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Shanling SM1.3 New Streamer Transport & DAC Announced
- Thread starter zeropoint
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Looks very interesting - seems like adding a touchscreen and a companion app is becoming a standard feature - I wonder how this will be priced compared to the WiiM Ultra and say the Eversolo offerings and the FiiO R7.
Yorkshire Mouth
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I'd like to see round the back.
Subwoofer out? With bass management?
Subwoofer out? With bass management?
tjf
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Oh look what new streamer market segment Eversolo hath wrought!
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Hi,
Even if this looks interesting I would not place too much high hopes in a Shanling device.
Unless this will feature a fully functional Android version at least Android 10 or 12 on which you can install any third-party app, I will NOT GO for anything from Shanling.
They just offer no support at all (they claim they do and to provide proof they say "We relesed a newupdate last month" and then you look at the update and what do you see ? They fixed some fonts colour !) and if you can't use third party apps you will doomed to use Eddict player from Shanling that offers no EQ, no cover art, no real sorting of albums...
The problem is that NO REVIEWER is ever testing this things thoughtfully.
The other problem is that Shanling devices sound damn good :-( Not sure how they measure, but to my ears, the EH-3 I owned for some time was about the best thing ever !
Anyways, to go back to the point : make sure this device will satisfy your needs before you even think about buying it. And do yourself a favour : DO NO believe any Shanling promise : they just do not deliver. They claim they have a "software team". If you ask given what they accomplish, that just a bunch of junior developers hired as part-time interns :-(
Besides : the SCD1.3 sibling with a CD transport but not network abilities is "offered" for 1300 dolalrs. I do not expect this to be under 1500 dollars. Get a Zidoo Neo S instead.
Regards.
Even if this looks interesting I would not place too much high hopes in a Shanling device.
Unless this will feature a fully functional Android version at least Android 10 or 12 on which you can install any third-party app, I will NOT GO for anything from Shanling.
They just offer no support at all (they claim they do and to provide proof they say "We relesed a newupdate last month" and then you look at the update and what do you see ? They fixed some fonts colour !) and if you can't use third party apps you will doomed to use Eddict player from Shanling that offers no EQ, no cover art, no real sorting of albums...
The problem is that NO REVIEWER is ever testing this things thoughtfully.
The other problem is that Shanling devices sound damn good :-( Not sure how they measure, but to my ears, the EH-3 I owned for some time was about the best thing ever !
Anyways, to go back to the point : make sure this device will satisfy your needs before you even think about buying it. And do yourself a favour : DO NO believe any Shanling promise : they just do not deliver. They claim they have a "software team". If you ask given what they accomplish, that just a bunch of junior developers hired as part-time interns :-(
Besides : the SCD1.3 sibling with a CD transport but not network abilities is "offered" for 1300 dolalrs. I do not expect this to be under 1500 dollars. Get a Zidoo Neo S instead.
Regards.
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