Adopting two pieces of ES9219C DAC chips from ESS, the M3U adds an extra dedicated headphone amplifier in form of the RT6863 op amp. Shanling M3 Ultra features a brand-new audio circuit, utilizing a polymer button capacitor from Panasonic, an advanced filament film capacitance from ELNA, special voltage regulator circuit, and the FPGA Plus double vibration.
The M3 Ultra runs on Snapdragon 665 CPU featuring 3G RAM+32G ROM, same as our M6U and M7. Besides, its Android platform is upgraded to Android 10. Users can also spend quite a bit of time on its audio tuning, to adjust it more toward Shanling's house sound.
Featuring totipotency, Shanling M3 Ultra comes with a batter life up to 20.5 hours and Bluetooth 5.0 bilateral connection, which can provide a relaxed and convenient music experience. This device also adopts multiple technologies, including MIMO Wi-Fi technology, built-in HiFi cloud music library, and MQA 16X decoding function. It is worth mentioning that the M3U supports DLNA, Air Play, and NAS.
Shanling M3 Ultra employs dual output interfaces, more convenient to use. These output interfaces consist of 3.5mm single-ended and 4.4mm balanced, 140mw@322 single-ended, and 260mw@322 balanced output ports. Besides, the M3U adopts single/dual DAC modes so that users can choose one as their wishes.
Characterizing an unibody integrated body design, the M3U adopts a 4.2-inch 720P LCD screen from Sharp, which is also called a floating display. Besides, the Shanling M3 Ultra is available in two colors, green and black.