Eversolo or Aurender: Options and Opinions

@6dogvegan 

I am glad you are enjoying your Eversolo, but whether I am right or wrong, I am not interested in buying one of their products. Good luck in your search for an A8.

I bought into the Eversolo A6 hype early on, but when the product arrived it was very disappointing. While it delivered lots of high-end detail, it was due to an overly hot – and bright – top end. Other aspects of the spectrum were mediocre in my opinion, especially the bass. I kept mine for a few weeks hoping that break-in would improve things, but it didn’t. I haven’t heard the A8, but I understand the streamer section is pretty much the same as the A6 (I stream into a Benchmark Dac, so I didn’t use the internal Dac of the A6). I, personally, can’t’ recommend the A6 if it’s solely for streaming. I would go with the Aurender or some other brand.  

Software support from Eversolo is pathetic.   Still will not recognize USB DAC after latest FW.   Unit was working fine for 51 weeks and then a bad FW made USB out unusable.   Does not recognize other DACs like Chord and Accuphase.  Waiting for 3 months and no resolve is frustrating.  There are much better streamers with great support.   

+1000 Innuos. With Sense app. You won’t regret it.

I replaced a RPi running PcP, ARC LS3 preamp and a fully upgraded Schiit Bifrost with an A8. Really easy to use and great SQ.

Was expecting the A6 to work properly but again there are more problems than solutions in the latest firmware...    Real amateur software development at Zidoo.   Maybe next firmware.....    

It's all about support with streamers , the best hardware is useless without good software...   

tony1954

3 months and no update, what did you end up doing......if anything?

FYI.  Eversolo does not recognize a number of DACs via USB.  Most recent being LAIV.       Has problems with Chord and McIntosh among others.   PoS company to deal with too

@vthokie83 

Sorry for the delayed response.

I ended up finding an Aurender N100H locally at a reasonable price.

Unfortunately, when I took everything apart to accommodate the Aurender, along with a Denafrips Pontus II and Iris DDC, my integrated decided to stop outputting a left channel, so it has been away for repair ever since. Turns out it was relatively minor ($250) and I should have it back next week.

tony1954

Thank you for the update, and great that the repair was minimal......many times the surprise is the other direction