SHANLING M1s HiFi MP3 Player, ES903802M FPGA Full MQA Hi-Res Wireless Player with 32Bit/768kHz DSD512, Bluetooth 5.0/WiFi/USB Digital Audio Player, 3.5mm 4.4mm Headphone Output Mp3s Daps (Silver)

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The 650mAh battery charges fast at under one hour and a half from around 10% to full. There’s no wireless charging available and the charging is done via the USB-C port on the bottom of the unit.

So, you could connect the R2 II to a PC via USB and transmit its audio to a TWS or you could simply use the R2 II internal player to transmit to a TWS. What it can’t do is receive a BT transmission and then re-transmit to a TWS.Can recommend the ap80 pro X, small enough to use as a workout/chores unit and works great as usb dac or LDAC streaming from your phone. I don't like using tidal unless I have to so the m1s is kind of out for me. Course could stream it like ap80 pro X but the size is better on the hidizs for me. This is manifest mostly at the low end, which sounds softer and less impactful than the Shanling’s. The Sony has a warmer, smoother tonality which does work well for low-quality files but is significantly less resolving and extended at both ends. I also found the Sony’s various DSP tunings artificial-sounding.

The R2 II amplification section doesn’t seem to be a high current driver and voltage. Even on high gain, it will max out at around 2 volts which makes this DAP a good IEM driver but I wouldn’t venture above that. Perhaps because of the midrange emphasis, I hear the soundstage as fairly narrow and low-ceilinged, although performers remain well-separated and imaging is accurate if somewhat two-dimensional.

What To Think About

Since the M0 Pro was recently reviewed and is fresh in the memory bank I thought it would make an interesting comparison and contrast device. Even though they’re similar devices with similar features. The Shanling M1s touchscreen is a 286 PPI 2.8-inch screen with a display resolution of 640 x 480. The screen can be flipped 180 degrees which is a good thing due to the positioning of those buttons previously mentioned. If it was up to me I would have placed the buttons that were placed up in front of the M1s to the empty left side panel and increased the screen size but that would certainly add an extra cost on both models. Performance