Today we review the Eversolo DMP-A10, the latest streaming DAC flagship by Eversolo. It retails for $3,680 USD.
Disclaimer: Eversolo supplied the DMP-A10 for this review. Headfonia and Eversolo are in no way related to each other.
Eversolo
Eversolo is a Chinese company that produces a range of different high-fidelity products. They make streamers, digital to analog converters, DAC dongles for phones and a power amplifier. So quite a wide range of products.
I am always very curious when people speak about streamers, that just gets my attention. Having tinkered with Raspberry Pi’s and Intel Nucs to build myself Roon ROCK servers and Roon endpoints over the last couple of years.
The only thing Eversolo has on their website’s About Us section is:
Eversolo Audio Technology Co. Ltd (Eversolo Audio) is invested by Zidoo Technology Co. Ltd. The core founding team members have engaged in the development and management among HiFi industry for many years. The R&D team covers audio decoding, analog audio, acoustic tuning, amplifiers, system integration, user experience and so on. The main business includes audio playback devices, HiFi DAC and amplifiers etc. Eversolo is the registered trademark of Eversolo Audio.
We reviewed their first Gen DMP-A6 and the DMP-A8 previously, both have won our Best of the Year awards back then. So, we are very excited to now feature the DMP-A10!
Eversolo DMP-A10
The Eversolo DMP-A10 is Eversolo’s latest addition to their portfolio of streaming DACs. It serves as their current top of the line unit.
Eversolo always manages to build the most advanced and mouth-watering spec sheets of any streamer. It supports all popular streaming services and file formats currently available. The DMP-A10 comes with a wide selection of digital in- and outputs.
It has one USB and HDMI-ARC as well as two coaxial and optical inputs. Of course, it also features network inputs through Ethernet (RJE45), WiFi (2.4 and 5Ghz) and SFP Fiber. On top of that, there’s also Bluetooth 5.0 input. With those, you should have the most bases covered. Apart from the digital inputs, there are two RCA and one XLR analogue input for external sources.
Output wise you get USB A, optical and coaxial on the digital front, as well as XLR, RCA and two Subwoofer outputs. Compared to the DMP-A8, there is one digital output missing, which is I²S HDMI.
The DMP-A10 also supports digital to digital and analogue to digital conversion. Meaning, you can use the Eversolo’s analogue inputs to convert it to a digital signal and hand it over to an external DAC through the digital outputs. What’s not possible though is to hand over D/A conversion to an external DAC and feed the analogue signal back into the Eversolo’s internal pre-amplifier.
The DMP-A10 features 12 Volts trigger in- and outputs. To me this is a very handy feature for my remote control-less power amplifiers. With the DMP-A10 I can connect them via the 12V signal and have the DMP-A10 turn them on.
In terms of external storage, you can hook up to two USB drives as well as install two M.2 SSDs on the bottom of the unit. It supports SSDs up to 4TB, which gives us a theoretical storage space of 8TB plus the internal 64GB. New M.2 SSDs are already available below 100€ via your trusted online shops.
So much for the ins and outs of the Eversolo. Let’s get a look at the technical nitty gritty.
It is built around an ESS9039Pro DAC chip and an R2R analogue pre-amplification stage. The A10 supports PCM files up to 32bit and 768kHz as well as native DSD512. The audio processor in use is the XMOS XU316 and for operational amplifier chips Eversolo went with the OPA1612.
The complete internal hardware is powered by two low-noise high quality power supplies. All used components are of the highest quality and only come from Eversolo’s most trusted sources, like WIMA, Texas Instruments, muRata or Nichicon.
Their engineers looked at every little detail to ensure that their flagship DMP-A10 meets their highest standards. This way, they realized THD+N levels of -122dB. Eversolo even went so far to develop their own temperature control technology for the OCXO clocks, ensuring both crystal oscillators operate and constant temperatures. The Eversolo has a rated dynamic range of 130dB.
The DMP-A10 supports TIDAL and Spotify Connect and, most importantly to me, it is Roon Ready. On top it has TIDAL, Qobuz, Highresaudio, Amazon Music, Deezer, Apple Music and many more services built into its custom Android operating system. It even has Soundcloud for those who want to listen to entire live sets.
To me, there is nothing left to desire. It covers all my needs for a perfect streamer.
Eversolo’s DMP-A10 is available for 3,680 USD throughout their global retail channels.
Package
The Eversolo DMP-A10 comes in a big box where it is securely packed between two hardened foam inlays. The DMP-A10 is covered with a black fabric-cover. In the box you will of course also find an accessory box, which contains a power cord, a very nice Bluetooth + Infrared remote control, three antennas, a 12V trigger cable and a quick start guide.
The supplied remote control feels very premium, especially since its bottom half is made of polished aluminum. This one is such an improvement over the remote control of the DMP-A8 quality wise. On top of that, it’s also rechargeable via USB C. The only issue I am having with the remote control is that I need to wipe away my greasy fingerprints each day, as the shiny surface shows them after each touch.
Also make sure to install the supplied antennas. Especially the remote control will work more reliable then. I missed that at first and had trouble setting up the remote correctly. After installing the antenna everything worked flawlessly.
The review continues after the jump!
