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Review Eversolo T8 streaming transport – “Blinded By The Light”

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Pros

  • High quality digital signal out
  • Can host almost every streaming or radio service available
  • Storage expandable up to 16Tb for digtital music files

Cons

  • Inconsistencies between Eversolo app and touch screen operations
  • Clean, calm, but somewhat demure sound
  • Essential options hidden in the software at illogical places

Price: € 1380

Build quality
Usability
Sound
Price

The features on the Eversolo T8: overview and streaming services

Most Alpha Audio readers will know what a ‘streaming transport’ is, but just to be sure: the Eversolo T8 allows you to select music from streaming services and from locally stored digital files and control the playback functions. As with a CD transport, an external DAC is needed to convert the digital signal to an analogue music signal. The DAC can be built into an amplifier or a separate DAC can be used.

Scrolling through the T8’s menu, the number of icons is overwhelming. Therefore, we will provide a walkthrough of the main menu items. The screenshot are taken using the ‘screen’ option in the Eversolo app on an iPad.

Music Services and Apps partially overlap but are not the same thing. Music Services are the streaming service integrations that Eversolo provides with its own software. For example, Qobuz: after logging in, you can control Qobuz on screen or in the app under the ‘Music Services’ menu item.

The Apps menu contains the Qobuz app, the same one as you can download on an Android phone from the Google Play Store. The Apps menu allows you to add apps from radio stations or streaming services. These Apps are then not integrated into the Eversolo software, but you can still control them from the screen, just like on a phone or tablet.

An example is Bandcamp. This music shop also has its own app. You can then download it as an APK package and upload it via Eversolo’s web interface. It is beyond the scope of a review to explain how this works, but know that the option exists. A big plus for those who use a lot of alternative or indie services.

Eversolo probably offers the most streaming services on the T8 than any other streamer, such as Apple Music and Amazon Music, as well as classical music services like Presto and Idiago.

Functions and Settings are both menus to customise how the device works. In Functions, these include playing or ripping CDs, EQ functions and file management of music files. In Settings, everything that can be configured.

Connect consists of manuals that instruct you how to set up the relevant connect function on a phone, like Qobuz Connect or Tidal Connect from Qobuz or Tidal’s phone app.

Finally, Cloud is a way to connect music files available elsewhere. Think of a UPnP server, for example. In the screenshot, you can see Asset UPnP running on the NAS with the name ‘MuziekCollectie’. This server can then be accessed from the Eversolo T8, allowing you to browse through it and play music.

As you can see, there are many methods for playing music. The Eversolo T8 will not get in the way to pick your preferred method.

Type test
Single Test
Inputs
  • Streamer ethernet
  • Streamer wifi
  • Bluetooth
Outputs
  • Digital Coaxial
  • Digital Optical
  • Digital AES
  • Digital USB
Product type
Streamer
Max samplingrate
768 kHz
Max bit depth
32 bit
Weight
4.5 Kg
Dimensions
  • Width: 31.5 cm
  • Depth: 23 cm
  • Height: 8.8 cm
Production country
China

Winkels met Eversolo

Grotestraat 23
5931 CS Tegelen, NL
Breestraat 146-148
2311CX Leiden, Zuid Holland, NL
Strandlaan 281
8670 Koksijde, BE
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Peter Arbeek
5 months ago

Dank voor deze fijne review. Helder en to the point. Ik heme altijd algevraagd wat de geluidsmatige invloed is van een transport op de rest van de keten.
Zelf heb ik momenteel een Aurender a100 met een Leema Tucana II en de Raidho X1 (met dank aan Jaap voor de destijds mini review van de speakers)
Bekabeling is Shunyata en Crystal Cable. Na het beluisteren van de Denafrips Pontus 15 zit ik er sterk aan te denken on deze in mijn setup te plaatsen en de a100 enkel als transport the beluisteren. Dan rijst dus de vraag in hoeverre de a100 invloed heeft op het totale geluidsbeeld. Het mooie van de Eversolo en de a100 is dat ze een interne opslag hebben en zodanig als server dienen wat sterk mijn voorkeur heeft plus een gedegen interface voor zoeken en afspelen. Jammer dat Auralic gestopt is wat dat betreft. Bedieningsgemak is ook deel van de belevenis . Waarin zit ‘m het klankmatige verschil tussen a100 als transport en de Eversolo? Apple Music is trouwens wel een plus maar geen dealbreker.

Peter Arbeek
Reply to  Martijn (redacteur)
5 months ago

Bedoel je geen Pontus of geen Eversolo?

Peter Arbeek
Reply to  Martijn (redacteur)
5 months ago

De Aurender is een geweldige streamer/Dac. Het leek me zonde om deze enkel nog te gebruiken als transport.

Peter Arbeek
Reply to  Martijn (redacteur)
5 months ago

Ik snap de verwarring, mijn excuses
De Eversolo leek mij een alternatief voor de Aurender, mede vanwege de optisch aansluiting en I2S.
Aan de ander kant is de opbouw van Aurender rock solid en kan nog een tijd mee. Ben er dus nog niet helemaal uit, Aurender, of een dedicated transport. Eerst de Pontus / Aurender combo en go from there…

Roberto Brandoli
5 months ago

I find this comparison very partially. In my opinion, there are significant differences in transports and DDCs depending on the interface used. The T8 has an I2S interface that I consider superior to the others (USB and AES), so a DAC capable of making these comparisons was needed, which are crucial to the final result and therefore also in choosing the best audio device. I’m sorry because I consider your site one of the most serious and professional. 
Could you consider doing a second part when you will have a DAC with an I2S input?

Jaap Veenstra
Reply to  Roberto Brandoli
5 months ago

An I2S-connection is not magic. Originally, the I2S-connection was made voor inter-ic-onnectivity. Not for external connection with long cables. The difference is that clock and data are seperated. And that the dac becomes leading (and that actually says that the source is not that great). The shift in ‘master’ and the fact that clock and data are seperated can result in more calmness and for example more control. And maybe better focus. So, of course we recommend you try it. But it doesn’t change the complete characteristic of the dac.

Last edited 5 months ago by Jaap Veenstra
medon78
5 months ago

I really wish Qobuz would fix the “connect sounds worse compared to native streaming” issue. It’s clearly not hardware (read: streamer) related.

Last edited 5 months ago by medon78
Jerome Visser
5 months ago

Met verwondering deze review gelezen. Ik denk dat het een gemiste kans is dat de FSP aansluiting niet is gebruikt. En ook heel raar dat er met geen woord over wordt gerept…… Je mag toch verwachten dat een innovatieve functie op een streamer wordt bekeken en uitgeprobeerd. Jammer. Ik denk dat de T8 en de lezers daarmee te kort zijn gedaan.

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