[hkpants]

I just recently bought those from the guy you sold them too. Really looking forward to getting them shipped to my country!

It was a bittersweet moment for me when I sold them. I still think they have the best IEM sound experience, they just couldn't fit my tiny ears . I hope you'll enjoy them, they really are great IEMs. They also look a lot more stunning in person.

 

[chickenmcnug]

Thanks to @Damz87 ill be reunited with the Solaris soon. Cant wait to finally listen to the SE

 

[stersa]

Perfect match for Solaris 2020..



Fantastic combination for sound,and 0 hiss...

Dap?.. no tks..

Best regards

Sisco

 

[keeney]

Ok, don't use the Samsung USB-C dongle if you have the in line mic cable. I think it fried the controls. I really want to use my solaris and not have to rely on my laptop mic Maybe these are flat enough to attach a modmic lol

 

[Rockwell75]

Thanks to @Damz87 ill be reunited with the Solaris soon. Cant wait to finally listen to the SE

Right on man excited to hear your thoughts.

 

[Toom]

Ooh, am really loving the sound of the 2020s using the medium silicone tips supplied with it - was using the Final E ones, but just tried these and they sound wonderfully balanced and coherent.

I always feel kinda guilty when I find medium tips work best, like I am just so 'average', lol.

 

[BobJS]

Ooh, am really loving the sound of the 2020s using the medium silicone tips supplied with it - was using the Final E ones, but just tried these and they sound wonderfully balanced and coherent.

I always feel kinda guilty when I find medium tips work best, like I am just so 'average', lol.

You're lucky. I need the large or XL. So often, there won't be tip large enough in the included set that fits me, in general. The largest one included with the 2020 fits me great though. Is that the Final E?

 

[Toom]

You're lucky. I need the large or XL. So often, there won't be tip large enough in the included set that fits me, in general. The largest one included with the 2020 fits me great though. Is that the Final E?

Yeah, the Finals have a LL size - do they have a grey core?

 

[crazyeyes]

I always thought my ear canals weren't that small but I guess they must be I find I need MS or S in most tips with the Solaris or any of the IEMs with a thicker nozzle. When I had Shures and Westones with the smaller nozzles I would use M and sometimes ML or L depending on the tips. But the larger nozzles of a lot of these newer IEMs make me need smaller tips.

 

[BobJS]

Yeah, the Finals have a LL size - do they have a grey core?

Yes, that's it.

 

[cr3ativ3]

Tested with SP1000m from 3.5, if there’s hiss I cannot hear it even with volume at 0.
I also bought the balanced super litz, gonna try it tomorrow.How do they sound? mmmm..

how do you like the sound?

 

[BeerNuts]

My LG V30 got here a day early. Been playing with it full day now trying stuff out. Honestly I am impressed for $160 it does a very good job as a DAP but it can not complete with the zx300 in terms of detail, soudstange and airiness.

Now I didn't expect it to, but you see a lot of people say how the LG V30 totally replaced all of their daps because it was so great. I will back them up that it is pretty damn good, but replace my dap it will not. Especially with the Solaris. Its like 80% of the way there but its just missing that final push into greatness. Its one of those things were if you hadn't heard better and couldn't compare you would be impressed as hell. Right of the box I was impressed, like holy crap this is pretty damn good! It was later when I went into my preferred 4.4 on the zx300 that i was like 'ooooh yeah thats what this sounds like'. Totally not fair I know. So I started to compare the 3.5 and the LG. This get closer but still not quite there, its missing the secret sauce that the zx300 has. The music from the LG is all very straight on, its missing a highness and depth to the holographic nature. For soundstage if we say the zx300 has a full 180 degrees then the LG v30 has more of a forward cone shape. Shave off like 20 degrees from both sides. Like a V in front of you. Bass can be very clean and quite deep, mids a pretty good, the highs might be lacking a bit though. I will say that if you had anything below a zx300 this might actually replace it. I can totally see that. I want to give these things away as gifts just as music players to friends and family.

So things you guys might be interested in. When using UAAP there is zero hiss, seriously none. Even to my sensitive rat ears, none. When using the FiiO Player or Hiby Music there however is a hiss. I am a little confused about that one. The hiss in these two players is enough to hear into very soft music. Amazon Music HD also has a hiss but it is lighter than the FiiO and HiBy players. You could ignore the amazon hd hiss when playing songs, even super quite ones.

The battery on the thing is way better than the FiiO M11 Pro haha, I remember just watching the FiiO count down as it played like a timer. You can't quite see that this the LG.I was at 96% and I played 4 songs and still at 96% (with the screen off). It never gets hot even playing MQA's in UAAP. The screen is massive and cray nice because its a 4k screen. Seriously it has a crazy nice screen! Super super light weight and super super thin as well. In fact so thin its a bit awkward to hold. I mean just in general its a super premium device and it looks and feels like one. There is no reason at all this thing should be $160 other than our culture with older phones. If anyone i knew wanted to get into music I would get them one in a heartbeat. I don't think it would be possible to find anything quite as useful and sounds this good for $160. You have the added benefit of Andriod 8 and all the apps you could ever want. Let them listen to pretty damn good music and browse reddit or ticktoks in super 4k on like a 5" screen haha. The screen is the same height as my iPhone 11 Pro but the LG is just a bit wider. Super tiny bezels on the top and bottom and no camera notch. Seeing the album art on the phone and on the lock screen is a pleasure. Its raining today so its even added rain onto the album art on the lock screen.

