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Ooooh... going to listen to RAM next!It’s a great album. I don’t even love love Beck, but it’s one of the best mastered and recorded albums of all time. That and Random Access Memories by Daft Punk are two of the best to my ears. Ever.
It’s a great album. I don’t even love love Beck, but it’s one of the best mastered and recorded albums of all time. That and Random Access Memories by Daft Punk are two of the best to my ears. Ever.
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Just a few albums that are recorded with "wow" factor and will really shine with the Solaris.
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You, sir, are a gift to this world. What would we do without your artisan approach to technology?Just a few albums that are recorded with "wow" factor and will really shine with the Solaris.
The Phantom and Solaris are quite different.The Phantom has more bass impact (at least right now, let's wait until fully burnt in), its mids are thicker and there is much less sparkle in the treble department. The Solaris has a considerably bigger soundstage and in particular depth is just as good as it gets I haven't heard a soundstage like this aside from LCD i4 or U18t. Separation is better than Phantom while remaining just as coherent there is simply more air by way of its treble. Imaging is clearer I mean the spatial cues are so good and so natural. Treble is well... sublime on the Solaris. It bring a lot of excitement without the fatigue... quite a feat!
Last but not least... Solaris has better texture but then I haven't heard any IEM with such textures, it makes for such a richness to the sound...
I have been really hoping that someone would post a comparison of the sound signature of the it04 and the Solaris. No doubt the build quality are as different as different can be. I get it. But what about the sound signature...?
Ok...I apologize in advance for being redundant haha but I guess the question I have then is are they better than the Vegas at isolation. I find that the Orions are better in this regard maybe because of the bigger form factor im not really sure.Isolation is normal for IEMs. Not ety or custom isolation but the same as nearly every other universal iem.
@davidmolliere , burning question... Wondering what's your take thus far between Solaris and VE8 [technical construction aside (i.e. hybrid vs balanced) and let us ignore the price difference]?
I knew this would come up
Well, for starters both are fantastic all rounders with a very musical and smooth tuning. The VE8 is faster, with shorter decay. Mid bass is more prominent on the VE8 but sub bass is better extended on the Solaris although both have a smoother attack, neither has hard hitting bass. I think the Solaris bass is more balanced in that respect. Both have great bass texture, but for me the solaris is better in that department, hard to beat a DD.
Mids are interesting, the Solaris is slighgly warmer than the VE8 I find a tad more lower mids on the Solaris and on the flipside a tad more upper mids on the VE8. Notes are bigger on the Solaris, there is more space between instruments by way of its soundstage which is considerably deeper but similarly wide. Maybe the VE8 is a bit taller there. Need more time. The VE8 has slightly more body and weight, don't misinterpret the Solaris mids are not thin by any means but airier if that makes sense : it breathes better. Both have highly coherent mids, no strange peak and a smooth experience.
Treble, oh my both are sublime but with a different take. The VE8 treble is smooth and has good sparkle, with great speed it's airy and feathery a very delicate and refined presentation of the treble. I'd say upper treble are as good as it gets and lower treble is tuned for sparkle with just enough excitement. Decay is fast although notes can linger beautifully when called for. The Solaris has more weight to its treble, but it's not as fast. It's an exquisite treble with an emphasis on lower treble while upper treble while very very good takes a back seat to the excitement and sparkle. IMHO the Solaris walk a very fine line pushing treble excitement as far as it can while never sounding harsh or fatiguing... The VE8 was the first IEM that made me realize I loved good treble. The Solaris does the same, showing me another path to exciting and smooth treble. This makes both IEM very emotional.
Thx man, I was looking for this kind of impressions. VE8 has been on my radar for a while, but the pricing is a big problem.
I saw you tried Metallica on the Solaris, I don't know how good it will be for extreme metal, but it sounds like it has potential.