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DACs
Spans CD transports to pocket DAPs — the M-series players and EM/EC desktop units anchor a deep portable-audio line.
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about shanling audio
Shenzhen Shanling Digital Technology was founded in 1988 in China, launching its first hi-fi stereo amplifier that year before broadening into the digital playback gear it is now known for. The company holds a long list of format and codec licenses — SACD, HDCD, Dolby, DTS, Sony LDAC among them — which underpins a product range built around getting current high-resolution formats to play correctly across desktop and portable hardware. The current line is wide: portable digital audio players (the M-series, from entry models up through flagship DAPs), desktop and portable DACs and DAC/amp units, headphone amplifiers, and CD and SACD transports. The portable players and DACs are where Shanling has built the most recognition in recent years, though the CD-transport heritage remains part of the catalog. In the market, Shanling competes in the established enthusiast tier — broadly stocked and reviewed in the portable-audio and head-fi world, set against FiiO, iBasso, and similar makers rather than the high-end dealer floor where statement two-channel brands live. US distribution is handled by Forte Distribution. The line is widely reviewed across the portable press, including Audio Science Review, Head-Fi, Major HiFi, and ecoustics. Main offices are in Shenzhen, with manufacturing in Dongguan, China.