Solo Diamond Ultra Linear good news and bad news

dillon wrote: I was also bowled over by the fact the Solo took the HD650 to another level.

This sentence suddenly reminded me of what happened when I connected my former HD600 to the Bitzie DAC via Lautus USB cable... To my ears, the Bitzie ummm... linearised the HD600 as much as possible; the lift in performance was not minor at all. I remember feeling that the LF and HF extension was increased whilst the transparency and balance of the presentation were somewhat "brought back to normal". My only criticism of this pairing was that the HD600 still retained its upper bass punch (which isn't the Bitzie's fault). The upper bass really thumped with beats and the double bass notes in orchestra would always protrude noticably. It didn't matter what volume level I chose to listen at, the signature remained, so I kept the volume down to minimise the punchyness. But I still hated the punch as it altered the tonality of instruments in my Japanese soundtracks.

I would imagine that the improvement the Solo ULDE brings to the HD650 is based on the same principle; the Solo probably linearises the HD650 signature as much as possible resulting in a very noticable lift in performance.

morris_minor wrote: Way to go, Dil! The ULDE/LCD2 & 650 is a stunning listen!

Hey Bradley

The only issue I find with the LCD is comfort. They're heavy and on my longish thin-ish neck can get uncomfy after about an hour to the point I have to take em off. Also initially there is a sorta airplane suction effect in rhe ears which can be freaky...but you get used to it after a while. Apart from that no quibbles. For bass impact and quantity and quality. ..I've yet to hear summat better. But here's the thing: I'm pretty confident all phones will sound at their very best with a ULDE powering em.

Dil

dillon wrote: I'm pretty confident all phones will sound at their very best with a ULDE powering em.