again, this was a comparison purely from a sonic perspective. We’re not getting into psychology 1 oh one here about what we’re hooked on or would not what we are not opening up or realizing to again streaming both units zero difference put the psychology book down for the time being that’s another experiment for another time, but I do see your point although what we are speaking of and as a comparator in a blind test with everything matched, there was absolutely no audible difference. I do not need a psychology course to figure that out, although I have taken them it was mandatory but thank you for your thoughts Please have a nice day. Enjoy your weekend
I used my A8 as a transport and as a streamer. I liked the DAC in the A8 better than the DAC in my Mark Levinson preamp which has the Pecision Link II DAC. As strictly transport, it's probably about swap. I bought the T8 so I have all Eversolo streamers. I have the A8, A10, and T8. I use the A8 and A10 as streaming DACs. Eversolo DAC on par with my McIntosh processors but sounds richer with the balanced analog connections. I use SFP for the A10 and T8.
congratulations that sounds like a very nice professional clean set up wonderful equipment. Best of luck, yes I’m with you. 100% the Eversolo’s are without doubt nice units. One other reason for me wanting to keep the A8 , is that it does retain the AKM4499 exeq Dac on board I am aware that it is more costly than the T8, but I do believe it’s giving you a little bit more and if you run external dacs as yourself and such as I do in my personal opinion, like I state, it’s a little more pricier But myself and a few other guys here do believe based on overall performance and decision that A8 is definitely the sweet spot in the lineup. I really love the T8 beautiful unit. Also a wonderful job on the power supply but again overall speaking I believe the A8 is probably the best bet Again being in my particular situation along with a few other Here that also believe so, I do realize perhaps it’s not for everyone naturally, but it all depends on what you’re trying to accomplish and trying to put forth as your own results And opinion of standing overall value and performance, perhaps if I did not own the A8 I would absolutely give the T8 some serious consideration, but then again you are not going to retain the AKM dac naturally, so everything has its point of purpose all depends on what your needs are and your overall expectations That’s funny. I have a Mac piece here and older preamp C 22, every once in a while I’ll fire it up just to keep things going and active still quite a nice preamp. My only fault with it is sonically speaking. It’s just a little too laid-back for my taste in my system, but they’re a wonderful piece of history. the gentleman that designed an engineered those components, such as yours were definitely the last of a dying breed shame those days are definitely delete it without question just like it never even happened but that’s a beautiful set up. You have there overall combined considering I like that. Very nice please have a wonderful week. Enjoy the weekend and enjoy your music again. Best of luck
Your analysis is what everybody (with a little salt in their brains) should come out with. We are talking digital data here. Not only: in case of a USB DAC in the end of the chain, we can also exclude any ("useless" now) femto-clocks (which seems to be the new kid on the block, nowadays, when it comes to music fidelity...). Apart from new features / INPUTS-OUTPUTS / apps / etc., IMHO, when used purely as streamers, the A6 and the T8 are equivalent. Cheers, Al.
Hey Al, thank goodness for you, you are correct my MYTEK 192 DSD, I still use just as A a comparator standard, just in general Sonic differences in some transports only and streamers. I believe that was one of the first times Femto clocks started to , just appear In almost any configuration outward Dacre unit which goes back to approximately 2016/2018 Just in my own opinion I do try to convey to some folks just in my personal opinion only that’s a nine or 10 year-old DAC , however you would think or believe how relevant it could still possibly be darn near 10 years later. I’ll tell you what I would say if you could find one in good condition I would definitely pick it up and when you do see them for sale sometimes they are going for as much money almost as when they were new, although it has calmed down a bit in the last couple of years, it is still a very interesting piece of equipment. It’s a shame that it is not supported with firmware at present, we had found the A8 or T8 To have no sonic difference in streaming, But I am sure the A6 & A8 That you have mentioned, would absolutely indeed stream and Sonicley sound identical to the T-8 thank you Al, please have a good week and enjoyable weekend. Enjoy the music thanks again Al.…
I have used the A6 for the last two years as a streamer into external DACs. I have been listening to the new T8 for the last week into the same set of DACs and I can assure you there are a lot of differences in the percieved sound, the T8 is a very different beast and considerably better in my opinion. This is my subjective view, in my system to my ears.
well Al , like you always claimed along with myself, a digital stream is a stream whether it’s coming off a Mac mini Computer or Eversolo unit nothing has changed on a stream either way, of course until it reaches its final destination which I’m assuming would be an outward digital audio converter. I am most certain with a few other fellas. We can absolutely hear no sonic difference between an A8 or a T8 , when streaming it’s output to the same identical DAC, this is something I would be very interested in hearing as you stated how can anything streaming possibly make any type of difference only up until it reaches some type of processor but if you claim you can hear a difference, I have no reason not to believe you, however, no one else here can but again best of luck with that. Maybe we will have to reevaluate this again, but I absolutely do believe it’ll be a waste of time and I don’t think anyone else or really wanna participate again but I shall pass this along. Thanks Al let me add on here Al if you read your above statement, you had stated that when the units are streaming there will be no sonic difference in my following you correctly perhaps you can reiterate your statement in order that I may understand at a higher level thank you have no sonic difference in streaming that’s somewhat odd or am I misinterpreting you? I don’t know. I’m only asking. Thank you. When they are used purely as streamers, there will be no sonic difference, they are equivalent What happened? Idk just asking
We did , All equipment was totally covered. You couldn’t tell whether it was a Sony transport a PlayStation or Eversolo , I know it’s a pain in the arm, but you must read my man and then comprehend your read.
Hello, Received the T8 today. The interface is very well designed, it's a high-end product with lots of features. I calibrated the speakers and it works well with the Holo DAC. The sound is great, I'm very happy with this transport streamer. It's no contest with my old Auralic, which I sold at a loss, but I got there in the end.
I purchased a pre-owned G1.1. I'm pretty sure it was traded in as it was defective since it would stop feeding the steam and continued reading the file after it was running for a while. The sound was simply cut off. I returned it promptly since I had 30 days. Enjoy your new T8. It's a great product.
Thank you, I haven't had any problems with the second-hand G1 I bought, although it is a bit temperamental. I used it with Roon, so I didn't use the internal app much. The Eversolo has a very good interface, and you can use it with either Roon or the Eversolo app. The I2S with the Holo worked well. I tested SPDIF, which allows you to connect multiple sources. I have a dual system with small and large speakers and two amplifiers. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Sorry for the delayed response. Thank you for clarifying that swapping the A8 for a T8 makes no sonic difference when used purely as a streamer.
Thanks for the response. In my case unfortunately I did not like the DAC on the A8 compared to an R2R NOS DAC that I have, which is the metrum amethyst with DAC modules.
We're not talking about DACs here, right? I thought the point was using either device as a pure streamer; which in this case would translate as: use the A8 OR the T8 into an R2R NOS DAC that I have, which is the metrum amethyst with DAC modules.
It does not oversample the T8. I don't know if this is a deliberate choice by Eversolo to achieve the most accurate sound in the recording, but even though it's not a listening mode I use very often, it would have been nice to have the option, up to 192 kHz as found on the A6 or A8.
