Two New Compact MTouch Portable Players – Shanling M0 Pro and M1s

[Astral Abyss]

This is perfect. I still use my M0. Works great and has such a good sound. Plus... gapless playback.

 

[earmonger]

Let's hope they don't hugely jack up the price over the older models. It's crazy how all the affordable DAPs, like the Q1 and M0, just disappeared while the pricey ones proliferated.

 

[mashuto]

That M1s looks interesting especially if it has "streaming capabilities". Any more information on what that entails exactly? Might be a real nice little transport.

 

[theMUKe]

Great to see more MTouch players being released!

MTouch gives fast boot times and good responsiveness.
Several mid-tier Android-based DACs don't have adequate hardware and are slow and sluggish unfortunately.

Also Tidal streaming with limited UI is a nice addition in MTouch. As long as navigating and playing through favorites, without much typing involved, it works neatly.

For streaming, however, I found Airplay quite a good alternative in MTouch. Then simply operate the actual app comfortably from iPhone.

 

[Shanling]

This feature is clever! I don’t think I have seen 3.5mm balanced for a while.

Streaming? Sweet. Would there be Apple music support by any chance, or just Tidal?

Are these buttons on the upper part of the screen?

Last time 3.5mm balanced was tried, it was the 3.5Pro. But it didn't really catch up.

What we are now adapting is a new type of connector, with its main advantage being support for both single-ended and balanced. This will prove beneficial for these small devices, that would otherwise be struggling to fit secondary headphone output.

At this time only Tidal app.

These are hardware buttons above the screen.

Awesome! Which one of these has more output power?

M1s provides more power.

If this M1S can support Qobuz and Tidal then I am completely sold.
Lovable, the perfect companion.

At this time only Tidal is supported.

Looks great !

Interesting to see the price and when it will be available

They will be released in December.

 

[Royal Navy]

Are they compatible with the Eddict Player app on your Android or iOS phone like the new H7?

 

[Shanling]

Are they compatible with the Eddict Player app on your Android or iOS phone like the new H7?

Yes, our Mtouch players can use Synclink function of our Eddict Player app.

 

[OldRoadToad]

Shanling’s MTouch line of portable players started back in 2018, with the release of our legendary M0. It was followed by another 3 models and the system was significantly developed over the next few years. Always focusing on offering simpler and cheaper music portable players to music fans all over the World.


Today we are announcing two new additions to our MTouch lineup:

• M0 Pro, an update of our ultra-portable music player, now with balanced output and Bluetooth 5.

• M1s, new player packing even more features and sound quality into a compact-sized body

Introducing M0 Pro

Without a doubt, M0 was the most popular product we ever released. It convinced people to upgrade from their Sansa Clips to a proper Hi-Fi player, it was used as a USB Transport for DACs costing 10x its price, it was even glued to the shell of headphones, turning them into a DIY all-in-one rig. And it filled the empty space left after the legendary iPod Nano.


Our new M0 Pro follows closely in its steps, but this time we managed to squeeze in a full balanced audio circuit! With two pieces of ESS ES9219C DAC/AMPs, M0 Pro will be able to provide improved sound quality and increased output power. Making the most portable player sound even better!

To utilize the balanced output, while keeping the overall size of M0 Pro same as its predecessor, we got creative and implemented a brand-new type of 3.5mm connector, combining both single-ended and balanced connections into one. Working perfectly with all your standard single-ended 3.5mm connectors, while allowing for a proper balanced connection through a special 5-pin 3.5mm to 4.4mm adapter (Included in the packaging).

And we can’t forget the bi-directional Bluetooth, such an important feature of the original. M0 Pro now packs an upgraded Bluetooth 5.0 chip, assuring compatibility with the latest Bluetooth headphones and improving connectivity.



Introducing Shanling M1s

M1 was our first truly compact portable player, released back in 2016. Later came the Q1, with its retro-styled design, so different from our classic players. And the line was topped by the M5s, the best sounding and most feature-rich MTouch player.


Shanling M1s takes the best aspects of these models and combines them into one, making for an ideal mid-sized MTouch portable player.


Updated MTouch system gets all the extra features from the M5s, including Wi-Fi connection and streaming capabilities, it even adapts a similar UI design. But this time powered by a more advanced Ingenic X2000 platform, opening space for future software development.

Audio section also follows in the steps of M5s, opting for a more complex circuit, with a high-performance ESS ES9038Q2M DAC, in-house developed FPGA technology and dedicated headphone amplifiers. Allowing for a high-powered balanced 4.4mm output, alongside the standard 3.5mm.

All of it packed into a Q1-sized body, based around 2.8-inch touch screen, nicely balancing compact size with usability. And featuring our latest body design, inspired by M3X and M8 Android players, with a new addition of front-facing playback buttons.

When all put together, M1s comes as our most featured and best sounding MTouch player, while staying true to its heritage of compact design



International Release: December
Price to be announced at later date.

Sir -

So long as the DAP does NOT have MQA (I despise that farce!) and is affordable enough for a married man such as I, then I will give this consideration either for my self or one of my family! Your products look superb and I would imagine they reproduce music beautifully. Thank you for this update on the versions, I very much appreciate it.

ORT

 

[majo123]

I think both as long as stable UI and solid build will do well, mo was imo faultless for its intended use .
Mo and hidisz ap80 pro are the two best truly pocketable daps I have used and rated them both highly ..
I don't have a pocketable dap at the moment like this anymore and do miss it

 

[Ichos]

I guess that Tidal should do the trick.
Streaming, even only Tidal, from such a tiny DAP is a nice option to have.

 

[rocketron]

Please please add Qobuz.
There are many of us that don’t use Tidal.
Will they also have Apple air play?
Will they have a true line out and usb input and usb output?

 

[jmwant]

Sir -

So long as the DAP does NOT have MQA (I despise that farce!) and is affordable enough for a married man such as I, then I will give this consideration either for my self or one of my family! Your products look superb and I would imagine they reproduce music beautifully. Thank you for this update on the versions, I very much appreciate it.

ORT

My Q1 looked beautiful and in terms of build quality it rivaled my ipod classic and ipod touch 2g. It even got an update two years after it's release.

Please please add Qobuz.

Second that!

 

[Shanling]

Please please add Qobuz.
There are many of us that don’t use Tidal.
Will they also have Apple air play?
Will they have a true line out and usb input and usb output?

It will have Airplay support, it can be used as USB DAC and as USB Transport. It has Line-out setting, but no dedicated line-out circuit.

 

[Dvl Kubo]

Hmm the pricing difference between these 2 have me curious as well as the avalible colors for the m1s

 

[majo123]

One thing that does interest me is the size of micro SD card that both can hold.