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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/

creativepart
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qbitstate
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Has anyone heard or compared the ET3 to the Pro-ject CD BOX RST2 transport. Totally different price points i get that but i’m considering the RS2 T but wondering if the ET3 might be "good" enough...

soix
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@qbitstate Tthe CD BOX has had significant reliability problems so you might want to look into that further.  That said, I remember someone saying they had an issue with the Shanling too that’s probably worth a look as we. .  Just FYI. 

vinylvalet
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I don't own the ET3 but have had multiple, significant reliability issues with Shanling's SCD1.3 soon after I purchased it. Shanling had little interest in helping me resolve those issues.

If you do a search, reliability issues have been a problem for Shanling over the decades.

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hbarrel
496 posts
 

I only own redbook CD’s.
After four months of ownership I can report zero issues with my Shanling ET-3.

 

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creativepart OP
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I started this thread and can report no problems with my Shanling ET-3. But I must admit I don't play a lot of CDs. I mostly stream and play LPs.

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