Elite Audio Streamer Group Test Final Results.......

i love this guy’s enthusiasm and focus

Great test review as always Mark!!

Thank you very much for this well structured and summarised review, the bombshell is that there is no bombshell, which to be honest makes a lot of sense.

nice to see a test like this. is the sound test with analogue out to amp, or have you testet with digital out? I guess the big difference in sound is with analogue out :)

Just for a moment, going beyond the listening preference, which of the user interfaces is the slickest, most intuitive and and well thought out (bug free) as of this point? Thank you so much for this series of comparison content 👍🏻

Great bunch for a comparo.! The eversolo master edition is the one the caught my attention. Thanks for the comparison 👍✌️🍻🔈🔈🔈

Great series!! Looking forward to the Rivo vs Masters as streamers only (with external DAC). It would also be nice to know whether the Masters upgrade is still worth it when using external DAC. Subscribed! Cheers and congratulations!

Great job by a great team.

Great review. How does DMP-A8 place in this field? Wanting either the DMP-A8 or Audiolab 9000N using internal DAC.

.Thanks for your efforts in provding such a good video. May i ask why Volumio Rivo was not part of the comparison?

I'm wondering where the Eversolo DMP-A8 would fall in this test SQ wise, now that it is out? I would like your feedback. Thanks for this video.

Nice video. I too was hoping to see more of the actual results. What were the strengths and weaknesses of each unit. There are loads of new streamers offered. I dont have a hifi store nearby. I have to buy and return or worse buy and resell almost always at a loss. So I really like this series. To many reviewers are shills or afraid to give a negative review for fear of never receiving more gear to evaluate.

Really interesting video and thank you for taking the time to do this. As a physical retailer you have the benefit of being able to compare multiple products in the way you have and that is worth a great deal and hugely undervalued in these days of internet purchasing and online reviewing. As you correctly identify (imo) there is no magic bullet and generally speaking (not always, but generally) you get what you pay for. There is also the huge and unmeasurable (and rarely talked about) importance of system synergy - some gear just 'works' together to deliver a sonic sweetspot if you like. Measurements only tell you so much, and have far too much importance attached to them by too many - you have to listen and decide what sounds best for you taking into account your budget, the features you want and even how the equipment looks. Finally, there is a lot of comment out there based around 'if its expensive it must be a rip off', a massive assumption that a £100 streamer or DAC for example is a 'giant killer' and other nonesense. What they really mean is it might be good value at £100 but its no substitute for a well designed and executed piece of hifi equipment. You get what you pay for. Thanks again and you have another new subscriber on the basis of this video.

I appreciate your efforts in approaching such a dufficult task. Am curious as to why multiple models were chosen from certain nfgs, and why so many other popular higher end brands in a similar price point as your determined winner weren't included? Thanks

Can you please elaborate on the testing methodology used to arrive at your results; were the steamers compared using their internal DACs? How does each streamer compare as a streamer only fed to an external DAC? Which downstream equipment was used, etc. Thank you.

Great job by you and your team. Greetings from Chicago.

I would have liked to seen comparisons with the higher end streamers like you did with the Eversolo and Volumeo. I was looking forward to that as an opportunity that we don’t usually get to see a comparison of more streamers. And I agree that it would’ve been nice to compare streamers when connected to an external Dac. We are being flooded with streamers, and it is difficult to tell the truth and certainly we will not be able to hear enough options ourselves to be able to figure that out. I am coming to the conclusion that even with streamers, you get what you pay for, as you said.

Good information. What speakers are those on the background?

Wish you could connect an external linear power supply to the Eversolos.

Thanks for doing all of this. Can you comment on whether you arrive at this same ranking on just comparing the streamer section and not the Dac?