The Shanling MC-30 Music Center looks the business, doth it not? All shiny brushed aluminium, glowing perspex and silvered pepper pot vacuum tubes. Stick it on your mantlepiece – you do have a mantlepiece sonny, doncha? – and wait for all the admiring looks and jealous comments. Just remember that it doesn’t actually mean that you’re cool or anything, OK? Sorry ‘bout that. $994.99.
Combining a High Quality CD Player, Tuner, Dedicated iPod Input and Tube Power Amplifier… All in one chassis! The Shanling MC-30 Music Center is a brushed aluminum CD player and tuner with 3 watts per channel, single ended tube amplifier section, fully remote controlled with a built in iPod docking station…The top caps of the front pair of feet are in fact, an input selector and a volume control.