was a little worried that my DAC module in Diablo 120, also built around the ESS chip (ES9018), would yield in sound and I would bite my elbows that I wasted money then. But no, my fears were not confirmed. The difference is quite noticeable. Diablo digs the bass deeper, it's more prominent. The scene is deeper and the sense of realism is higher. The picture is similar in terms of tops and details. Both DACs are detailed, both are high on the verge of brightness, but they sound clean. But, one way or another, I didn't have to concentrate much to figure out which of them is better.

The comparison with the 851N turned out to be much more difficult. They turned out to be very comparable in quality. As for the DMP-A6, there were no obvious claims to the 851N (considering the price). The easiest way to catch the difference is in the detail and presentation of the tops. DMP-A6 is more detailed, although 851N cannot be called "non-detailed". The tops in DMP sound sharper, but, at the same time, a little cleaner. In 851N, the top is a little softer, he is a little more lenient to sibilants.

For the rest, the differences are barely audible. On the verge of "it seemed". That is, if you pause in listening, then it is very difficult to identify the difference later.

The 851N digs a little deeper into the bass, but at the same time it is slightly more prominent in the DMP-A6. The depth of the scene can be said to be almost the same, but still, the 851N barely conveys it better. The same can be said about the presence effect. The violins at 851N seem quite a bit more corporeal.

They have parity in terms of transparency and localization.

Setup

Speakers: Monitor Audio Gold 300 G4
Speaker Cable: Nordost Red Dawn
Amplifier: Gryphon Diablo 120
USB Cable: Nordost Blue Heaven
AES Cable: Tchernov Reference MkII IC XLR
XLR Cable: Tchernov Reference MkII IC XLR
Power amplifier Cable: Nordost Heimdall 2
851N Power Cable: Nordost Red Dawn
Power cable DMP-A6: with Ali OCC 6N
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ammar11 · Jul 4, 2023

Thanks @tora-tora.

ammar11 · Jul 7, 2023

HIFI PIG

Oscar Stewart takes a listen to the Eversolo DMP-A6 Streaming DAC costing £759.

https://www.hifipig.com/eversolo-dmp-a6/

Spizz · Jul 15, 2023

Looks like Darko Audio (John) will finally review the unit. Mr Future Fi himself. Should be interesting review-

https://darko.audio/2023/07/in-berlin-the-eversolo-dmp-a6/

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