Retro Rocks: Shanling MC-30 iPod Music Center July 19, 2007
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There are iPod docks, and then there are iPod DOCKS. The Shanling MC-30 Music Center is the latter, sporting old skool tube technology to make this one of the better looking docks around. Alongside the iPod support, it’s a CD player, AM/FM tuner and a tube power amplifier. Inside the brushed aluminium chassis, the MC-30 sports a number of decent audio technologies to justify its £500 price tag. The general specs are:
Features:
• The top caps of the front pair of feet are in fact, an input selector and a volume control.
• Combining high quality CD player, tuner, dedicated iPod input and tube power amplifier in one chassis.
• Philips VAM-12 pick-up mechanism coupled with CD-7II servo system for low jitter tracking
• D/A conversion is accomplished by Burr-Brown PCM1738 DAC chip
• High-quality FM/AM tuning system
• 2x6P1 single-ended tube output stage
• Mini multi-functional lever, concealed input selector and volume control
• All aluminium chassis with cylindrical support and internal screening
It’s cute, but for just over half the money and great reviews, I prefer the retro looks of the stunning Fatman iTube Valve Dock. See a photo after the jump.-Martin Lynch
Editor and Contributor | Martin Lynch
Contributor | Tamlin Magee
Comments
It looks good, but a bit too big, the ipod looks too small compared to this dock!
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It looks horrid!
Sweet setup, This is a proper piece of kit. Plus it'll still sound great when your ipod's dead!
Looks are OK, but Sound is all. I checked out the Fatman, and its not a patch on the KEF Picoforte 3. Nothing was. Amazing. I bought it.
where can I buy a SHANLING MC30 IPOD