Disappointing. I haven't had any issue reading discs with mine. Hope you get it sorted. Shanling Tech support are pretty good. Might be worth giving them a shout before arranging a return.

That is very disappointing. Especially with new discs. I think one for customer support right away. Are you on the up to date firmware?

Darko did a review on the new Teac. Nice looking machine. Not sure which Vrds drive it is based on. Some were much better than others. I have a Jay's Audio CDT2 mk 3 which I think has a legacy Philips CDM 4 drive. I hope they have plenty of spares, because no one is building those these days. Or...

I think he just wants a spare "just in case", which seems sensible. Looks like they are pretty readily available at present, and cheap, so stocking up makes good sense.

Just a wee note. You don't need a fancy hdmi cable, but generally with I2S the shorter the better. If you can get away with 50cm or shorter that's great, but don't sweat it if you can't. No idea why, but that is the received wisdom. If using rj45, even shorter is better. Of course I2S was...

That's an interesting point from both of you, and I kind of agree with you both. If transports don't affect the sound then you might as well get a cheap dvd player and use the digital output, but I think we all agree that transports do affect the sound, but likely in terms of accuracy and...

I know you have probably tried this, but have you given the laser a clean? And the cds themselves. Sometimes we get so fascinated with the tech we forget the basics. I recently spent a week troubleshooting a vintage amp which became incredibly noisy, before realising it just didn't like the...

I agree. I don't find it a major issue, though I don't listen to a lot of classical music. Of course, they fixed it on ET3, I believe, so maybe they can do the same for it's little brother.

Hi. Just went to check my mini. Set the time in System settings then swipe right from the left of the screen. That takes you to the prior page and the new time is retained. Hope that helps.

Thanks Shanling. Appreciate the clarification. Love my mini. Great product.

I agree. It is odd, and it would be convenient to have it plugged in all the time on the desktop.

It is in the manual, but you would be forgiven for missing it. No.7 of Security Instructions. For some reason I cant copy and paste it but its there. "Please try and avoid using this unit when it is charging"

I should perhaps mention that Shanling advises not using the ec mini while charging. Not sure why, but that does potentially affect its useability as a standalone house player. Having said that, it has excellent battery life and I have been using it as a desktop unit and just charging overnight...

I agree, with the addition that you can use it in the car, or in a coffee shop etc. Shanling have included software so that the unit will switch on when the ignition starts. For wallking or jogging I would go with the M0 or M3 Ultra players.

Just a thought. Have you tried connecting your dacs then switching them off and on again while connected ? It's a trick I used when having trouble connecting my Aries femto streamer to my Burson DAC which would not recognise it initially.