Shanling et3 cd transport

[DdDesign]

My rega Apollo cd player is frustratingly hit and miss reading cds. It’s sounds great but it has become too unreliable. I’ve had it serviced and a new laser but it’s still playing up so I’m looking for a replacement. I was thinking to go for a dedicated cd transport and came across this new one that looks pretty nice. I’m attracted to its affordablilty (A$1100) and it can output via usb to my current Ifi idsd dac. 
Anyone per chance tried this out?

Usb output on a transport seems uncommon and I like that it can upsample to my dac. 

Darko review:

 

Edited January 28, 2024 by DdDesign

[John0001]

Curious as to where you saw it for AU$1100 ?

 

The only place I can see it available here its listed at AU$1600 at Melbourne Chi-Fi Audio (their site is currently down but I did look at the pricing about two weeks ago).

[Duncanrw]

John0001

It is available from shenzhenaudio.com    for around the AU$1109  with free freight(but is anything really free). They want you to use paypal so there exchange rate will be a little higher, also not clear if that includes gst and custom clearance here in Australia(I suspect NOT). Also you could use your credit card. Now mine has zero% fees for International use   so that brought it down to $1103

So BdDesign isin ball park at AU$1100

My biggest worry  would be if faulty or goes faulty

Remember its Chinese New Year, they will be closed till 19th February, just like Melbourne Chi-fi

 

Edited January 28, 2024 by DDZIP
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[Hydrology]

Shanling has an official distributor here who has these listed at RRP$1,649 for the Australian market, in both Black and Silver.

[muon*]

1 hour ago, DDZIP said:

John0001

It is available from shenzhenaudio.com    for around the AU$1109  with free freight(but is anything really free). They want you to use paypal so there exchange rate will be a little higher, also not clear if that includes gst and custom clearance here in Australia(I suspect NOT). Also you could use your credit card. Now mine has zero% fees for International use   so that brought it down to $1103

So BdDesign isin ball park at AU$1100

My biggest worry  would be if faulty or goes faulty

Remember its Chinese New Year, they will be closed till 19th February, just like Melbourne Chi-fi

 

There will be a duty charged on anything $1000 and over I think.

[John0001]

So really $1110 + 10% GST + 5% duty. So roughly $1280 all up to bring one in.

[DdDesign]

4 hours ago, John0001 said:

Curious as to where you saw it for AU$1100 ?

 

The only place I can see it available here its listed at AU$1600 at Melbourne Chi-Fi Audio (their site is currently down but I did look at the pricing about two weeks ago).

Yep, I got the price off shenzhenaudio.com.

 

[Duncanrw]

3 hours ago, Hydrology said:

Shanling has an official distributor here who has these listed at RRP$1,649 for the Australian market, in both Black and Silver.

And who is the official distributor ?

[Hydrology]

36 minutes ago, DDZIP said:

And who is the official distributor ?

 

Capisco

 

https://en.shanling.com/category/436

 

 

Edited January 28, 2024 by Hydrology

[Duncanrw]

1 hour ago, Hydrology said:

 

Capisco

 

https://en.shanling.com/category/436

 

 

Capisco.com.au  come home to a warm wood fire. Yes and a very uninformative website it is,  the only thing I gleaned was they  maybe distributing  Volumio streamers.   Maybe  this is why Melbourne Chi-fi are selling it

[Hydrology]

5 minutes ago, DDZIP said:

Capisco.com.au  come home to a warm wood fire. Yes and a very uninformative website it is,  the only thing I gleaned was they  maybe distributing  Volumio streamers.   Maybe  this is why Melbourne Chi-fi are selling it

 

Most Australian distributors dont have very informative websites. Either you contact them or you reach out to a retailer - thats how it "works". Capisco have been doing Sahnling for some time. What do you want to know?

Edited January 28, 2024 by Hydrology

[georgehifi]

Because this transport is DSD output capable, does that mean it may do/read/output sacd also??

 

Cheers George 

Edited January 31, 2024 by georgehifi

[Hydrology]

10 minutes ago, georgehifi said:

Because this transport is DSD output capable, does that mean it may do/read/output sacd also??

 

Cheers George 

No, its a Philips SAA7824 drive with a Sanyo HS850 Laser. The unit however can upsample to DSD.

[georgehifi]

Here's the Shanling ET3 page, looks to have had a  problem, and firmware update already for it.

 

https://en.shanling.com/search?k=ET3&t=

 

Cheers George

[Anton Mullet]

Buying direct from Shanling I couldn't find a voltage option, so I think they only ship the 110V model. The local guys are selling the 240V model. 

Or is there a switch somewhere to select between voltages.

Edited May 5, 2024 by Anton Mullet

[muon*]

They probably go by your country.

 

There is also a section to include a message, here you could request 240v.

 

Or just email them prior to placing the order to confirm how to request a specific voltage.

[Dolphy]

So, has anyone bought one?

[campo007]

Yep, i've had one for about a 8 months now.

Love most of it. I use it with an AfterDark HDMI/I2s cable to my Holo May DAC. I upsample to 512 DSD. I think it sounds superb. Very analogue like. Surely sounds much better than my Oppo 105. 

 

The things that **** me (but i can live with) - 

• crappy remote - you really have to point to the correct spot or it won't work.
• tiny display - hard to read from my listening position
• can't get it to connect to my network (yes i've followed the guidelines in the manual)