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DAC suggestions?

Hello!

I’m looking for a new DAC suggestion for my 2.1 office room set up. The room is 12x11 ft with a 10 ft ceiling.  The EverSolo DMP-A8 seems interesting.  Currently, I have the following:

Rotel CD14 (Water 1m RCA cable)

Michi X3 (Audioquest Thunder 2m Power cable)

Rel T/9X (Rocket 88 3m Rel Sub cable)

Sonus Faber Sonetto V Walnut (William Tell Zero 12ft Speaker cable)

iMac, using Roon and Tidal (USB B 1.5m Carbon cable)

I listen to jazz and RnB mostly and prefer a warmer sound. I’m happy with my current setup but feel adding a DAC and digital streamer would be nice versus going through my iMac.  Thank you so much for your time.

wisemenofgotham
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thriftyaudio
125 posts
 

I suggest not going with Eversolo. Their customer service is terrible. I would recommend Innuos or Aurender for the streamer. Keeping the DAC separate from the streamer gives you options. I like Bricasti for a DAC, although there are several excellent options.

bassbuyer
496 posts
 

I suggest an Innuos streamer and the DAC of your choice based on your sound preferences. 

g2the2nd
205 posts
 

Happy Eversolo A8 user here. It sounds great, very user friendly and I’ve never experienced any bugs with the unit or app. I listen to more music then ever.

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oddiofyl
4,166 posts
 

g2 , Im happy you are bug free.  My suggestion to any Eversolo user is to turn Auto Update Off and visit their site when there is a FW release. Let the community vet the new firmware before updating.   You are literally on your own , you and the other members of the Eversolo forum.  Its the only place for help which is sad because the hardware is pretty good.   

OP. I would look at Innuos at your price point.  

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oddiofyl
4,166 posts
 

To OP. .listen to a few DACs , so many good ones out there.   You can buy a nice pair at your budget. 

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