It may not look like it, but it plays CDs

We're convinced that some people deliberately buy certain home entertainment equipment simply because it looks impossibly complicated. That way, they can pretend to be experts even if they have no idea how it works.

(Credit: Shanling)

This Shanling CD player falls squarely under that category. Even though it uses the latest drive and decoding chip from Sony, as described by Chip Chick, it doesn't need to look as if only an engineer could work it.

Then again, if you're spending $3,000 for a CD player, it should probably look like something only a studio professional would use. But it could be worse: You could be spending $150,000 for a quarter-ton turntable.

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Why buy a $3000 CD Player?

Have you ever listened to music (and I mean a well-recorded CD) played through a $3000 CD player, connected to equipment of the same calibre? If you have, then your'e entitled to your opinion. If not, then you owe it to your readers to try it before knocking the idea of a $3000 player. You might be surprised. And yes, there are many people who spend that much and more on audio equipment. If it was all due to the marketing hype then those manufacturers would quickly go out of business.