CR60 Digital Transport CD Ripper (Black)

Works great compact size quiet running

Update 4/11/26 The transport is still showing signs of skipping tracks and will not read some of my CDs. Even when skipping tracks to go to a certain track. The transport will not read and will just stop. I did a tear down and see if the parts are indeed genuine Sanyo/Phillips and couldn’t verify. Looks like an aftermarket cheap laser pick up parts that they use for the transport, hence the quality is not good at all and will deteriorate quickly. Even with normal use. I ordered a genuine Sanyo SF HD850 DVM34 and will see if it makes a difference. For now I am using a TEAC PD 301 X and even after a couple months. Still going strong, with no signs of skipping tracks and will read all of my audio CD collection. 2 stars for the solid metal casing but otherwise. It’s Crap! Update 3/5/26 I emailed Shanling support team about the skipping issue and they’re quick with a response and send me a small update to fix the issue and so far so good. After having the CD transport for over a month now. It’s starting to skip tracks. It wasn’t like that before… Clearly there’s some quality issues about the components used to build this unit. The housing is top notch but the inside parts are something to be worried about. I’m hoping for a firmware update to somehow solve this problem. So buyers beware.

After 3-4 days of frustrating back and forth email communication directly with the manufacturer in China about 18 hours later in time from Honolulu, the Shanling CR60 CD transport / ripper was returned because it simply does not work on the Margules MS01 Music Server and DAC. The manufacturer stated that their products are not compatible with it. The incompatibility also applies to its ET3 top-loading CD transport and maybe even the EC3 player. It stated that the way the CR60 transport communicates to DACs is NOT compatible with the connection that the Margules streamer expects (Simple USB CD Drive). However, Margules did not confirm that its MS01 Music Server and DAC only expects a simple USB CD drive. It is unclear whether the CR60 will be compatible with other external DACs / audio streamers that use USB-A inputs. It is also uncertain without input from Margules if its music server is compatible with ANY CD transports or just with CD players. Shanling should provide a list of compatible products just as Spectrum provides a list of approved modems that are compatible with its network. The US distributor for Margules recommended the CR60 apparently without confirming that it worked on its streamer / music server and DAC! Shanling support stated that the default SPDIF output in transport mode will automatically switch to USB-A if it is connected to a compatible external DAC. The company is unwilling to provide a manual switching mechanism for outputs in transport mode like it does in ripper mode so that it can be categorically determined if the CR60 or the external DAC / audio streamer is at fault. An online search reveals that others have had problems with the CR60 in regard to USB-A connectivity, but Shanling stated that it only had 2 such cases and that they were resolved by changing the sequence of connecting cables to the CR60 and external DAC. However, in my case, only one cable connection is required. When I attempted to connect it to my new iMAC, the entire case of the CR60 began to vibrate like an earthquake with the CD spinning inside!! A friend stated that he noticed that another online poster experienced this problem too. It did not vibrate when connected to the Margules audio streamer. It seems ludicrous to me that a manufacturer would rely upon an auto-switching mechanism based upon what the CR60 is connected to. My recommendation to Amazon is that it stop selling these Shanling products until the devices are updated with firmware to correct these apparent shortcomings. I recommended a firmware update, but Shanling stated that it was not necessary.

I really like this device. I got it for quickly ripping my CDs. IT IS SILENT! I had it on my desk next to my elbow and I did not hear it at all until it had to reread sectors on the CD, then it was quiet grinding. - I do not like that the .WAV files it puts on my Mac are locked. Why, why are the files locked forcing me to either manually and tediously click through the file properties to unlock each file, or run a terminal command to unlock all the files in the folder it they're in so I can rename TRACK01 to its correct name? ( chflags -R nouchg /path/to/your/directory ). - In transport mode (playing the CD), the display only shows <"# of tracks"-"Current track"> and "time played"/"track length". It's this great color display, but not functionality to read the CDs titles and display them. It takes about the same time to rip them to my laptop as it would using an Apple SuperDrive with iTunes on my Mac... but SO MUCH QUIETER. I don't have to worry about iTunes/Music App messing up the file format, or messing around with file properties or quality. The process is simple; the CD mounts as an external drive called Audio on my Mac Desktop. I double-click to open it, then highlight the files and drag them to their destination on my laptop. That's it. I have not use the rip-to-USB drive feature yet, and I probably won't, so I cannot say if the .WAV files will be locked (uneditable) after that process. I also got it for its "transport" mode; in this mode it reads the disk and sends the sound out over the connection (USB, optical, or digital coax) to a a DAC or amplifier/receiver with a DAC that converts the signal for playint playing. I have a very nice external DAC I can use with my computer to do the reverse operation, ADC, for converting records to digital, so its nice to use it for playing the CDs directly. The sound quality is great. I can have the silent transport on my desk, pop CDs in to play or rip, without having to manage anything and focus on work. It comes with a very sparse instruction manual, but enough to perform the functions it provides, as well as a low end USB-C to USB-A cable, and a remote, neither of which I have used ir am likely to use. With the lack of track name on the display, I cannot think of a reason to use the remote unless I've memorized the tracks and their order and know how many I need to skip to get to the track I want to hear. Very poor design in that regard.