Its 80% of the way there in terms of sound, Its just missing that wow factor that makes you emotional when you hear a song. This is a specific problem to the Solaris because that extra 20% is where these things shine the most. If i swap over to my GK Knowels IEM, the Shure 215's, or Sony MH755's the changes are not nearly as noticeable if at all. You are not holding back those IEM's with the LG V30. With the Solaris you are honestly holding them back, its not by much but that last 20% to airy soundstage is massive. Clarity, layering, detail everything get boosted adding that secret sauce to recipe, which is vital to $1500 IEM's.

If my budget was $160 **** yeah id get one of these, but then I wouldn't have $1500 for Solaris... in a pinch I would totally listen to the v30 solaris pairing but the zx300 is like half the size of the phone so i don't think its a pinch i would get into. I am either retuning it or boxing it up super nice and setting it aside for a Christmas present for someone getting into audio without a Solaris.

 

[ExpatinJapan]

seems to be a lot of dap talk in the thread recently.
Revisited the Solaris OG with the iBasso DX220 Max. It sounded very reference (with body). Early days for it though.

Solaris OG loved the extra juice though.

 

[NaittsirK]

My LG V30 got here a day early. Been playing with it full day now trying stuff out. Honestly I am impressed for $160 it does a very good job as a DAP but it can not complete with the zx300 in terms of detail, soudstange and airiness.

Now I didn't expect it to, but you see a lot of people say how the LG V30 totally replaced all of their daps because it was so great. I will back them up that it is pretty damn good, but replace my dap it will not. Especially with the Solaris. Its like 80% of the way there but its just missing that final push into greatness. Its one of those things were if you hadn't heard better and couldn't compare you would be impressed as hell. Right of the box I was impressed, like holy crap this is pretty damn good! It was later when I went into my preferred 4.4 on the zx300 that i was like 'ooooh yeah thats what this sounds like'. Totally not fair I know. So I started to compare the 3.5 and the LG. This get closer but still not quite there, its missing the secret sauce that the zx300 has. The music from the LG is all very straight on, its missing a highness and depth to the holographic nature. For soundstage if we say the zx300 has a full 180 degrees then the LG v30 has more of a forward cone shape. Shave off like 20 degrees from both sides. Like a V in front of you. Bass can be very clean and quite deep, mids a pretty good, the highs might be lacking a bit though. I will say that if you had anything below a zx300 this might actually replace it. I can totally see that. I want to give these things away as gifts just as music players to friends and family.

So things you guys might be interested in. When using UAAP there is zero hiss, seriously none. Even to my sensitive rat ears, none. When using the FiiO Player or Hiby Music there however is a hiss. I am a little confused about that one. The hiss in these two players is enough to hear into very soft music. Amazon Music HD also has a hiss but it is lighter than the FiiO and HiBy players. You could ignore the amazon hd hiss when playing songs, even super quite ones.

The battery on the thing is way better than the FiiO M11 Pro haha, I remember just watching the FiiO count down as it played like a timer. You can't quite see that this the LG.I was at 96% and I played 4 songs and still at 96% (with the screen off). It never gets hot even playing MQA's in UAAP. The screen is massive and cray nice because its a 4k screen. Seriously it has a crazy nice screen! Super super light weight and super super thin as well. In fact so thin its a bit awkward to hold. I mean just in general its a super premium device and it looks and feels like one. There is no reason at all this thing should be $160 other than our culture with older phones. If anyone i knew wanted to get into music I would get them one in a heartbeat. I don't think it would be possible to find anything quite as useful and sounds this good for $160. You have the added benefit of Andriod 8 and all the apps you could ever want. Let them listen to pretty damn good music and browse reddit or ticktoks in super 4k on like a 5" screen haha. The screen is the same height as my iPhone 11 Pro but the LG is just a bit wider. Super tiny bezels on the top and bottom and no camera notch. Seeing the album art on the phone and on the lock screen is a pleasure. Its raining today so its even added rain onto the album art on the lock screen.

Its 80% of the way there in terms of sound, Its just missing that wow factor that makes you emotional when you hear a song. This is a specific problem to the Solaris because that extra 20% is where these things shine the most. If i swap over to my GK Knowels IEM, the Shure 215's, or Sony MH755's the changes are not nearly as noticeable if at all. You are not holding back those IEM's with the LG V30. With the Solaris you are honestly holding them back, its not by much but that last 20% to airy soundstage is massive. Clarity, layering, detail everything get boosted adding that secret sauce to recipe, which is vital to $1500 IEM's.

If my budget was $160 **** yeah id get one of these, but then I wouldn't have $1500 for Solaris... in a pinch I would totally listen to the v30 solaris pairing but the zx300 is like half the size of the phone so i don't think its a pinch i would get into. I am either retuning it or boxing it up super nice and setting it aside for a Christmas present for someone getting into audio without a Solaris.

I had the V30 and found the Nextdrive Spectra X (dongle dac) to outperform it slightly.
But just to make sure , did you use the v30 in the high impedance mode or not?
This would make a substantial difference.

 

[HarlanDraka]

how do you like the sound?

I don’t want to rush in judgement after just a couple of days with them but, if I have to give an opinion right now on Solaris 2020 (paired with SP1000m), for my personal tastes I would say that they are the best sounding and most musical IEMs I have ever heard.And I had quite a bit of flagships in past including U12t, Legend X, Phantom, Andros, PP8 etc.
There’s something that wow me every time I’m listening to them..not sure yet what it is but it’s there.Maybe the 3d holographic soundstage, the separation, the sparkle, the emotional tone or all these things together.
No, they are not reference for sure but they are extremely balanced and made for musical pleasure.
Sold U12t to blind purchase them and I don’t regret it the slightest..