Shanlilng CD players

yup,i agree it is the coolest looking player ever i just wish i had liked the way it sounded,i wasnt real impressed with the sound & sold it fast.

I have a parts connection level 1 plus modded shandling cdt100 which sounds great to me, I bought this player with level 1 mods and sent it back for the plus mods, never heard it in stock form. I am intrieged with some of the new high end players but the look and sound of this player keeps me from straying.

I was wondering about the mods too. Does it really transform the Shanling to a new level? Aren't the Music Hall players(and the Onix's) also manufactured by Shanling? The Music Hall players are selling like hot cakes on Audiogon. Perhaps it's because of the price of the Music Hall but I can't imagine the Shanling sounds worse than any of the Music Halls. Any thoughts?

I have a CDT-200 with level one mods and I think it is easily the best CD player that I have ever owned. The sound is fluid and easy to listen to. The level one replaces the 2 tubes for the CD out side and use Burr Browns on the digital side. I highly recommend the Shanling. They do seem to come and go on audiogon though.

So far, 2+ 1- on the Shanling but both +'s have level 1 or better mods. Will the Music Halls with mods sound better than the Shanling with equivalent mods? I would imagine the Shanling will sound better as it's a tube CDP and it costs twice as much.

I am sort of considering getting the Shanling as well. One of the reason is my naive girlfriend, who can't tell the difference between a tonearm and a forearm, fell in love with the appearance of it.

Bigjoe, if you revisit this thread, may I ask what you didn't like about the T100 and what did you replace it with?

Dlstephenson, do you know if there are any major difference between the 100 and the 200 other than HDCD vs SACD?

Thanks.