Introduction

Shanling is a Chinese company that specializes in producing a variety of audio products from digital audio players (DAPs) to CD players. Their latest DAP release is the Q1. At the moment, the Q1 can be backed on Kickstarter.

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Specifications

  • Dimension: 75*62*16.5mm
  • Screen: 2.7 inch 360*400 touch screen
  • System: MTouch OS by Shanling
  • Weight: About 136.8g
  • DAC Model: ESS Sabre ES9218P
  • Battery Lifetime: Up to 21 hours (depending on usage)
  • Deep Standby: Up to 20 days (depending on usage)
  • Charging Time: 2 hours (depending on usage)
  • Battery Capacity: 1100mAh
  • Storage: Up to 2TB Micro SD card
  • Audio Formats: APE, FLAC, ALAC, WMA, AAC, OGG, MP3, OPUS, WAV, AIFF, DSF, DIFF
  • Output Port: 3.5mm Jack Headphone Output
  • Output Power: 80mW @ 32 ohm
  • Output Impedance: <0.2 ohm
  • Channel Separation: 76dB
  • Recommended Headphone Impedance: 8-300 ohm
  • Frequency Response: 20Hz – 40kHz
  • Distortion: 0.004% (A-Weighting, Output 1kHz 485 mV)
  • Signal to Noise Ratio: 118dB (A-weighting)
  • Ground Noise: < 3.2 uV (High Gain) (A-weighting) / < 1.5 uV (Low Gain) (A-weighting)
  • Dynamic Range: > 105dB
  • Hi-Res support: Up to 384kHz/32bit, DSD64 & DSD128
  • Bluetooth: Bi-directional Bluetooth 4.2
  • Bluetooth Codec: Bi-directional LDAC, AAC, SBC / aptX only in transmitter mode
  • USB Dac: Up to PCM 24/192

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