HEADFONIA & THE SOLOIST
“the best sounding solid state amplifier I’ve listened to.” - Chief Editor, Michael Ting
Experienced with so many headphone amplifiers, his conclusion on the Soloist was a monumental statement ! The Chief Editor compared the Soloist to the $3,500 RSA Dark Star fully balanced headphone amp. He also paired the Soloist with the HiFi Man HE-6, LCD2 and Sennheiser HD650. Below are his review highlights.
“they’ve (the Chief editor and local audiophiles) never heard the HE-6 with this sort of a bass and midrange body.”
that we’ve heard the HE-6 with so far.”
“Having listened to the Soloist, I can confirm that they have indeed succeeded in getting that coherence “I enjoyed the fact that the Soloist factor right with the discrete-based not only adds body to the HE-6, Soloist.” but also that it relaxes the treble more.” “the tonality, the power, and the musicality of the Soloist makes it “With the Hifiman HE-500 the best sounding solid state and the HE-6, I think the Soloist amplifier I’ve listened to.” is my number one amp for those headphones now.” Full review here
“It (the Soloist) also had a better “The impressions so far (from the synergy than my $3,500 RSA meeting) is that we all agree that Dark Star amplifier.” the Soloist is the best amplifier 1