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Shanling ET3 CD Transport

Anyone tried one of these yet. I am tempted to give it a spin, not much info on them yet though
 
Interesting. Half width too. Is Shanling a Chinese company ?
I'm sure they had some wild looking valve cd players way back ?
 
I’m a fan of Bluetooth, it’s quite liberating to listen via headphones / earbuds around the house.
 
I’ve been following a thread about the ET3 in another forum (with Shanling support) and the information about it is great. I am seriously considering it :)
The I2S is a plus to connect my Pontus II dac.
 
Shanling has a long tradition with digital and everything about the ET3 is interesting, especially the top loading drive and the outputs variety.
Well done Shanling :)
 
Just been watching the Darko review for the ET3 on YouTube and it does look interesting. I’m happy with an Audiolab 6000CDT but I’d much prefer a top loader and this Shanling is tempting. Can’t see anywhere in the uk that stocks them though. No sign of them on the Otis website.
 
I bought mine from Audiophonics in France.Super fast delivery to the UK and the total cost including VAT was around £680. It's a veritable bargain at the price - the John Darko review was pretty spot on.
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Would much prefer to buy locally as well. Sadly not currently possible. A little bit mystified as to why they are not available on Amazon, many other Shanling products are.
Does raise concerns about after sales service should any issues arise but that's a risk I am willing to take. I can appreciate that others may take a different view.

TS
 
From what I’ve read it uses a Sanyo transport which is, I believe, what Rega use in there CDPs.
I can’t really understand why you think top loading would be more expensive or unreliable than a drawer or slot loading, I would have thought exactly the opposite.

TS
 
My concerns are about the box as a whole, I'd expect a top loader to be more reliable because simpler, but I'd also expect Rega to build their gear to a higher standard and offer a decent warranty. I'd also expect to be using the Rega in 15-20 years time. My current Musical Fidelity E624 is now 24 years old.
 
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