Shanling in Washington D.C. Could it be?

Mark,

No reason to get so defensive, simply trying to point out a cheaper (and better, IMHO) alternative. This is only my opinion, sorry if I offended, certainly not my intention.

The Shanling is a great player and I am sure you will be pleased with it's performance. One bit of advice: Try and audition the Shanling with and without a preamp. If you plan on running the Shanling direct into your amp, unless you have an amp with VERY high gain, you will lose a substantial amount of transient speed and dynamics.

FYI...Shanling really never intended for the preamp section to be used without a preamp (feel free to check this out with Roy Hall, the US Shanling distributor), even though many in the US seem to be using it this way. The Shanling sounded the best to my dad and I when we set the volume of the Shanling to max, and then ran the variable outputs to a preamp. Hope this helps.

Regards...Mike - Father & Son Audio

Markeetaux,
Why wouldn't you want to consider additional options???
A troll-like post if ever i saw one.

Mike,
You didn't offend at all. I've heard the Xindak Scd-1.
As a matter of fact I've pretty much listened to every-
thing in my price range ($1500-$3000) and didn't feel
the Xindak was of the quality of the fore mentioned.
I was alittle offended by hiwaves dribble. You see hiwaves,
the point is Shanling is not available in my area, I figured
with this post I might find someone who has one, and nice
enough to maybe let me see and listen for myself.
Mark

Mike,

I sure like to hear your feedback on how the Shanling Sounded once someone let you heard it in DC. I've hearded in my home and like it better than the Sony Xa777es for Redbook. I'm saving my money up for a Shanling T100
player..:-)...As for the looks, it looks alot prettier in life than in pictures!!!...I can't stop thinking about it..:-)

Long

regards

Ohh,

My previous questioned was intended for Mark and not Mike.

Sorry.

Long