Eversolo, a name synonymous with precision and purity in the audio market, has once again pushed the boundaries of high-fidelity sound with the release of the T8, a professional-grade streaming transport. This device, unveiled at this year’s Munich High-End Show, is now widely available, poised to reshape the landscape of high-end audio streaming.
The Eversolo T8 is not merely a streamer; it’s the digital equivalent of a high-end SACD player or a turntable, designed to work seamlessly with high-end services like Qobuz, Tidal, or even WAV files on a home server. It doesn’t contain a DAC, but it excels in the crucial preparation stage, ensuring that the digital output is clean and precise, ready for conversion to analog by an external DAC or an amplifier with a built-in DAC.
Housed in a CNC-machined aluminum-alloy case, the T8 is a study in both elegance and functionality. Its design is not just about aesthetics; it’s a shield against electromagnetic interference, a common nemesis of high-fidelity sound. The T8 is powered by a silent linear power supply, specifically designed to reduce noise to levels as low as 30μV. The custom-designed toroidal transformer, wound with 4N oxygen-free copper, ensures smooth signal transmission, while Teflon-insulated connections provide resistance to high temperatures and better anti-interference shielding.
At the heart of the T8 is an ultra-high precision femtosecond clock system. This is the conductor of the digital orchestra, responsible for coordinating the timing of every audio sample. Any slip or introduction of excessive jitter can blur the sound and result in less detail. The T8’s femtosecond clock system ensures supreme accuracy, delivering a more focused sound, better imaging, and maintaining both detail and dynamics.
The T8 is equipped with a wide range of digital outputs, including AES/EBU, and supports up to eight IIS output modes. This broad compatibility enables plug-and-play operation with a wide range of DAC brands and models. The T8’s professional USB Audio isolated output creates a protective barrier that splits the power from the audio, transmitting clean signals for a more natural sound. It also features a studio-grade AES/EBU isolated output for interference resistance and stable signals, making it possible to transmit signals over longer distances without a drop in quality.
Eversolo understands that managing signals is crucial in professional audio environments. The T8’s electrical isolation design stops noise and jitter, ensuring that only clean and pure audio signals get through. It supports coaxial digital outputs up to 24-bit/192kHz, blocking interference and providing a more accurate signal delivery.
The T8 is not just about streaming; it’s a comprehensive music management system. It features dual SSD slots, supporting up to 16TB of digital storage, enabling gapless playback of large, high-resolution audio files and management of extensive music collections. With Wi-Fi 6 wireless networking and a high-performance quad-core ARM processor, the T8 is ready to handle multitasking and data management with ease.
The T8 integrates all the mainstream music services, including TIDAL, Qobuz, Amazon Music, Deezer, TuneIn Radio, and others, supporting a choice of hi-res streaming sources. It’s also Roon Ready, enabling a smooth music experience. The T8 supports most hi-res digital file formats, including DSD, PCM, FLAC, APE, and WAV, with DSD formats supported up to DSD512 and PCM 768kHz/32-bit.
Eversolo’s commitment to pure sound is evident in the T8’s design. “Eversolo T8 represents our unwavering commitment to pure sound. Every detail — from the femtosecond clock to evotune room correction — has been engineered to ensure that music lovers experience every nuance exactly as the artist intended,” claims Spring Meng, CTO at Eversolo.
The T8 addresses the often-overlooked issue of room acoustics with its professional-grade room correction using Eversolo’s evotune system. By using advanced FIR algorithms, evotune analyzes a room’s acoustics and then optimizes system output. This ensures that high-quality sound is accessible to all music lovers, no matter what room they are in.
The T8 also features a 10-band PEQ module, FIR filter import, and loudness adjustment, allowing users to tweak the audio for their ideal sonic signature. This level of customization is a testament to Eversolo’s understanding that sound is a deeply personal experience.
The release of the Eversolo T8 is a significant development in the high-end audio sector. It challenges the status quo, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in digital audio reproduction. By
