Continuing their popular line of CD transports, the new Shanling CT90 brings in further optimization for the enhanced sound quality, streamlined Hi-Fi focused approach and improved construction with a new top-loading design.
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Shanling CT90 Premium CD Transport
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Description
The Shanling CT90 is a dedicated CD transport, praised for its high-quality build, Philips DA11 drive, and excellent digital outputs (I2S, dual AES/EBU, Coax, Optical) designed to pair with an external DAC for pristine sound from CDs and USB drives.
Key things to learn about Shanling CT90:
- Adapting the new construction style of Shanling Hi-Fi devices, following the look of Shanling SCD3.3
- Highly reliable and stable SAA7824 Servo and DA11 Disc Drive
- Top-loading CD drive, with dedicated CD Puck and tiltable CD Cover
- CD; CD-R; CD-RW / MQA-CD Support
- Dedicated Upsampling circuit (NOT supported on USB output)
- I2S output, with FPGA offering 10 different output modes. Same as our high-end transports, significantly improving compatibility with 3rd party DACs
- Two AES/EBU digital outputs, for direct use with high-end active speakers
- Standard Coaxial SPDIF Output
- Shanling special USB Audio output
- High-Precision 45 & 49 MHz clocks
- Clock input for use with external masterclock, supporting 44.1 kHz / 10MHz
- Bluetooth Input with LDAC, aptX HD, aptX, AAC codecs
- USB Drive Playback of Hi-Res files with the Eddict Player app serving as controller
- USB Input, for direct use as a USB digital transport interface for computers
- Linear Power supply with 35W transformer
- No Wi-Fi connectivity
Specifications
- Dimensions: 28 × 23 × 9.1 cm
- Weight: 3.5 kg
- CD System: SAA7824 Servo + DA11 Head
- Disc Compatibility: CD / CD-R / CD-RW
- Bluetooth Input: BT 5.0 (LDAC, aptX HD, aptX, AAC, SBC)
- USB Output: PCM 768kHz / 32bit, DSD512 (No Upsampling)
- I²S Output: PCM 768kHz / 32bit, DSD512
- AES/Coaxial Output: PCM 192kHz / 32bit, DSD64
- USB Drive Audio Support: PCM, DSD, DXD, MQA, ISO, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, APE, AAC, MP3, OGG, ALAC, OPUS, M3U
- Inside the Box: 1 x Shanling CT90, User Manual
