Shanling UP4 & UP2 - Bluetooth 5.0 DAC/AMP with ES9218P, balanced output, supporting LDAC, HWA LHDC, aptX HD, aptX Low Latency, aptX and AAC.
Dec 24, 2019 at 8:48 PM Post #618 of 1,460
International market update: First units of UP4 started shipping last week, more of them will follow this and next week.

The app going to have Equalizer?

Testing EQ now in app beta.


MSRP is 99 USD. We always recommend to buy either from official international distributors or from our big and reliable Chinese dealers(Shenzhen Audio, Linsoul as example). We recommend to avoid random sellers on Ebay, Even Aliexpress can be tricky.
 
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Dec 26, 2019 at 10:31 AM Post #622 of 1,460
Just received this answer from the seller: "Hello, Please don't worry about it.
We'll send the items out within processing time. Hope could wait with patience.
Any query, please feel free to contact us.
Best regards." Let's see what happens then.

Quick update on "A&V Professional Store" for anyone who is maybe still waiting or considering whether to open a dispute with the seller. After a month of tribulation and some weird communications, my UP2 finally arrived on 24 December (nice Christmas surprise). It seems to me that on the 11.11 sale they sold more units than they had and, in order to comply with Aliexpress processing time, they issued some weird ChinaPost tracking numbers. Then, as soon as they got some new stock of the product, they shipped it with a new tracking number (in my case using ePacket). Of course, they are never gonna say something like this in their private messages. So, while it is certainly not a honest practice, it is not a total scam either.
As for the UP2 itself, it is a great little device. Once the app is available is gonna be the perfect match for most (not to difficult to drive) headphones.
 
Dec 28, 2019 at 8:13 PM Post #628 of 1,460
I wonder if the market for this type of super portable device will ever grow big enough to warrant separate devices to suit USB DAC and BT receiver functions.
I wouldn't want to suggest that USB DAC users should be left out in the cold, but it holds zero interest for me, and I'd much rather a BT-centric device that works really well.
I just don't think the 'swiss army knife' approach helps these receivers reach their full audio potential.
Rather than combined BT receiver and USB functions, I'd rather see separate devices for each camp.

Mine is a minority opinion though, right?

I'm looking forward to more opinions of the UP4, and trying to choose between it and the BTR5.
The volume wheel is a big draw for me.
But fitting so much function into one rotary wheel seems like it might be a bit a of a pain to operate for all the other non volume duties.
 

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