SHANLING Hi-Res Portable MP3 Player, M0 Pro Bluetooth Music Player, Support USB Type-C 3.5mm Jack, 1.54" HD Touch Screen, 8-Hour Long Lasting Battery, Compact Digital Audio Player, Red

The Shanling M0 Pro is a decent little music player. It is smaller than the third generation iPod Nano (the square form iPod Nano), and a bit bigger than the iPod Shuffle. It has a touch screen that has input delay, which is due to the processor. It is around 1/5th of the size of my phone - a Samsung mid-range model at the time of purchase in 2023. For my purposes - storing music I have personally ripped from CDs or purchased through stores like Steam, GoG, Bandcamp, etc. to listen to in the car - it is near perfect because I don't require looking at it or interacting with it a part from plugging in the AUX cable. The car I have is a Toyota hybrid, and I cannot get the M0 Pro to speak to the car in a way that produces music, so if you want to use it like I do, ensure you have an AUX cable. It does connect via bluetooth, but it does not function as intended, which is frustrating. That said, the AUX cable causes us to either turn the M0 Pro to 100 and the car speaker 20 or 20-30 for the M0 Pro and max for the car - our preferred method because the passenger can easily and more quickly adjust the volume that the driver can. It does have to be plugged in using USB and the setting "in-vehicle mode" must be on, else the M0 Pro treats the car as a PC and becomes a storage device. If it is not plugged in, it will turn off when in-vehicle mode is on. If it is plugged in but in-vehicle mode is off, it will also turn off. Its small size too makes it easy to miss, and also to be assumed a non-valuable in the car. That said, the bright red colour makes it easy to spot when I take it out of the car for adding music. As a portable music player proper like the iPod of old, its form factor is great for small hands but terrible for larger hands. It is very easy with small, adult hands (women's hands) to misclick if you're looking for information on a song (what album the song is on for example) or favourite a song as the scroll function is at the bottom of the screen under the playback time, and has a smaller hit box than the aforementioned playback time. It has a feature where you can up the speed of the audio to 1.25x, 1.5x, 1.75x, and 2x speed, which I imagine would be good for individuals who download and listen to audiobooks, lectures, and podcasts, but I do not like this feature personally. It sets off an anxiety thing for me hearing music I know sped up or slowed down, but that does not make it a poor feature. Its bluetooth mode is great but has a caveat when used as a personal portable music player. You must not wear it close to your body else it has interference with crackling. I tested multiple headsets including Audio Technica mx50s (2013, 2017, and 2020 models), Bose QuietComfort SE (2023 model) and the upgraded QuietComforts (2025 model), and Sony WH-1000xM5, and each experienced this issue when using bluetooth mode and the M0 Pro was in my pant, dress, or jacket pocket, but the moment I moved the M0 Pro to my bag on all headsets, suddenly the problem disappeared. It also has a 1 second delay in audio when you skip or change a track in bluetooth mode. With the AUX cable, there were no issues. As a storage device for lots of music, its great that it can take a large, microSD card. The problem is updating its library takes a lot of time as it reindexes every single track every time you update your library. You can accidentally cancel out of indexing by pressing the side button, which is frustrating when you have 11,000+ songs. This all comes down to the processor being a bit weaker than I would like. This doesn't mean it doesn't recognise the tracks though; it only means that if you select "Open All" that the M0 Pro will only use the number of tracks it currently has indexed for its shuffle mode. If you want to listen to a song and you know what folder it is in and its not currently indexed, navigating to that folder will still let you play it. That being said, I am unsure if the M0 Pro is struggling with the number of songs or the size of the songs. I have a predominantly .flac library with a scattering of .wav an .mp3 files littered about. The .flacs and .wavs are quite large starting at 11MB in size and going as large as 40MBs, while the .mp3s are relatively small in file size, around 3-11MB at most. Someone with more time than me could experiment with the same number of files but in .mp3 only and .flac only to see how much of this is a problem because of size of files vs volume of files, but I do not have the time or patience to test converting all my files to .mp3s. Also, its a big thing in my opinion to be able to have a device that recognises all manner of file types. I've tested .wav, .flac, .mp3, .ape, and .alac and had no issues. That said, I personally prefer .flacs because that's what my CD ripper program produces the quickest and with the least amount of drama. On the topic of the microSD card, it is faster to load music onto the microSD than use the Shanling M0 Pro in USB mode because the processor is far slower than a microSD to USB adapter. The M0 Pro does not come with the microSD card, nor does it advertise it would, so be aware you need to purchase this seperately. The cover for the microSD slot is cheap, and has never closed properly since I originally inserted the microSD card as well, and that is a big disappointment. One more positive thing for the M0 Pro regarding the microSD card, I preloaded music onto the microSD card, and expected there would have been a headache as many portable music players I had growing up had issues requiring either proprietry software or having to plug the device into a PC and have folders named in a strict pathway. There is no concern with this, just drag and drop. That said, I'd recommend having your folders organised because of the above mentioned indexing problem. For battery life, as it lives permanently in the car bar me adding new files to it, I cannot say. I think it might be lower than advertised from my experience testing it with a range of headsets, but it could also be dependent on if you are using bluetooth mode or AUX mode whether yiou get the full advertised 10-14.5 hours. I don't have a good place to mention it, but the controls are easy with the non-touch screen through the scroll wheel. It is both a button and a scroll wheel. You can set what two presses in rapid succession and three presses in rapid succession do, which is nice. The scroll wheel itself acts as the volume up and down, and just feels fun to play with when its not on (like when you're loading music onto it). That said, don't press it while it is updating its library/indexing files as you will have to manually trigger the "Update music function" which can be time consuming. It does not keep time properly. I've had it gain 20 minutes vs the car and the phone and lose 7 minutes as well. When it arrived, I was surprised how large the box was, which wasn't huge but it was far bigger than it needed to be. I did appreciate that the M0 Pro came with a tempered glass screen-protector already installed and a spare tempered glass screen protector if you damage the original. Not many companies include these things, and I think it adds to the premium feel of the device. In summary: Positives - Compact size - Easy to load music onto - No proprietry software - Drag and drop to load files - Feels premium in your hand as its all metal in its build - Doesn't need music indexed to be able to play it - Can take pretty much all music file types - Has an AUX cable - USB-C - Tempered glass screen protector pre-installed and includes a spare - No subscription required Neutrals - Small touch screen - Vibrant red colour makes it easy to spot (red variant only) - Battery life (not tested enough) - Scroll wheel and button feature Negatives - Bluetooth mode doesn't work with cars - Bluetooth mode has issues when the Shanling M0 Pro is against your body - Large libraries (10,000 or more songs) take 10 minutes to index (i.e. its slow to index) - MicroSD slot is low quality - Has to be in-vehicle mode in the car **and** plugged in using USB else it will turn off - Not suitable for large hands (male hands) - Does not keep time properly - Does not play from Spotify or other streaming services (but if this is a deal breaker for you and you're looking at this review, you are not looking for a dedicated music player but instead a phone) Overall, I would recommend this product for people who want an iPod Shuffle with more freedom than being locked to proprietry software, those with small hands, and those who want an in-car music player that is internet/phone/subscription free. I would advise against using it with bluetooth mode if you are going to have it close to your body like on a walk or run, but I think it would be great for at home gyms where you can put it away from you with headphones or connect it to a bluetooth speaker. If you were chasing after something beefier or for larger hands, Shanling has bigger physical models that may be better. Otherwise there are definitely alternatives that are bigger that I have not personally tried like the Hiby r3 that also include the scroll wheel if you are really set on that as a feature.

