New Eversolo DMP-A10 Music Streamer

a) Giving it away for free will take away potential customers for the new A10. Don't expect that to happen.
b) The part up to 300hz is the most relevant so still a nice add-on
c) Could well be they are doing business with HanSong Technology?

I think a dedicated room correction topic might be started for A8 and another one for A10.

 

The A6 has everything the A8 has (software wise) - except DSP but that has to do with the AKM chip. Eversolo never really held anything back (software wise) to make the A8 look ‘better’ than the A6. But we will see. I prefer FIR filters to ‘Auto room correction’.

 

Complete and utter waste of money - my opinion, sorry

 

It’s for the men whose wives drive a range rover to drop off the children at kinder garden

If you have the money and you can take advantage of the extra features, it might be what you want.

I would also have a look at the NAD M66, if you have this kind of money.

 

We will be waiting for official information on this interesting issue. thank you!

 

I would have preferred those new features in a cheaper package.
Keith

 

So, an AMP-F10 to go with the A10.

What American media outlet should we subscribe to this time?

Nothing on Eversolo.com

That marketing department really need a slap in the face.

 

... aaand finally here we have the real reason for those cooling fins for the A-10 to visually match with!

 

I think you're overestimating the Company organisation (as often happens in this market sector). If we look at how the official communication is conducted here, no surprise what's happening with the new products advertisement. For several aspects it seems to me to have to deal with one man band company rather than something properly structured. Be gentle, don't slap the only horse we have to run!

 

It was on their facebook page. I guess that is the new way of doing things

 

Well, I’m no marketing genius, but if I look at the ages of people on this forum, I would say average age is between 55-70.

How many users do facebook have in that age group?

The price of the A10 and I’m sure the F10, is not something people aged 20-35 would pay for hifi (if at all they do hifi).

I’m sure Eversolo must have an Instagram too. The age group on there is probably 8-25.

I might be on the dramatic side, but I really find it very disrespectful to the people on here who spend quite some time working for free.

The website should ALWAYS be the first place to add news. I personally think they should ‘honor us’ with the info on this forum.

 

I received information about the amplifier in a Telegram today. But I completely agree with you that the first information should appear on the official website of the company. I am an elderly person and do not use social media.

 

A-10 manual,
https://music.eversolo.com/dmp/instruction/EVERSOLO-DMP-A10-User-Manual-v1.0.pdf

Keith

 

It is a very basic manual in English/Chinese.

 

Could someone explain to me how "USB isolation" improves anything?

I happen to be an electrical and software engineer by education and the USB Audio protocol uses 2 PLLs to resync the clocks internally + additional buffer to store data.
There should be no jitter, except the embedded RAM jitter on the receiving end -- which is negligible.

On my Denafrips DAC (via USB), the chip is a STMicrolectectronics that I happen to know well as I worked for this company on embedded systems in the past.

And ALL inputs, regardless of type (COAX, Toslink, I2S, USB) are buffered. USB is this only asynchronous input which makes jitter irrelevant.
Yet some people blindly claim that "I2S is better than USB" yet without any real-life proof. It sounds more like personal belief, or maybe USB having a low-quality history?

The Denafrips tech support also recommended to use USB and skip I2S entirely if my streamer had USB out.

Is the removal of the I2S consistent with this approach?

 

I don't understand why they use ESS9039Pro Dac instead of the really great sounding AKM Dac Chips of the A8. I prefer the AKM Sound and it is much better then the cold sounding 9039 Chips. But thats just my personal preference. AKM blows me away with the warm and precise soundstage. The DMP-A10 is a very beautiful and great device, but in my personal opinion, it was not a good decision to give up the legendary sound of the AKM DMP-A8 and go back to ESS as used in the A6.

 

No difference in sound quality between chips just another audiophile myth.
Krith

 

Well, if you say.....
i can hear a difference between an ESS or AKM DAC chipsets. Just compare the A6 to the A8 and you can clearly hear the difference. Just compare an ESS 903x Chipset DAC from other brands to an actual AKM. The AKM beats everything. But thats just my personal experience and opinion. It is not just a "myth"

 

Yours is just anecdote mine backed by measurement and I have both the ESS and AKM RME versions no difference whatsoever and why would there be.
No difference between the A-6 and A-8 look at their respective measurements.
Keith