Review Tour for Shanling Music Players Announced
Recently Shanling announced that they will be conducting a review tour of their M1, M2s, and M3s Portable music players through Head-Fi.
How to get involved
According to this Shanling thread on Head-Fi, those interested in getting involved in the review tour should follow the below guide:
How to apply?
Post reply in this thread with following information:
- Your location – Country and city
- List of other portable music players you own
- Links to your previous reviews, either the ones posted on head-fi, on local forums, on blogs, dedicated websites, etc.
You can start applying right now and for now we are not setting up any deadline. We will start choosing reviewers for the tour in upcoming days.
We would like to send the units on their way in first week of December.
Details of review tour
- We expect to have multiple review kits, one for USA, one for European union and then we will see if we can put together some for SEA. Australia or maybe even Russia/rest of Europe.
- Shanling will cover shipping to the first reviewer and any customs, taxes or import duties that may be charged by local authorities
- Reviewer can keep tour kit for 10 days before shipping to next reviewer
- All shipping must be done by registered post requiring signature, players must be packed in original boxes
- Never ship to PO boxes – only home or work addresses. It is important to collect complete info including a phone number before shipping so that we have a way to track and contact the participant just in case
- When you receive unit, please immediately post in this thread and state the condition of tour kit. Also PM next reviewer to acquire his details for next shipment or local pickup. If the next participant doesn’t respond, PM Shanling.
- After shipping tour kit, always send tracking number in PM to next reviewer and also to Shanling
- Your review should be posted on dedicated product page at Head-fi, with link posted in this thread
- Publishing review on any additional webpages is welcomed
- Review should include photos of the players
- Review should include disclaimer stating these units are provided as short term loaner for the purpose of the review
In case you missed it
Shanling’s M1s is a mini player built around the AK4452 DAC chip and features USB output via its Type-C connector, and Bluetooth AptX technology as well. The M1s too has recently been given the Hiby Link treatment in the form of a software upgrade, meaning that the M2s, M2s, and M3s all support Hiby Link now.
The M2s is Shanling’s $200 Swiss Army knife of mini players. It features an incredibly crisp 3-inch display, and is built around a AK4490EQ DAC chip. The M2s too has Bluetooth AptX, and also features USB output via its Type-C connector, as well as a proper line-out from its 3.5mm headphone jack. You can read the full review of the M2s here.
