You might not like it, just saying. I know how hard it can be lurking on this forum reading impressions. The Atlas is a beast, and in it's own ways it bests the Solaris on many a levels.
I personally prefer single drivers over multi BA or hybrids anyday. You should enjoy what you have, rather than stretching yourself thin on the financial side.
Oh I fully understand and I am (I hope, lol) sufficiently responsible to only make financially sensible choices. My post was more venting than anything. That said, after my experience with the Atlas I'd never buy an expensive IEM without trying it first and I'm fortunate to live close to the only CA dealer in Canada so if (and when) I'm ready to take the plunge I'll be able to test it out first.
Tried out the Solaris and I didn't notice vocals sounding odd for my ears (or at least noticibly much, perhaps some people want the articulation to stick out more like PP8 for example). It's tuned to be less aggressive for upper-mids articulation. It's definately more laid back tuning in terms of articulation compared to the Andro, but both are are a bit sensitive to impedance response interactions.
Due to the tuning, vocals sounds more distanced and adds to the perception of large stage I believe.
It's quite sensitive that it picks hiss from 1Z and all the sources I've some degree of hiss.
I've seen an impedance reaponse floating around, and it's as low as 3ohms in the bass?! That's too low. I found something odd about sound out of AK DAP 2ohms, particularly with Bass, but 1Z has 1 ohm OI, no? You get more bass with it.
Sound stage is large, obviously more spacious than the Andro.
It doesn't sound much technically better than Andro, just tuned slightly different with large stage. I don't find Solaris to be more resolving or transparent.
Compared to Andro, Solaris doesn't see. To be sensitive to tip bore size (at least not much).
So, overall much larger stage than Andro with smoother treble.
As far as fit, it's obviously bulky and initially was a bit awkward. Not too pleased with the bulk and fit.
Oh I fully understand and I am (I hope, lol) sufficiently responsible to only make financially sensible choices. My post was more venting than anything. That said, after my experience with the Atlas I'd never buy an expensive IEM without trying it first and I'm fortunate to live close to the only CA dealer in Canada so if (and when) I'm ready to take the plunge I'll be able to test it out first.
I bought a N8 from Andy at Cayin. I am absolutely loving the meaty muscular sound that the N8 is putting out, its got some nice slam. Sound wise I like it over my Sony player.
I bought a N8 from Andy at Cayin. I am absolutely loving the meaty muscular sound that the N8 is putting out, its got some nice slam. Sound wise I like it over my Sony player.
@KB General question:
Many companies invest in marketing material like explosions views and diagrams showcasing the internals of their IEMs to explain and promote their technologies. Is there a reason why you guys don't do that at all?
@KB General question:
Many companies invest in marketing material like explosions views and diagrams showcasing the internals of their IEMs to explain and promote their technologies. Is there a reason why you guys don't do that at all?
I bought a N8 from Andy at Cayin. I am absolutely loving the meaty muscular sound that the N8 is putting out, its got some nice slam. Sound wise I like it over my Sony player.
Who did you have make the custom tips. I am looking for some for my Solaris and roxannes. I know custom art makes some buy it seems like they are only available to order in Europe.
Who did you have make the custom tips. I am looking for some for my Solaris and roxannes. I know custom art makes some buy it seems like they are only available to order in Europe.
I had my custom tips made by Advanced Sound https://www.adv-sound.com whose lab is in Capitola (Santa Cruz), CA. They had a booth at Can Jam NYC and did the impressions there at no cost. They hadn't done tips for the Solaris yet so they needed mine to scan to make the master. So going forward all you will need is to send them your impressions.
The turn around was quick, less than 3 weeks. These are my first custom tips but I am impressed so far. What I like is I can easily remove the Solaris from my ear without having to removed the custom tip. You twist to remove it and twist to put it back in. I got clear silicon and it has their logo in red for right and blue for left ear.
Custom Art (Poland), Ambient Acoustics (Ukraine), Snugs (UK), AAW (Singapore), and Soundcat (Korea) also offer custom IEM tips, so there seem to be a decent number of options at different price points.
(Also, each place seems to approach the tip design a bit differently regarding how much of the actual IEM they cover, etc.)
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