Shanling MG600 is an earphone that I think will be quite distinctive in the first half of 2022. It has the flagship HiFi sound quality level, and also allows earbuds to achieve the effect of over-ear headphones, and listening to songs can hear rich emotional effects.

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Appearance Design & Accessories

Shanling MG600 has a lot of accessories: headphone cable, 3.5mm single-ended connector, 2.5mm balanced connector, 4.4mm balanced connector, 2 pairs of SpinFit eartips, 3 pairs of vocal eartips, 3 pairs of sound field enhancement eartips, 3 pairs of low frequency eartips, 2 pairs of low frequency eartips For balanced eartips, PU storage box, headphone cleaning brush, etc.

Shanling MG600 earbuds are made of maple wood to stabilize the wood cavity, and the surface is made by fine carving process, nanotechnology injection of pigment, and German varnish baking paint process. A single earbud weighs only 3.3g. In the actual experience environment evaluation, I feel that the Shanling MG600 has a delicate and smooth touch, is very comfortable to wear, and has a good sound insulation effect, which is in line with ergonomic design. Shanling MG600 supports MMCX interface, which facilitates the replacement of cables later.

Shanling MG600 can be regarded as a dark horse in the first half of 2022. From the perspective of appearance, it is impeccable and quite artistic and creative.

As a single dynamic semi-open MG600, Shanling chose a dynamic driver with a carbon fiber composite diaphragm. Under such a well-designed unit, the sound is slightly reverberated, with low distortion and strong transients in the entire frequency range. Use high-performance N48 NdFeB magnets with high-tension enameled wires that can withstand high power. This kind of wire has been widely used in acoustic related equipment such as headphones, speakers, and microphones. It has strong stability and longevity, and can ensure that the voice coil works for a long time without distortion.

The semi-open cavity design makes the sound wider. With the wooden cavity, the sound is very transparent and natural. Coupled with the characteristics of the dynamic driver, it is easier to create a wide sound field and a sense of space.

The earphone cable of Shanling MG600 is made of Furukawa 8-strand cable, 6-strand single-crystal copper, 2-strand single-crystal copper silver-plated, and a single-strand 18-core material. This original wiring can be said to be more powerful than many upgrade lines, and there is no need for users to purchase additional upgrade lines, resulting in unnecessary costs. The cable adopts MMCX interface, and the input interface supports the replacement function. The official provides one each of 2.5/3.5/4.4mm different connectors for user preference replacement.

All-round Sound Quality Test

Burn-in time: More than 200 hours, earphones performance has been fully turned on
Test basis: Original headphone cable + balanced eartips + 4.4mm balanced connector
Test equipment: Various players and Shanling UA3 portable amp

Sound Field Evaluation

The noise floor control of Shanling MG600 is excellent. With the excellent front-end, you can’t hear any noise floor and current noise, and the clean and dark background allows you to hear more subtle details of the sound. The sound field of Shanling MG600 is very large, not like listening to in-ear earbuds, but over-ear headphones-like sound field effect. However, your front-end must have a certain strength in order to fully exert the sound field effect level of Shanling MG600.

A cleaner and larger soundstage allows you to hear more precise instrument positioning, more separated tri-bands, more sound details, and more emotional vocal effects.

High Frequency

The high frequency of Shanling MG600 maintains the characteristics of Shanling as always, which is warm, bright and full of charm, and this effect is even more pleasant on the MG600. In the background of the extremely wide and large sound field, the extension and overtone details of high-frequency instruments will be better, and the amount of analytical information will be more abundant.

Shanling MG600 has a transparent background, which also allows you to hear a very good sound background. On the premise of maintaining permeability, the overall imaging density of the musical instrument has not been reduced. On the contrary, the musical instrument has a clear outline and excellent cohesion, and you will not hear any dullness and divergence of the sound of the musical instrument. In general, the high-frequency performance of Shanling MG600 is a flagship sound, and it is also a very transparent and delicate sound full of charm.

Mid-Frequency Vocal

The vocal position of Shanling MG600 is in the correct center position. Basically, the vocal positions of flagship headphones of major manufacturers are in the middle.

Shanling MG600’s vocal density imaging cohesion is excellent, and the singer’s voice contour is very specific, allowing you to hear the singer’s complete sound bottom and vocal lines, and there will be no sound divergence and distortion to disguise the singer’s original voice.

Low Frequency

The low frequency of Shanling MG600 is elastic and transient enhanced style. The transient effect is very fast, and the rhythm is boiling when you listen to electronic music.

The quantity sense of the low frequency is not large, but the condensed imaging is excellent, so that the low frequency effect has a good sense of force and is full of explosive power.

The low-frequency extension is very deep, and you can hear a lot of reverberation details when the drum sound slowly dissipates. For users who have high requirements for low-frequency quantity sense, I suggest that users replace the low-frequency eartips to increase the low-frequency quantity.

The human voice of Shanling MG600 has not been dyed, it is very real and natural, and can completely restore any emotional details and singing skills of the singer when he sang this song, without hearing the sibilance caused by distortion. Density is well controlled. The advantages of Shanling MG600’s grand sound field can bring a wider extension of the vocal line, which makes you more moving when you hear the feelings expressed by the singer.