Hi-Fi Player Shanling M9 Plus Black

The design of the new product makes it easy to recognize a Shanling product. The player's strict black body is made of aluminum, the controls are traditional track switching buttons on the left side and a golden multifunction wheel on the right. A 6-inch screen with a resolution of 2160x1080 pixels, the Snapdragon 665 processor is responsible for performance. 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage are installed on board. There is a microSD card slot that supports models up to 2 TB. The installed operating system is Android 10.

Electronics

But here everything is very interesting. The Shanling M9 Plus player is equipped with four (!!!) flagship AKM AK4499EX DACs, working in conjunction with two AKM AK4191 modulators and a combination of MUSES 8920 J-FET + BUF634 amplifiers. And of course we didn’t forget about Panasonic tantalum capacitors.

All of this results in a fantastic 1125mW of balanced output power into 32 ohms. A classic 3.5 mm jack and a 4.4 mm balanced jack are available for connecting headphones. We haven’t forgotten about Bluetooth wireless technologies: 5.0 and Wi-Fi 2.4g/5g. Power is supplied by an 8350 mAh battery, which guarantees up to 18 hours of music listening (up to 11 with a balanced connection), fast charging is available according to the QuickCharge 3.0 standard

Sound

Shanling claim that they spent 20 months testing new developments before releasing the M9 Plus. In addition to increased power, the new electronics with an independent power supply chip for the DAC section are characterized by lower levels of background noise, without losing the characteristic warmth and smoothness of sound traditionally inherent in the company's products.