i don't think so -- how would it be able to recognize the track?
Eversolo DMP-A6 Network Streamer/DAC
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i don't think so -- how would it be able to recognize the track?
skhan007
1000+ Head-Fier
No idea. The same it would recognize a CD track when you go to rip/download a CD? Just curious about how to listen to Blu-ray audio, if it's even possible.
When you're using a digital input you're making the dmp-a6 into a dac. Dacs don't look up meta data. CD rippers have built in functionality to retrieve meta data.
mks100
100+ Head-Fier
Some Blu-ray players have 2 HDMI outputs. One to send the Audio/Video signal (perhaps ARC or eARC) and one to send an Audio only signal. I believe the DMP-A6 is intended to receive the Audio only output of a Blu-ray player. It would work just like a coaxial or optical digital out (no Metadata) BUT would be able to pass DSD (due to encryption rules for SACD). There is no optical drive and/or file reader to read the disc and/or file Metadata and send it to a screen in this instance.
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DBaldock9
Headphoneus Supremus
Since it supports an external USB optical drive for CD disc playback and CD ripping (according to the website) - it may also support an external USB connected Blu-ray player.
Would the op-amps be obsolete if the Master Edition is used strictly as a streamer? My presumption was that op-amps don't amplify digital signals, and are primarily utilized after the digital-to-analog conversion
Does the standard edition include the spectrum analyzer?
Searched through the thread but couldn’t find a clear answer. Last time i checked the website the standard edition marketing did not have the spectrum analyzer featured.
Searched through the thread but couldn’t find a clear answer. Last time i checked the website the standard edition marketing did not have the spectrum analyzer featured.
Of course
It does. Came with a later firmware update.
tylerindianapolis
New Head-Fier
I decided on the A6 ME feeding it to the Schiit Midgard with XLR. Balanced to either 660S2 or Ayra Organic.
I thought the Hifiman ef499 was good. The A6 ME is better. More alive and less fatiguing.
CD ripping to .wav or .flac without using ANY software on tbe PC or worrying about meta data with FLAC is what sold it to me. Going to just rerip what I have to the m.2 with flac. It will take a little bit but it’s ok.
I used the a6 as a transport to the ef499 and back to the Midgard via rca. It sounds good that way but not as good.
Amazingly it seems to even make the 660s2 have a little wider soundstage not as much as the ayra but I am liking the 660s2 again using the a6.
I thought the Hifiman ef499 was good. The A6 ME is better. More alive and less fatiguing.
CD ripping to .wav or .flac without using ANY software on tbe PC or worrying about meta data with FLAC is what sold it to me. Going to just rerip what I have to the m.2 with flac. It will take a little bit but it’s ok.
I used the a6 as a transport to the ef499 and back to the Midgard via rca. It sounds good that way but not as good.
Amazingly it seems to even make the 660s2 have a little wider soundstage not as much as the ayra but I am liking the 660s2 again using the a6.
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skhan007
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Honest opinions requested:
I am so on the fence with purchasing the A6. It's priced right, features are great, reviews are spectacular, but...
I would use an external DAC (so no need/use for the built-in one) and all my music files and streaming music (Spotify) are managed just fine on my M2 MacBook.
Would I really benefit from the A6 if my current set up is working just fine?
I am so on the fence with purchasing the A6. It's priced right, features are great, reviews are spectacular, but...
I would use an external DAC (so no need/use for the built-in one) and all my music files and streaming music (Spotify) are managed just fine on my M2 MacBook.
Would I really benefit from the A6 if my current set up is working just fine?
I am pretty sure, you would benefit from the A6 with your gear. The Zen Stream was a big step from my PC and I consider the A6 as a streamer only a step up in clarity from the Zen Stream.
Yes you will benefit with the A6, I have the zen stream (it is okay, but compared to the a6 it sounds harsh, the A6 compared to the A8 misses smoothness and 3d stage, and I mean that digitally not analogue) If you really want to make a leap get the A8. Yes the AKM build in is very very good, but I mean as a streamer.
I know some keep on screaming a6 is the same as the A8 IT IS NOT!, I tried them all in a row. I had the A6 after a week or two got fed up, knowing the A8 sounded better and exchanged it for the A8, never looked back, a amazing machine as a streamer (digitally AND analogue). I audited all three in a row, the chord TT2+mscaler as a dac. A8 won clearly, noticable through headphones, with speaker and amp set even more.
the TT2/MScaler was set to automatic, so switching was nearly instant.
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skhan007
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Wow, OK- so you're recommended just going all-in for the A8? Having compared the three, I think your opinion is solid and informed. I just wasn't sure if I'd notice the upgrade from my laptop to the A6 (I believe that's a yes) and then the upgrade to the A8 is noteworthy and significant, given the double price (again, it sounds like a yes).Yes you will benefit with the A6, I have the zen stream (it is okay, but compared to the a6 it sounds harsh, the A6 compared to the A8 misses smoothness and 3d stage, and I mean that digitally not analogue) If you really want to make a leap get the A8. Yes the AKM build in is very very good, but I mean as a streamer.
I know some keep on screaming a6 is the same as the A8 IT IS NOT!, I tried them all in a row. I had the A6 after a week or two got fed up, knowing the A8 sounded better and exchanged it for the A8, never looked back, a amazing machine as a streamer (digitally AND analogue). I audited all three in a row, the chord TT2+mscaler as a dac. A8 one clearly, noticable through headphones, with speaker and amp set even more.
the TT2/MScaler was set to automatic, so switching was nearly instant.
The a6 and a6 master are very close together, as a streamer and analogue, the one forward is the a8. You have to listen for yourself, do a A and B test at the shop between the two, I am certain you will judge the same as a digital streamer. Analogue the a6’s are nowhere close compared to the a8
I would have loved a cheaper a8 with only the streamer part, but that one does not exist. But it is what it is. They did something to make the a8 sound better
How I can describe it best. With the a6’s the speakers were still there, noticable, sound more sticking to the speakers, with the a8 music came alive, around, middle and depth. I borrowed the a6 and a8, and at home the exact same thing was hearable
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