Another Solo impression

Moin,

the new Solo is now running 24 hours to AKG 271 MKII without any interrupting from power. So I like to tell you my first impressions.

This morning from an old-aged Revox tuner heard Queens "Thank god it´s christmas", the song seems to fit to the season, otherwise it wouldn´t be in the playlist as near to the top as Wham. The bass-lines (heard them first time after listening to the song every christmas season about 30 times) came a little fluffy but very swinging. The higher frequencies sounded a little harsh. All in all amazingly transparent.

Now listening to "Unplugged"-CD from Eric Clapton with my old Rega Planet. Harshness is gone for the moment, bass is still a little fluffy like in the morning, transparency didn´t disappear, more timbre and musicality moved into the sound. WOW!

If these impressions will develop further on I may could get in danger to become a headphone junkie.

I´m waiting excited for the findings of the next listening sessions coming days. After Christmas days I come back to bring some more details here.



 

 

Thank you for your good wishes, Volker! Mine to you, as well . . .

Day 13

Wow, the bass comes with accuracy and pressure at the same time, and the colour tonality is affecting. Dynamics is still on board. Harshness is nearly complete gone. Impressive.

What is remarkable at the moment? The radio stations sound really difficult through my old but wonderful Revox Tuner. All the stations under public law operated  are sounding very well, the private operated stations differ between too much bass, to much high notes or too much from everything.

It seems that the sound of the Solo will come to it´s best condition next time. So the next step will be the change of the interconnect. I´m looking for getting a Lautus Ph/Ph as part of the loaner programme next week. This is a great opportunity.  I´m very excited.

News will be reported in due time.

Day 30

I was the whole week away from home for work, so I needed a new portion of headphone listening at Saturday and Sunday.

That were the last two days with the Lautus cable from loaner programm. Sent it back today with some kind of plaintiveness. Will not get this faboulus sound next weeks again. So I will use my time to listen to the differences of the existing cables until there is time and money to order some GSP cables.

By the way, my wife can watch TV as much as she wants now, for that time I´m free to live with my headphone music. Well done!