Cross-post from another thread
Some very early impressions of the Solaris Stellar Horizon, which I just received today from another Head Fi’er.
I have a lot more listening to do, including A/B with my Solaris LE, but:
-retains and perhaps even improves upon holographic staging from the LE (need to A/B to confirm)
-overall sound signature is certainly balanced, but the bass hits a bit deeper than i was expecting; very nicely controlled, sounds quite linear from sub to mid
-the first thing I thought of when I heard the upper mids/lower treble was, “this reminds me of my Andro Gold Ti”; definitely a little sparklier than I recall other Solaris derivatives I’ve owned in the past; not as sparkly as the Pathfinder, but definitely not as smooth as the LE; in fact, I had to switch to foam tips to tame things down a bit (keep in mind I’m quite sensitive to that area of the curve)
Listening done with the stock 4.4mm cable on a Dx322 (EX-N mod).
The packaging is “meh”; I frankly prefer the packaging of old - the wood box with the hand is unnecessary in my opinion. I do like the new flat case, though.
Size-wise, as you can see below, it’s much smaller than the original Solaris shell, although (from memory) it seems a bit larger than the 2020.
Again, more listening to do, including A/B with my LE, but thought these might be helpful given rather limited impressions.
