CD 3000

About the CD 3000

The Shanling CD 3000 is a high-end top-loading CD player with a rugged aluminum chassis and a sliding door with magnetic disc clamp. It uses a premium Philips CDM-12.10 transport and CD7 II servo system, coupled with a Burr-Brown PCM1794 digital-to-analog converter and SCR4192 upsampling chip capable of selectable 24-bit/192kHz upsampling. The player features both single-ended (tube-based using Electro Harmonix 6922 tubes) and balanced (solid-state with Burr Brown OPA627 op amps) analog outputs, which can be used simultaneously for tube and solid-state sound. It has separate transformers for analog and digital power supplies to reduce noise and jitter. The CD-3000 is praised for its build quality, low jitter clock, and detailed sound with improved dynamics, stage width, and depth. Dimensions are 380 x 482 x 128 mm, and it weighs approximately 13 kg. It was originally