[nanaholic]

Sony's long given up on the idea that you must go "all in Sony" and embraced a more open approach where customers can mix and match. Would they want you to buy all Sony? Of course they would, but they'd also rather you not to pass over their BT headphones and choose competitors' offering which is mostly aptX based because your preferred non-Sony DAP/smartphone doesn't support LDAC in which case they get no money at all. Also if LDAC gets wide support, then Sony themselves won't have to license aptX to use in their own BT products which would easily save them millions on top of the licensing money they get from selling LDAC to other manufacturers. It's in Sony's best interest to basically whore out LDAC to basically anyone willing to use it at this moment in time to win the battle of BT audio codec adoption, and the more the merrier, especially now that smartphones ditching headphone jacks is slowly picking up speed.

 

[boblauer]

Yes I believe Sony learned from betamax to not try and force a standard but let consumers adopt and use everything out there. Just imo.

 

[CJG888]

Does anyone know if the M0 can be used as a transport for an iBasso D14 (via the USB input)?

 

[vandubi]

Hmm hope you guys are right. LDAC specs sound promising and the tiny M0 would make my Denons wireless.
Hiby R3 is also supposed to get LDAC support. On Mytek Clef it was ditched. But thats another story.

 

[technobear]

Does anyone know if the M0 can be used as a transport for an iBasso D14 (via the USB input)?

I know!

(I read it in the very first post of this thread)

 

[CJG888]

Do you know if I need an OTG cable, or will any old USB cable (with the correct connectors) do?

 

[boblauer]

USB C has the host pinout already setup but frankly if buying a new cable otg costs almost the same so why not imo buy an otg cable.

 

[davidcotton]

I like this little guy. I have some UI gripes though. I like to fast forward through songs sometimes, however, how they have the UI set up if you hold on screen it takes you all they way back to the main menu. So you have to swipe to the right then scroll with the progress bar. A little annoying if you swap between devices and have to remember this.

I also am wondering if they plan on adding a custom EQ, right now there are options but none that I like too much. I am Listing with Audeze isine 10 and Sony XBA-A3.

If Shanling adds a custom EQ the Isines will sound much better, but right now they sound muddy or too sibilant depending on the EQ.

What's the little iriver out of curiosity?

 

[alorora]

What's the little iriver out of curiosity?

Its an older mp3 player called the Irirver S10.

 

[ccras]

Do they use Quad DAC like V30 or just 1 DAC? How does the SQ compare to Quad DAC?

 

[farees]

Do they use Quad DAC like V30 or just 1 DAC? How does the SQ compare to Quad DAC?

I think it has single DAC if it would have quad they would mention it for sure.

 

[jmlm1996]

i received mine 2 days ago, and because there's no too much info online about it i wanted to give some impressions. first SQ to me is very very good, it has a very neutral sound with great bass, treeble is good enough and you can hear the diferent frecuencies without being harsh. i did have a few problems with the UI before updating the firmware to 1.5, and you need to make shure that you use a FAT32 formatted TF card, if not it'll give you all kind of problems, after updating the firmare it just grat to me; the screen it's bright enough to use it at sun light and image quality is great; also the battery gives me roughly 8 hours of continue playback of ALAC and FLAC files. if anyone has questions i'll be happy to answer them, and i also could send some pictures ..

 

[technobear]

...also the battery gives me roughly 8 hours of continue playback of ALAC and FLAC files...

That's a long way short of the promised 15 hours. Can you tell us a little about how you used it? Did you spend a lot of time looking at the screen and choosing tracks?

 

[jmlm1996]

That's a long way short of the promised 15 hours. Can you tell us a little about how you used it? Did you spend a lot of time looking at the screen and choosing tracks?

i think that the 15 hours promised is depending on usage, so the 15 hours maybe is using mp3 files IMO. also about how i used the player, i did spend time looking at the screen chosing tracks and changing settings just to try the diferent options it has and many times leaving the screen on so it can go into standby by himself. also i used headphones for about 3 to 4 hours continuosly at 55, 65 volume(shure 425's IEM 22 ohms) then i changed to speakers conecting the M0 to my s.m.s.l. AD18 at 100 volume and for about 2 hours or so, then resting like 5 hours (standby Mode) and using it again for a little more than 3 hours at full volume
.

 

[Carlosfandango]

With any new device, be it Music player or telephone, we tend to constantly pick them up and play with them for the first few days. I wouldn't judge the battery life on usage in the first few occasions of use.