I’ve had this unit for a few months without any issues. In the beginning I was looking for a unit that had usb output which are limited with a good price points. The fact that it had a ripping function just makes it stand out from the rest of the cd transport competition. And let’s be honest you can use a dvd from a thrift store into the dac of your choice and in a blind test you won’t hear any difference. But……as I said a usb output AND a ripper, this what it makes this proposition worthwhile. When ripping CD yes there is an extra step of obtaining the metadata. In my case I use musical picard as the free software. But all of this for 300$ is an awesome value. I use this with the Schiit Gungnir 2 DAC into a Schiit Ragnarok 2 amplifier and output into Vela BS 403 speakers. Perfect sound every single time.

The unit is well made. Initially had control function issues which were solved by a 12v 2 amp power supply. Unit sounds great. The bad news is it's picky on disks. It can be very frustrating. May try a mat and see if that helps. Can't recommend this unit. If it were still inside a return date It would be going back.

I wanted this CD transport to work for me. It has all the rear panel options I needed and has a heavy duty chassis. I played several CD's and they sounded great. I then played a CD from an expensive deluxe edition and it started skipping in the middle of the CD. I removed the CD and found a series of distinct scratches on the reading surface. I checked the CD's I had previously played, and they also had similar scratches. The source of the scratches is the loading drawer. There are four sharp guides where the CD is loaded. Unless you perfectly drop the CD into the center of the drawer, you will contact several of the sharp guides and scratch the CD. I noticed that my other CD players don't have these guides. I returned the unit. Another problem I have with this unit is the transport functions. If you want to go to, say, track 7 of a 12 track menu, you have to press the track advance button 7 times instead of direct access.

Excellent for what it is: A simple high-quality digital transport and ripper. It does not convert to analog. You feed optical or coax to an external DAC. In my case a Wiim Ultra. Works great for this purpose. I tried the ripper mode too and it works perfect. Stick a USB flash drive in the back, flip the switch to ripper mode, any disc you put in gets ripped and written as .wav files. You will have to process them get metadata or convert to mp3, but there are many ways to do that. My only real complaint is that when you close the drawer the ripper mode auto rips, but the play mode doesn't auto play (you have to hit the play button). Not a huge deal, but a strange inconsistency. Also, you can't just press play after the drawer closes. You have to wait until the the unit is done "reading". So every time you want to play a disc, you have to stand in front of the unit for five seconds waiting, then press the tiny play button. Seems like Shanling missed the main use case for a CD player. Most CD players I can remember going back to the 80's got this right.

CD トランスポーターとしていい商品だと思います 8センチ CD も しっかり再生することはできました ただ CD 1枚をリッピングするのには結構時間かかりました。 リッピングに扱わず CD 再生装置として使っていきたいと思います。

Excellent cd player/ripper. Super quality

Hard to score this one. Some good aspects but a couple of issues. First the positives. A well made, solid and smart looking unit. I would always go for tray disc loading like this over slot or top loading and the mechanism works smoothly. Remote is sensible too. Two negatives. The screen is tiny and impossible to read unless I peer at it from close up! I have a FiiO DAC which is about the same size as the CR60 but screen is much bigger and easy to read. More seriously I found the transport was very noisy at times. I could hear it even with headphones on! Google revealed that this is a known issue and recommended getting a 12V power supply. That seems to have done the trick but if you buy this Shanling you may end up shelling out money for a PS upgrade. Having said all that I don’t regret the purchase. Couldn’t see an alternative that met my needs. PS The listing indicates this is a CD player. It’s actually only a transport requiring a separate DAC.

音は良いのだが、CDによってはうなったような音（回転音？）が鳴る。結果そのCDは聞けない。

My review is for the purchasing experience, not the product itself which I did not use. Purchased as new. Sold to me as an open box. Missing remote. Owners manual folded/creased to a different page. God only knows what else was missing. I returned the unit to amazon for a full refund. I wanted to like this player and considered trying to exchange it, but with my luck they'd just send out the same one with no remote. So meh, taking my money elsewhere.