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,.
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.
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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. |
@sr71_17974 Hi, Larry... The DMP-A8 is a streaming DAC with analog outputs. The T8 is a streaming transport with solely digital outputs. If you’re not specifically seeking to use your own (separate external) DAC, the DMP-A8 will serve your purpose. If you have a DAC of your own preference, the T8 will likely serve better. There are other features/factors as well. For example, DMP-A8 has ARC input, so if you’re integrating movie/show streaming into the same audio setup, you’ll want the DMP-A8 since it has ARC input. It also has coaxial and optical S/PDIF inputs so you can attach, say, a CD player. The T8 does not have any digital inputs; it is designed to maximize performance as a streaming transport and leaves other functionality off the table to minimize potential for noise/interference. -Ed |
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