Eversolo's DMP-A8 is pure AUDIOPHILE CATNIP!

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🎥 Camera: John Darko
🎬 Editor: John Darko
🌈 Colour: Olaf von Voss
🕺🏻 Motion GFX: John Darko
💰 Ad segment: Jana Dagdagan

0:00 Functionality & foibles
7:23 Side-by-side comparisons
13:22 My favourite three features

👉 As seen/mentioned in this video...

Eversolo DMP-A8

Eversolo DMP-A6

Eversolo DMP-A6 Master Edition

Cambridge Audio CXN100

Mytek Brooklyn Bridge II

My Eversolo DMP-A6 review

Plexamp

HDMI ARC vs HDMI eARC

Cables and power products by AudioQuest

Hi-fi furniture and speaker stands by Solid Steel

Room treatment by Vicoustic

Darko.Audio may earn a small commission from items purchased via affiliate links, which are indicated with a '🛒'.

#cats #audiophile #catnip

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[bitterandjaded_]

One of the best compliments I can give you is that I watch your videos even when I’m not remotely interested in the product being reviewed.
And thanks for introducing me to Kings of Convenience as well as so many other artists.

[robertcowart]

A very informative and detailed review with elements not discused by others in the community.

[danielbellini]

Thanks for the review. I agree with your opinion having tried the A8 and returned it quickly since the A8 does many things and ticks many audiophile boxes but simply doesn’t sound audiophile enough when the dac is engaged. It is indeed very soft at the edges and if you like music with attack this is simply not adequate.

[RickRolling-tcvb]

Thanks John, always enjoy your content and love learning about all the new stuff. You make it very accessible and your enthusiasm is infectious.

[NeilLavitt]

I hope that Plexamp will be adopted by more HiFi manufacturers. Lots of promise and relatively easy to set up. Also worth mentioning is that one can pair Tidal with Plexamp and, like Roon, add Tidal-hosted and streamed titles to libraries. I love how easy it is to have multiple libraries and switch between them. Also, if one doesn't have the facility to set up a local server, there are many very cheap, super fast seedbox solutions with enough storage to upload one's own library and stream remotely anywhere, including at home.

[writemeanovel]

I recently purchased the DMP A6 master edition. While I'm not a big fan of the DAC compared to other options I have at home, I was utterly floored how good the A6 is as a transport / streamer only. Coming from a BlueSound and Wiim, it's a big upgrade as a streamer and transport. The functionality is excellent as well and I do love the interface, but to me the sound quality is #1.

[shamharoth]

Four Tet, Matthew Halsall and Tom Waits in a single video; chapeau sir, chapeau!

[rodrazvan]

Thanks for the great videos and reviews . But this one was special. Tofu, Please keep Tofo in your videos. 🎉🎉

[urka-off-world-adventures]

Almost spilt my tea when I saw New Fast Automatic Daffodils featured. That’s a welcome blast from the past.

[coguglielmi]

John, you got a beautiful cat that mixes well amongst that beautiful set of audio elements and deco!

[tonyclifton]

I just ordered the A-8. It’s gonna be used as a pre-amp paired with a couple of Bridged NAD power amps and Bowers 703. s3

[plane_riotous]

Great review as always. I love the stands you use for your ZU DWX speakers 👌👌

[LAFsounds]

I always wondered why brands like Eversolo or Cambridge Audio don’t make an TV app that works like the phone and tablet app. Like this the audio can be pulled by the native streaming app inside the streamers and the tv can display all the controls and the art cover.

[thornwithin]

Wonderful video John! I would say I do like the idea of streaming but only my collection of music. So far still sticking to my computer witha NAS.

[JulioCSolar]

Can't wait for you to get your hands on the next catnip streamer. This one was designed to give audiophiles a really good whiff: Eversolo DMP-A10.

[johnpischedda]

Good to see some jazz in the mix, Matthew Halsall is producing some great stuff ! a cure for Jazz phobia ! thanks John and Olaf.

[luiscaballero]

On behalf of the community, please continue to include TOFU on ALL future content. Thank you! 😝

[soppingclam]

Your audio setup in that room with that god-like looking cat is heavenly. I want that setup :D

[shoestoo]

I bought the A6 when it first came out and was somewhat disappointed until the updates started coming out. Now I can’t see upgrading as it does everything I would need. I have a new Marantz stereo 70 for my hdmi needs and analog needs

[rm-mastering]

Hi John Darko, just thought you should know with regards to the Eversolo's A6/A8 input, DSP and EQ processing

After communicating with Eversolo they have confirmed the following;

1. The software EQ of A6/A8 processes up to 192K but doesn't resample.

2. The DSP of A8 is a hardware DSP, only effective for the internal player, digital audio inputs (coaxial/optical/USB-B/ARC), and outputs through RCA/XLR analog audio interfaces. The DSP of A8 (not A6) asynchronously samples (ASRC) to 48K when processing internally.