Quick Eversolo T8 Review
After relying on an iPhone using the camera adapter to allow for hi-rez streaming (did this for literally years), I broke down and ordered the new Eversolo T8, which arrived today. This is connected to a Bifrost 2/64 dac. Set up was effortless with no problems at all: connected to wi-fi, mirrored to my iPhone using the EversoloConnect app, chose all of my settings, and began listening to Qobuz via Qobuz Connect phone app all within 20 minutes of unboxing. It is an absolutely beautiful device, and man does it sound fantastic. This streamer is badass...highly, highly recommended.
I got my T8 yesterday and had it up and running in 15 minutes. The unit sounds great and is really easy to use. It is feeding a PS Audio Stellar DAC via USB. The only hiccup is when I connect via Coax, the sampling rate is limited to 44.1 on my DAC but it works perfectly using the USB connection. The T8 has tons of setting and whatnot but it's easy to function. The EQ is a really nice feature.
Cheers, |
Glad you’re enjoying your new T8, @grunge1000 ! The shorter optical cable came in yesterday and it fixed the problem. 192KHz now plays perfectly, no drop-outs. An easy fix that really had nothing to do with the T8. So far, the unit has performed perfectly hiccup-free. As far as the app, it works fine on my iPhone and on my iPad, but the app on my Lenovo/Android tablet frequently crashes when I unlock the tablet directly to the app. -Ed |
Well I am very interested in the T8, but I am waiting until I see how Eversolo service is. I purchased a DMP-A6 in 2023 (early adopter) and it is now out of warranty and died. It took a while to find out how to get in touch with zidoo, as several responses were simply to contact the seller. I purchased it from the Eversolo official store on Amazon, so I contacted them. It is fortunate that I have some technical expertise, so I was able to determine that it was not the power supply, but the main board. I was told to send it to China since there are no repair facilities in the US. That seems in contradiction to an earlier posting of a US repair facility. I was able to remove the main board and plan to send it to them for repair. Shipping is a bit expensive, even for a 2 pound box if I want it to arrive in a week vs 4 weeks, Depending on how this goes, it will definitely affect my decision on what to buy. I owned an Innuos as well, and I can say they have excellent support,. |
I received a reply from the distributor Forte who confirmed that they do have a repair facility and said that I could get my out of warranty DMP-A6 repaired there by having the motherboard replaced. This is very promising. I think Eversolo is getting serious about providing more support to US customers. Strange though zidoo never mentioned about Forte when I inquired directly about repair. I will decide tomorrow whether to send the motherboard to China or send the entire unit to Forte. |
