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At the suggestion of theSven , I'm starting a new thread to share my user experience of the Eversolo DMP-A6 Streamer/DAC.
I have been using it directly as a digital preamp through XLR with CA-2200 and B&W 803D. I have also ran it with an Audio Research LS1 line stage using single ended connection to CA-2200.
I use the native Apple Music app in the A6 streaming lossless and some hi-resolution music directly through wifi into the A6. I can control it remotely with the Eversolo control app installed on my iPhone. There is also an inexpensive remote volume control you can buy on Amazon for like $12.
The A6 has gained recent fame on the internet and Youtube as a giant killer streamer/DAC. It has pretty much blown the popular Bluesound Node 3 out of the water in terms of functions, user interface and sound quality. It has often been compared to the Rose streamer/DAC that costs many times over. I had to wait a few weeks for delivery as it was constantly out of stock at various sellers. It retails for about $900 USD.
For starters, it's a good looking unit with good solid workmanship and has a beautiful touch screen. The user manual is easy to read...because there was hardly any! But the set up is easy and intuitive and I didn't have much trouble to get it up and running. It has a strong user based support group in Facebook and in the Eversolo community forums. It has a user friendly and relatively simple hi-resolution user interface right on the screen but it's easier to control it through the Eversolo app on your phone.
It has full MQA unfolding and decoding capability for Tidal users but that's going by the way side! It's also one of the few, if not the only game in town that can run Apple Music natively. However, the user can only control it remotely on the phone through a "cast" or screen mirroring function. It fully supports Quobuz, Spotify and a few others.
A6 has dual Sabre ES 9038Q2M DAC chips for the D/A conversion. They are good sounding DAC's.
You can install up to a 4TB SSD chip to store your music files or rip your entire CD collection into the A6! You also have the ability to install various apps into the unit through a "side loading" process which takes some effort.
Overall I am happy with the A6 and I think the sound quality is pretty darn good. It is very revealing so it can expose weaknesses in the system and some feel it can get bright with certain pairings. The imaging and sound stage are good and it shows a lot of details. I think it will take significantly more spending to surpass its DACs in a meaningful way. Some have used it as a pure transport and run it with their existing higher end DAC and like the A6 as a transport.
I have ran the A6 as a preamp directly to the CA-2200. I compared that to running through the ARC LS1 line stage and I feel, although the difference is not great, it sounds to me that the A6 as a preamp is slightly warmer but does lose some lower level finer details in the background so the LS1 has the edge. I feel that the A6 has good synergy with CA-2200. They have similarly smooth personalities with attention to details but are not cold.
Frank
I have been using it directly as a digital preamp through XLR with CA-2200 and B&W 803D. I have also ran it with an Audio Research LS1 line stage using single ended connection to CA-2200.
I use the native Apple Music app in the A6 streaming lossless and some hi-resolution music directly through wifi into the A6. I can control it remotely with the Eversolo control app installed on my iPhone. There is also an inexpensive remote volume control you can buy on Amazon for like $12.
The A6 has gained recent fame on the internet and Youtube as a giant killer streamer/DAC. It has pretty much blown the popular Bluesound Node 3 out of the water in terms of functions, user interface and sound quality. It has often been compared to the Rose streamer/DAC that costs many times over. I had to wait a few weeks for delivery as it was constantly out of stock at various sellers. It retails for about $900 USD.
For starters, it's a good looking unit with good solid workmanship and has a beautiful touch screen. The user manual is easy to read...because there was hardly any! But the set up is easy and intuitive and I didn't have much trouble to get it up and running. It has a strong user based support group in Facebook and in the Eversolo community forums. It has a user friendly and relatively simple hi-resolution user interface right on the screen but it's easier to control it through the Eversolo app on your phone.
It has full MQA unfolding and decoding capability for Tidal users but that's going by the way side! It's also one of the few, if not the only game in town that can run Apple Music natively. However, the user can only control it remotely on the phone through a "cast" or screen mirroring function. It fully supports Quobuz, Spotify and a few others.
A6 has dual Sabre ES 9038Q2M DAC chips for the D/A conversion. They are good sounding DAC's.
You can install up to a 4TB SSD chip to store your music files or rip your entire CD collection into the A6! You also have the ability to install various apps into the unit through a "side loading" process which takes some effort.
Overall I am happy with the A6 and I think the sound quality is pretty darn good. It is very revealing so it can expose weaknesses in the system and some feel it can get bright with certain pairings. The imaging and sound stage are good and it shows a lot of details. I think it will take significantly more spending to surpass its DACs in a meaningful way. Some have used it as a pure transport and run it with their existing higher end DAC and like the A6 as a transport.
I have ran the A6 as a preamp directly to the CA-2200. I compared that to running through the ARC LS1 line stage and I feel, although the difference is not great, it sounds to me that the A6 as a preamp is slightly warmer but does lose some lower level finer details in the background so the LS1 has the edge. I feel that the A6 has good synergy with CA-2200. They have similarly smooth personalities with attention to details but are not cold.
Frank
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