Shanling Announce M7 Digital Audio Player

The M9 is Shanling’s flagship DAP, and now it is getting all of its wonderful features ported to a more compact device. With the reduced price of $1,249, you get a 5-inch full HD screen, previously seen on their M8 model in a sleek wave pattern. It adopts advancements from the M9, including the single-piece aluminum inner body and the single-board integrated acoustic design.

The M7 is based around ESS Sabre ES9038PRO DAC. The flagship model of the ESS line, power-hungry 8-channel beast, and DAC. The ES9038 PRO is run in its current-mode operation, combined with a matching ESS ES9311 voltage regulator, a power circuit adapted from the M9, and their in-house developed I/V conversion stage. When paired with our OP + BUF amplifier architecture, which was further optimized for the M7, Shanling claims you are getting their best measuring portable player so far.

Single-Ended Output 

• Output Power
  • Low Gain: 0.73 V@32 Ohm  (17 mW)
  • Medium Gain: 1.88 V@32 Ohm  (110 mW)
  • High gain: 3.61 V@32 Ohm  (406 mW)
• Frequency Response：20 Hz – 40 KHz (0.2 dB)
• THD+N：0.0007%
• Channel separation：75 dB @ 32 Ohm
• Dynamic Range：126 dB
• Signal-To-Noise：126 dB
• Noise：>116 dB(<1.6 uV)（Low Gain）
• Output Impedance：<1 Ohm

Balanced Output 

• Output Power
  • Low Gain: 1.46 V@32 Ohm (66 mW)
  • Medium Gain: 3.35 V@32 Ohm (350 mW)
  • High gain: 5.43 V@32 Ohm (920 mW)
• Frequency Response：20 Hz – 40 KHz (0.2 dB)
• THD+N：0.0007%
• Channel separation：115 dB @ 32 Ohm
• Dynamic Range：128 dB
• Signal-To-Noise：128 dB
• Noise：>113 dB(<2.2 uV)（Low Gain）
• Output Impedance：<1 Ohm

Specs

• Dimensions – 129 x 78 x 20 mm
• Weight – 312g
• Display – 5-Inch 1920 * 1080
• Operating System – Open Android 10
• CPU – Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
• Memory – Ram 6GB, ROM 128GB + single Micro SD card slot
• Hi-Res support – 32/768 & DSD512 & MQA 16X
• Bluetooth – Bluetooth 5.0, two-way, LDAC, LHDC, aptX HD, aptX, SBC Support
• Wi-Fi – 2.4G/5G, supporting DLNA, Airplay
• DAC – ESS ES9038PRO
• Amplifier – ADA4896-2 + MUSES8920 + OPA2211 + BUF634
• Output Power – Single-ended 400 mW@32Ohm  // 900mW@32Ohm Balanced
• Output – 3.5mm single-ended and 4.4mm balanced
• Output impedance – Less than 1 Ohm
• Battery – 7000 mAh, supporting 18W quick charging
• Battery life – Up to 10 hours in single-ended and 8.5 hours in balance

The Shanling M7 will be available in May from Audio46.