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/
Probably Jason and you hear very similarly on a physiological level, but he enjoys not hearing a difference. That may be due solely to confirmation bias, something of which he's aware but misunderstands. Meanwhile, he enjoys trying to shame those who do detect differences. It's what he does. |
Guys,
Did you listen to ET3 transport yourself?
Ho can you judge any piece of equipment just by retail price?
My experience shows there is not price- sound quality correlation in audio equipment.
Especially if you go to vintage equipment, China audio or use DIY equipment.
I had a DAC of one famous British company for 5 years. I bought a new Chinese DAC on 1/4 price. And it owerperformed my British DAC by big a margin. |
Hi @tweak1 Do you want to use it as CD transport only? It has a very good sound quality for it price, but a number of drawbacks.
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