My new Shanling T100 arrived today from Brian, aka Venus Hi-Fi. This thing was triple boxed, a first for me. Even the UPS gorillas couldn't hurt this one. Everything about this player is top notch, they have thought of everything.
THAT'S IT!!! I MUST HAVE ONE OF THOSE!! SORRY ABOUT THE YELLING BUT I'M JACKED.
That thing is gorgeous from the power cord to those aforementioned white cotton gloves. Ward please don't post any more pics. My heart can't take it and niether can my pocketbook.
Sorry but the SACD version is the T200. You can see a picture of it at the top of the page. It's the new picture banner. I heard the T200 at the last Bottlehead meeting held here at my house. It wasn't worth another $1000 to me, so I opted for the T100. The T100 will play via tube outputs or solid state, has upsampling to 24 bit/96 kHz, and even does HDCD.
Wards...I have heard the 100 before...but I never pay much attention to individual components (when listening in stores or at shows) unless I'm very familiar with some of the other components in the system. (If I'm not familiar with the speakers or the amp in a particular set-up...I sure can't tell you how the CDP sounded)
But I can tell you that is one fine lookin' player tho!
How would you compare the sound of the 100 to other players?
How would you compare the sound of the 200 to other players?
How would you compare the sound of the 200 to the 100?
Hope you will bring it to the Lone Star Bottlehead meeting in August. It has tubes so it definitely qualifies. I would like to see how it looks on the top shelf of my equipment rack (Linda might see how cool it looks and decide we have to have one too).
And don't worry, if you find something at the meeting you want to take back home and don't have room in your truck for the Shanling too, I'll make the supreme sacrifice and keep it for you 'till the next meeting.