[Richsvt]

Got my M5S a couple days ago, just going through my library to gauge the signature. I am liking what I am hearing so far. Wonderful pairing with CA Lyra v1.

 

[fusserg]

I listen to balanced if I want to listen to something critically or for review. Make a difference for well recorded albums.

How long will the battery last?

 

[dissembled]

There definitely is a discernible difference between single ended and balance with the Meze 99 Classics. With these headphones, sound from single-ended is more muddled, and the lack of clarity is evident. Balanced really is the way to go with this player from my experience.

 

[Dsnuts]

How long will the battery last?

I don't know if I can get 16 hours on single ended it is more like 12-14 hours at best. In balanced more like 6-8. Depends on type of files your using but the battery life is actually solid on the M5s. It is much better than my other daps.

 

[Dsnuts]

There definitely is a discernible difference between single ended and balance with the Meze 99 Classics. With these headphones, sound from single-ended is more muddled, and the lack of clarity is evident. Balanced really is the way to go with this player from my experience.

More power demanding headphones will have much more benefit from the balanced out. I am using my Solaris earphones which is as sensitive as it gets and it sounds amazing out of single ended. Nothing muddled on my end. But even better in balanced.

 

[Photoman]

Those who have the M5s how many tracks you have and if it's big is the M5s laggy?

 

[holsen]

Those who have the M5s how many tracks you have and if it's big is the M5s laggy?

I've got 14,018 tracks all ALAC or Flac, 362GB and it's lightning fast, no lag.
Honestly, it's the best UI ive had the pleasure to play with.

I wrote this in a PM to another user in response to their questions about my impressions of the device so I'll just make it public here:

I use the M5s both in the car and with IEMs. In the car, the Shanling sounds great. At first I was disappointed with it because it was being directly compared to my Ak120. But after several hours of burn-in the sound softened up and with a bit of fiddling with the EQ found a combination of settings that really sound great for the most part. I have one custom EQ for iems and one for the car.
My IEMs are Shure se535s and they are not known for the bass response but generally speaking they sound pretty good with the M5s. Again it took a lot of fiddling with the eq to find a sound profile that was pleasing to me. The mids and highs are really phenomenal on this thing. Clear crisp, detailed and layered. The lows are the weakness. I can get bass out of it with Eq but that's where I find it's biggest flaw. On several tracks (not all tracks) I noticed that if I had the lower frequencies set above 1db the sound would decay, distort and degrade. I wrote to Shanling in this forum and they acknowledged they were aware and by their own admission the eq is not well implemented. I was assured they are working on it and I believe them. Overall I'm pleased with the device. Its by far the best interface I've used. It's clean fast responsive and so easy to navigate around a large library. On 80% of the stuff I listen to I'm happy. The hardware is beautiful and If they address the eq I'd give it a 4.8.if they don't it gets a 3. I think they're committed to this one. I don't think they can afford a fail... A lot of people watching the development of their new "flagship". The potential is there. The components are fantastic. The engineering is amazing... The EQ leaves much to be desired

 

[Photoman]

I've got 14,018 tracks all ALAC or Flac, 362GB and it's lightning fast, no lag.
Honestly, it's the best UI ive had the pleasure to play with.

I wrote this in a PM to another user in response to their questions about my impressions of the device so I'll just make it public here:

I use the M5s both in the car and with IEMs. In the car, the Shanling sounds great. At first I was disappointed with it because it was being directly compared to my Ak120. But after several hours of burn-in the sound softened up and with a bit of fiddling with the EQ found a combination of settings that really sound great for the most part. I have one custom EQ for iems and one for the car.
My IEMs are Shure se535s and they are not known for the bass response but generally speaking they sound pretty good with the M5s. Again it took a lot of fiddling with the eq to find a sound profile that was pleasing to me. The mids and highs are really phenomenal on this thing. Clear crisp, detailed and layered. The lows are the weakness. I can get bass out of it with Eq but that's where I find it's biggest flaw. On several tracks (not all tracks) I noticed that if I had the lower frequencies set above 1db the sound would decay, distort and degrade. I wrote to Shanling in this forum and they acknowledged they were aware and by their own admission the eq is not well implemented. I was assured they are working on it and I believe them. Overall I'm pleased with the device. Its by far the best interface I've used. It's clean fast responsive and so easy to navigate around a large library. On 80% of the stuff I listen to I'm happy. The hardware is beautiful and If they address the eq I'd give it a 4.8.if they don't it gets a 3. I think they're committed to this one. I don't think they can afford a fail... A lot of people watching the development of their new "flagship". The potential is there. The components are fantastic. The engineering is amazing... The EQ leaves much to be desired

Thanks for insight. One more thing. Is the Artist play all songs fixed?

 

[holsen]

Thanks for insight. One more thing. Is the Artist play all songs fixed?

I dont know what that means or at least I dont know what you mean by is Artist Play FIxed?
For my burn in I just put it on all song play with Shuffle "On"

 

[Photoman]

I dont know what that means or at least I dont know what you mean by is Artist Play FIxed?
For my burn in I just put it on all song play with Shuffle "On"

I mean. Say I go to an artist and the artist have like 5 albums and I want to play all songs or shuffle of that artist

 

[holsen]

I mean. Say I go to an artist and the artist have like 5 albums and I want to play all songs or shuffle of that artist

Just tried. Cant do it. I pulled an artist with 7 albums, Got the Album list and could play any of the albums not "Play All" from within the artist category. Could be a feature request for future firmware for @Shanling

 

[Photoman]

Just tried. Cant do it. I pulled an artist with 7 albums, Got the Album list and could play any of the albums not "Play All" from within the artist category. Could be a feature request for future firmware for @Shanling

That's have to be a overlook by them. Even the MO has this. I'm sure they will fix it. Mine is on the way

 

[vodanhkhack]

Got my M5S a couple days ago, just going through my library to gauge the signature. I am liking what I am hearing so far. Wonderful pairing with CA Lyra v1.

What was your previous source to pair with your CA Lyra?

 

[Richsvt]

X5iii and N5ii. Loved the sound from both.

 

[maira]

X5iii and N5ii. Loved the sound from both.

Do you think M5s is better? (SQ)