Introducing Shanling M8T - New Flagship Portable Android Player with Tubes

[riclib]

Pity I shipped out my DCA Stealth two hours before this one arrived I think it could drive it easily, which can't be said for the RS8 I had before.

 

[riclib]

Haven't tested the solaris yet ( need to find them ) Trying out now with the IE900 and it the background is pitch black, tubes or not.

I've tried the Utopia, Sony Z1R and Senn HD820 and haven't had to switch the gain from low or go above volume 80...

 

[aaf evo]

Thanks @riclib , please keep sharing your thoughts. I absolutely LOVE the SP3000T tubes and if the M8T can bring that sweet sound but with better tube shielding and noise floor then I am all in for it. I've asked MT to let me demo it when they receive one, so maybe next week or the week after!

 

[Frabera]

Did you test the super tubes mode relaxed ?

 

[nb1970]

Enjoying some tube magic.

First Impressions.
It is the most powerful DAP I’ve tested. The bass is punchy without being bloated and the sound is pretty balanced. A little warmer with the tubes.

Let me burn it in to get a true impression, but so far the word is astounded. Last tube dap I had was the sp2000t and was nowhere close.

Great test track for it!

 

[aaf evo]

@Shanling does the M8T have any line out capabilities?

 

[riclib]

Yes, you can choose LO / PO directly from the android slide down menu

 

[riclib]

Did you test the super tubes mode relaxed ?

What do you mean?

 

[sofastreamer]

can you bypass battery when using it as an usb dac? can it recieve bt and output the signal via usb?

 

[Frabera]

What do you mean?

Ultra-Linear mode

 

[Dron86]

Enjoying some tube magic.

First Impressions.
It is the most powerful DAP I’ve tested. The bass is punchy without being bloated and the sound is pretty balanced. A little warmer with the tubes.

Let me burn it in to get a true impression, but so far the word is astounded. Last tube dap I had was the sp2000t and was nowhere close.

Hi, please, tell your impressions according soundstage, how does it expand?
Also, I see, you are listening to Manowar. How does it show itself with metal? No too warm?

 

[mt877]

Enjoying some tube magic.

First Impressions.
It is the most powerful DAP I’ve tested. The bass is punchy without being bloated and the sound is pretty balanced. A little warmer with the tubes.

Let me burn it in to get a true impression, but so far the word is astounded. Last tube dap I had was the sp2000t and was nowhere close.

Very nice! I see the tube glow is very subtle or is that some kind of room lighting effect? From the looks of it @Shanling isn't using any LEDs to produce an "enhanced" tube glow.

 

[riclib]

I'm running it to burn in before I share too much opinion Soundsatge sounded awesome on the utopia, and the meze lyric sounds like a 3000$ headphone on it.

 

[Frabera]

If the Lyric sounds great, I will be very curious to know how the E3 might sound...

 

[Shanling]

Hello.
Are there any global sound adjustments possible?
E.g. global EQ, or global PEQ?
I only use streaming services like Apple Music and Quboz and need the possibility for adjusting the sound to different headphones.

Thanks.

We have no global EQ on our players.

@Shanling does the M8T have any line out capabilities?

Line-out mode available through software. Not line-out circuit.

can you bypass battery when using it as an usb dac? can it recieve bt and output the signal via usb?

Not possible to bypass battery, but can disable charging.

Yes, it can receive BT and then output USB. That's same for all our Android DAPs.