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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Showing 6 responses by magnuman

JasonBourne71,

As usual your clueless, all digital transports don't sound the same sorry, compare your transport to an esoteric transport that uses the best CD mechanism in the world the VRDS clamping transport, there's nothing better on the market anywhere, esoteric makes the best transports period!!! there's not a better transport out there.

JasonBourne71,

I guess your system isn't very good if you're spending $16 on a transport lol maybe one day you'll be able to play in the big leagues. lol

JasonBourne71

I don't think you've been at this longer than me at all I've been doing this for over 40 years and if you think of $16 transport is going to be an esoteric transport you better get your head examined and get your ears checked cuz you're totally clueless if you think that every transport sounds the same so tell me what your system is and I'll tell you what mine is, mine is worth 72,000 and I guarantee you it'll kick the crap out of your system if you're using $16 transports lol give your head a shake buddy you know absolutely squat.

Bogart99,

you got it right that is a load of twaddle, anybody that can't hear the difference between transports is got to have their ears examined and especially when they're using $16 transports doesn't say much about his system does it lol

tannoy56,

and they still do make it, esoteric still uses updated versions of the VRDS transport I've got the esoteric P10 from the '90s and it's still outperforms most of the transports out there to this day and it's built like a tank.