Initial impressions...

Approaching 3 hours into burn in and just came back to report that the hiss now starts after the 3 o'clock position. Don't want anyone thinking that I see, or meant it as an issue. I was simply using it as a refference point and was really surprised with my setup that it was that good.
  Also, my biggest impression is that even at such an early stage, that whatever I feed this fine beast is what I get..........unbelievable, that it represents what its fed so well so early. How can something so new be so transparent. Amazing.

Edit: Somehow the 3 hours I stated adn the three hours by the time I was done submitting is incorrect. I forgot to add in the hour it took my to write . So the time I plugged it in was 9 pm 2/1. hopefully somehow it will get worked out along the way


Edited by Charley Phogg - 02 Feb 2008 at 1:28pm

WOW,

 Here's what I'm listening to right now, on Texas Flood.... unrealised material

Artist: Stevie Ray Vaughan
Title: In Italy
Venue: Piazza del Duomo, Pistoia, Italy
Date: 3rd July 1988
Label: Beech Marten BM033
Audio Source: Broadcast?
Lineage: Silver > EAC (offset corrected) > WAV > FLAC 8
Number of Discs: 1
Artwork: Not included (see notes)
Total running time: 0hr 54min 22sec


Regarding the source, I'm guessing at broadcast. It's certainly no audience and to my ears sounds tOo nicely mixed to be a raw soundboard.


Tracklisting:
01 - Intro
02 - Say What
03 - Looking At Your Window
04 - Little Sister
05 - Mary Had A Little Lamb
06 - Pride and Joy
07 - Texas Flood
08 - Superstition
09 - Willie The Wimp
10 - Couldn't Stand The Weather

 Man, if I could sit still long enough I can picture Stevie bending those strings, but actually it seems as if he's bending the neck.

 I've never heard Stevie sound so good, unfortunetly I never had the chance to see him live, one of those things that always had to wait till next year .

 This has to be as close as it gets......until next listen...
Thank you Graham


Edited by Charley Phogg - 02 Feb 2008 at 8:43am

Brb, Perfect Sense is coming on.

 I'll post back around the 100 hour mark. I can't say enough how much I'm amazed that the Solo sounds this good this early. I'm pretty convinced that it's my IC's that are holding it back.My initial thought was to let it burn in with what I had becasue if I switched out IC's and the sound changed, how would I know what changed it? But I believe this amp is so transparent that it's not showing any flaw's that I can detect due to the cheap IC's? Someone please guide me here. I'm utterley astonished that it sounds this good so soon, maybe it's just me. But I've thrown some hard sh*t at it and all it has done is shine.

 What surprises me is that the sound signature isn't far off from my LittleBitHead. Which I guess is the Burr-Brown in my soundcard becasue I think the LBT used Burr-Browon. No, I'm not saying the LBT is comparable to this...... clearly the SOLO smokes the LBT. The sound I am gettting does sound very real. And I very much like this sound. How much of that is the Senn's? how much are my crappy IC's holding me back?

  I can't beleive the SOlo has this much detail so early.It's got power in abundance. Drive,Detail. This show right here is very hard to drive, or should I say very easy to overdrive?Such drastic swings, yes I had to turn the Solo up higher then I have so far, but I knew I would becasue of such drastic dynamic swings. ANd it never ever came close to hiccuping in the slightest way, nor did I even come close to being able to turn it up ;ouder then my ears could handle.

 I'm in love

 That last sentence makes absolutely no sense , think I was to caught up in listening to the music. But yes, I very easily could of played it way to loud.  I think what I was trying to wrench from my thoughts was.... let me give an example, with my TBH it would be forced into clipping during some passages throught the concert so I had to turn the volume down.
 Nothing even close with the Solo, and had plenty of headroom to spare. Think I had it up to about 12 o'clock or so,



Edited by Charley Phogg - 03 Feb 2008 at 1:36am