{"id":163024,"date":"2023-06-09T11:01:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T10:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=163024"},"modified":"2023-10-18T05:56:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T04:56:37","slug":"shanling-ea5-plus-is-the-most-unusual-network-music-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/shanling-ea5-plus-is-the-most-unusual-network-music-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanling EA5 Plus is the most unusual network music center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shanling launched the\u00a0EA5 Plus\u00a0combo device\u00a0, which combines an integrated amplifier, DAC, network streamer and headphone amplifier in one\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/166_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The power amplifier is built on 100AS2\u00a0modules\u00a0from\u00a0ICEpower\u00a0, the output power in stereo mode is\u00a055 watts\u00a0into 8 ohms and\u00a0100 watts\u00a0into 4 ohms, two pairs of full-size screw terminals are provided for connecting speakers on the rear panel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/167_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The D\/A converter is based on\u00a0Asahi Kasei\u00a0&#8216;s\u00a0AK4493EQ\u00a0chip and features several switchable digital filters, PCM signals up to\u00a032bit\/768kHz\u00a0and\u00a0DSD512\u00a0native stream , as well as\u00a0MQA files are supported.\u00a0\u00a0The headphone amplifier has an output power of\u00a0570 mW\u00a0at 32 ohms, there is a\u00a06.35 mm\u00a0jack for connection on the front panel .\u00a0On the top panel of the device is a\u00a04.7-inch\u00a0touch screen with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels, through which you can control the built-in player and other functions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/168_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wireless capabilities include a 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi adapter, as well as a Bluetooth module with support for\u00a0LDAC, LHDC, aptX HD\u00a0codecs .\u00a0To connect the streamer to a wired network, there is an Ethernet port.\u00a0The dimensions of the device are\u00a0188 x 55 x 238 mm\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/136_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Shanling EA5 Plus\u00a0Network Music Center\u00a0is on sale online for\u00a0US$980\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shanling launched the\u00a0EA5 Plus\u00a0combo device\u00a0, which combines an integrated amplifier, DAC, network streamer and headphone amplifier in one\u00a0. The power amplifier is built on 100AS2\u00a0modules\u00a0from\u00a0ICEpower\u00a0, the output power in stereo mode is\u00a055 watts\u00a0into 8 ohms and\u00a0100 watts\u00a0into 4 ohms, two pairs of full-size screw terminals are provided for connecting speakers on the rear panel. The [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/shanling-ea5-plus-is-the-most-unusual-network-music-center\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":163025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-163024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}