Had se846 1/2 year ago, then after a "long" journey owning Andro, Atlas, U18t and listening to Solaris, I ended up with Sony ex1000. I am sure that after shure you should end up with these.
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Very intuitive Impression...
@Currawong thanks for the brilliant review. You have such a soothing voice
One question I do have, and feel like it didn't come up (apologies if it did), was what you think of the Solaris compared to the Atlas. I know you said the Vega's are better for more anaemic tracks.
Are there any stark differences between the sound from the Solaris and the Atlas that are worth pointing out?
The Atlas, like the Vega, has a thundering bass which can be overwhelming, even if it is very entertaining. The Solaris is more even-sounding overall.
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I splurged on the Eros II+ 8 wire during the black fire sale they had. Using it with the Solaris on the WM1Z I found it was a huge overall improvement over the SXC 8 I had been using.Having auditioned Thor II (8w) with a couple of other IEMs, this is high on my list of upgrade cable for the Solaris, no doubt it will have great synergy... the soundstage is going to be quite a treat
Janus D would certainly be interesting as well from the reviews I have read... not sure about the Ares II I like the upper mids the way they are with stock.
justrest
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You can climb with that 8 wire Eros II+ cable, do you know that?
Joke aside, I love the looks of Eros. I had the first version but I sold it because of oxidation. It's sound was quite impressive.
davidmolliere
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On JVC FW10000 versus Solaris, I’ll soon be able to update my Solaris review as I just purchased one and it should ship tomorrow
jmills8
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Faudio Major to me was pretty good for vocals but its bass, treble were not very present. Seemed something was missing , but vocals were nice.On JVC FW10000 versus Solaris, I’ll soon be able to update my Solaris review as I just purchased one and it should ship tomorrow
He already got the Solaris thoOn JVC FW10000 versus Solaris, I’ll soon be able to update my Solaris review as I just purchased one and it should ship tomorrow
DD and BAs - what to use? Low gain or High Gain??
I am revisiting the CA stock foam tips today and quite enjoying them.
I am revisiting the CA stock foam tips today and quite enjoying them.
Low gain.. have noise with current gear...
Just re listening to old Flac track, Steely Dan - AJA album... with current set up (X5iii +E12a) - UAPP - Solaris w. Ref8. Is the only black background songs that I have listen.... what a happy moment... IMO, this is show that SOLARIS is really need a good source (DAP, Songs file etc).
Was planning to convert to DSD, just curios though...
ACGNerd1989
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I am also using solaris with ref 8 cable, everything else is so nice but I also think it reduced the bass a little bit (both punch and quantity). I for one likes a little bit more bass down there, but I don't like the bass of Vega, IE800 bass was perfect for me...
Oh, forgot to mention the background hiss... solaris hiss so much using ref 8...
Trying SOLARIS with Campfire Audio Litz Copper Cable from POLARIS stock Cable.
quick Impression :
Bass : detail Rumble, hard punch than SOLARIS (James Blake - Limit to your love, Billie Ellish - COPYCAT)
MID : I found the mid recess, sub mid still there (JT- midnight summer Jam)
High : IMO, almost no sparkle, and less detail
SOUNDSTAGE : this I realize quickly that is Very Narrow... I feel the 3D imaging is less (Yosi Horikawa - bubble). I feel the airness become thin...
Again, this is my impression, I like the SS of SOLARIS with Copper cable for the low freq segment.. but not my kind of taste in my ear.. and YES, you are right, the Bass is not appealing using ref8
YES, ref8 create noise, but also bring detail and SS... as I wrote before, with my limitation of gear, I found certain music file can make SOLARIS shine.. so either elevate the gear, or embrace the situation... hehehe.. IMO.. Thank you
edit : IMO, my ear wants SOLARIS with Natural or tend to Bright DAP... so that's probably my taste of Bass is different.. So my biggest enemy is Noise Background....
Edit : so I dont post to much, and annoy people. I just edit my additional impression :
Doing swap cable between Copper, Super Litz and Ref8...
I found that Copper has the lowest noise background (with my current gear). But the 3D imaging became flat...
What I mean, if you can hear something drop that in front of you around 2 meter and something drop 3 meter behind, you can spot that nicely using ref8 dan super Litz in SOLARIS.
Cable porn.... that Black copper cable suited nicely with Solaris
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