I orderd a Fiio M11s and was completely disappointed. First of all, the device is quite literally, as big as a brick. It's basically worthless if you want a player you can take anywhere. If you regularly carry a phone and wallet in your pocket already, the M11s will not fit in your pocket along with those items, and if you put it in your other pocket, along with your keys, I hope you enjoy having your pants weighted down. On top of this, the sound quality was unimpressive for a $400 player: NO BASS, and had to turn the volume way up to get it to a listenable level, even with lower impedance headphones. It also skipped at the beginning of every track when listening to an album, and sometimes skipped randomly during tracks. Unacceptable for a $400 player. On top of all this, to add or delete music from this player, I had to remove the SD card, put it in an adapter, and plug it into the computer by itself, in order to add or remove songs from this device. If I plugged the player into my laptop with the SD card in it, the player would not load in my computer/would freeze up trying to load it in my computer. If i tried to eject the player, it wouldn't properly eject. If I tried to shutdown the laptop, it would stick on "logging off" and never shut down, unless I held down the power button. Also unacceptable for a $400 Player! Yes, I updated the firmware, yes the device driver installed correctly, and I did everything else I should have tried doing, but this dumb, clunky machine would freeze up Windows trying to load it as a drive. Enter the Shanling M0 Pro. I decided the M11s was not for me and to return it, and began looking for a different player. After realizing the current trend is these bigger players and that there aren't as many smaller options out there anymore, I found the M0 Pro (Previously chose the M11s over the M3 Ultra , but know now that the M3 Ultra would also have been too big for my uses). I am continually impressed by the sound quality of this little player. It has no problem driving Sennheiser HD 280 Pro, 380 Pro, 300 Pro, as well as Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro 32 Ohm. The M11s didn't sound great on any of these headphones, and had no bass on any of them. The M0 Pro sounds great on all of these phones, and has plenty of bass. On top of that, it's tiny and ultra portable. If you don't care about streaming stuff and only want to listen to your own collection in the awesome quality, in an extremely portable package, get this player. I have a 1 TB SD card in this thing, and it runs fast and smooth with NO LAG. The Fiio M3K I replaced this with would lag heavily with a 1 TB card. This is smaller and sounds better too. Overall, I am just extremely impressed with the value and performance of this little player. It sounds better than the $400 Fiio M11s and has none of the aforementioned glitches that the Fiio had. It plays all tracks in crystal clear clarity and transitions from one track to the next without any skips or hiccups. If you want an all purpose, truly portable device, with audiophile sound/are looking for an upgrade from a Fiio M3K and/or are considering the Fiio M11s vs. The Shanling M3 Ultra, save yourself the money and the trouble and just buy the Shanling M0 Pro. If you aren't using headphones that are considerably more powerful than those I mentioned (Ohms wise), you will be more than pleased with this awesomely tiny device. PRO TIPS: IF you have difficulty reading the song titles, you can see the full titles on the "now playing" screen and use the skip back and forward buttons to skip to the song title you want. I would also recommend using the "folders" menu to find the artist and album you want to listen to rather than the "my music" menu.

