Well the $4,0000 Pro-ject transport weighs about 4 lbs and is all plasticky as well. If something is equivalent for 800 bucks maybe worth looking at. With I2s drive. I’m semi interested. Not saying it’s any good at all I have no clue.
New, Very Interesting CD Transport
On John Darko's website today we learn of the brand new Shanling ET3 CD Transport. And for $729 USD it looks really capable. Top loading with Philips SAA7824 drive. AES/EBU, coaxial, TOSLINK and I2S digital outputs. Plus Wifi and Bluetooth. USB to connect to a external HD and built in upsampling, too. It even will output digital to USB for connection to a DAC but not with upsampling.
Here's the skinny:
https://darko.audio/2023/06/shanlings-et3-cd-transport-comes-with-two-twists/
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@mofojo : the Project transport is four thousand American dollars? |
I was thinking that. I just looked it up and it’s 3200 usd. I was drooling over it a year or so ago and had 4K stuck in my head for some reason. Again not saying the Shanling is anywhere near the sound quality. Maybe it is and maybe not. I will say I have a Chinese Musician Aquarius dac and its heads and tails better than any other dac I’ve owned although I’ve never had an Uber expensive one. Just saying I believe for the most part you get more sound quality per buck with some of the Chinese stuff. At least the more trustable brands of them. |
@mofojo : what’s a cheaper China transport that costs much less and sounds the same as the Shanligr-Jana transport? It must be one |
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