Shanling, a high-end data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/audio” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/audio”>audio manufacturer based in China, just released a ‘budget’ version of its Hi-Fi portable CD player. The device, called the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://en.shanling.com/article-IntroECZEROAKM.html” data-url=”https://en.shanling.com/article-IntroECZEROAKM.html” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>Shanling EC Zero AKM, is a more affordable version of its $589 EC Zero T Hi-Fi portable CD player. The EC Zero AKM costs only $319, offering buyers a 45% discount on the purchase price of the more expensive model.
To save money, the company switched from an analog-like R2R DAC and tube output to a more affordable yet still high-quality AKM DAC and…
