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Shanling M6 (21) / M6 2021 Portable DAP Digital Audio Player Android Dual DAC ESS Sabre ES9038Q2M

Why are we releasing new version of M6?

In October 2020, fire broke out at AKM’s factory in Japan. This event had a significant impact on availability of AKM DAC chips - discontinuation of certain models, shortage of DAC chips on the whole market and extreme price increase in some cases.

AKM DACs were important part of Shanling’s audio designs for many years, being the core component in all of our higher positioned portable players. At the time of fire, we had decent stock of all different DACs to keep the production going, but we knew that we will be forced to switch to different DACs at some point.

Shanling M6 Android player will be the first product to undergo this change. New version, marked as M6 (21), will be released in China in March and international release will follow in April. If you wish to get the original AKM based M6, you will need to look at a current stock at dealers or distributors and purchase one before they are all sold out.

What is different on M6 (21)?
- Pair of ESS Sabre ES9038Q2M DACs
- New amplifier circuit to go with this new DAC
- MQA support
- Available as black body with gold wheel
(All other aspects are unchanged.)

M6 (21) will support MQA, can this be added to original M6?
No, it’s not possible. MQA certification is tied to the M6 (21) and its analogue circuit, it can’t be used for original M6.

SPECIFICATIONS
Size: 71mm x 17.5mm x 133.5mm
Screen: 4.7 inch (720 x 1280) Sharp IPS HD Screen
Weight: 233g
System: Android 7.1
Audio Formats: DSD (.dsf / .dff / .iso) / DXD / DTS / APE / FLAC / WAV / AIFF / AIF / ALAC / MP3 / WMA / AAC / M4A / OGG / MP2 / AC3 / OPUS / M3U / M3U8
Support Up to: 32bit / 768kHz DSD 512 Hardware
Switchable Gain: Low / Medium / High
Storage: 4GB RAM + 64GB ROM + External Micro SD card, up to 2TB
D/A Converter: ES9038Q2M x2
Digital Filters: 7 Different filters

BLUETOOTH
Bluetooth version: 4.2
Codec support (Bidirectional): LDAC & SBC
Codec support (Transmit only): LHDC, aptX HD & aptX

SINGLE ENDED OUTPUT MEASUREMENTS
Frequency Response: 20Hz - 40kHz (0.5dB)
THD+N: 0.0005%
Channel Separation: 76dB @ 32 ohm
Dynamic Range: 123dB
SNR: 124dB
Output Impedance: 0.3 ohm
Output Power: LOW GAIN: 12mW @ 32 ohm / MEDIUM GAIN: 48mW @ 32 ohm / HIGH GAIN: 190mW @ 32 ohm

BALANCED OUTPUT MEASUREMENTS
Frequency Response: 20Hz - 40kHz (0.5dB)
THD+N: 0.0006%
Channel Separation: 111dB @ 32 ohm
Dynamic Range: 126dB
SNR: 127dB
Output Impedance: 0.6 ohm
Output Power: LOW GAIN: 36mW @ 32 ohm / MEDIUM GAIN: 143mW @ 32 ohm / HIGH GAIN: 570mW @ 32 ohm

WIFI: 2.4G / 5G
BATTERY LIFE: 11 Hours (Single-Ended Output), 8 Hours (Balanced Output)
BATTERY CAPACITY: 4000mAh

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