El reproductor da muy buen sonido por el 3.5mm pero el adaptador de 3.5 a 4.4 es una maravilla, lo unico que me gustaría es que al actualizar la lista de canciones no se volviera a escanear desde 0. Tengo unas 20,000 canciones y se tarda entre 3 a 4 horas en actualizar.

Excelente reproducción con gran calidad, pantalla pequeña de control no tan práctico sobretodo al deslizar para búsqueda de título. El botón de encendido y control de volumen es frágil. Debería incluir protector aunque SEA Silicon suave con reborde de protección al botón sin bloquear su uso.

Revised--- My original experience with this device was less than perfect. Since, customer service reached out to help me resolve the issue (see last section). After very helpful feedback, and some back and forth troubleshooting, it seemed like the best course of action was to have it replaced. There was some concern that the headphones that I was using were not compatible with the device. I was using a set with a three-band, 3.5 jack. This was for playback control and a microphone for hands-free communication. We came to a conclusion that this might have had some effect on the performance of the device. I would recommend that you avoid this if possible. As far as my experience with the device; I love it. I know there are more expensive options, with more robust operating systems. There are some quirks with the OS for the M0 Pro, and I will explain those later. As far as my experience with sound quality, it works great. I have some experience with audio, having sold audio equipment for years, and the sound is great. It won't drive larger headphones, and I'll talk about that later as well. Pros: - Great sound - Lightweight, sturdy - Great storage - Built in DAC for phones, PC, etc. - Bluetooth receiver and transmitter Cons: - OS is a bit too responsive. I wish that scrolling through albums was a bit less responsive, since I can mistakenly scroll to the bottom of my album list by mistake. - Small screen is a bit difficult to manage - I wish it had a queue, and that I could add songs/albums to the queue - Even though I have a lot of experience with audio equipment, I have no experience with balanced output. More information about how this works, and perhaps input about types of headphones and adapters would be nice. Love the device, great sound, I recommend this for the money paid. Try it! Love this little guy, but low stars because whenever I switch headphones I have to do everything but stand on my head to get the thing to start playing again. Will play for hours, but the minute I unplug it from my stereo and plug in headphones, no output. Very frustrating! Tried rebooting, selecting different track/album, different volume settings (basically almost every setting in Setup and Playback). You might want to wait for some kind of firmware update before picking one up. Speaking of firmware, an “add to queue” would be nice…