Lachlan from passion for sound did a brief comparison on his singxer review if I remember correctly.
I have watched that review so many times. I watched sound news and there was another site, on the Burson home page. They all seem to conflict, or at least the descriptions don’t line up.
I am probably going the burons, they have a good return policy regardless.
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I think Singxer-SA1 will suit you better, it best to hear both of those amp, because Soloist 3xp is much more expensive than Singxer SA-1
One first take review on the new power supply
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I have both the Singxer Sa-1 and the Soloist right now and the soloist is much better in almost everyway. The advantage of the SA-1 is the price, the RCA outs, and it runs cooler than the Soloist. The Soloist is better at everything else and I think is worth it’s price. I was able to get it on sale for $999 though. You also need special transformer XLR to RCA converters, if you want to pre-amp singled ended devices on the Soloist.
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Have you tried the jumper mod? I’ve heard quite a few people at this point say it’s the only way it’s relevant.
If you mean the mod on the Sa-1, then no. It voids your warranty and I plan to resell it, so that would suck for someone who buys it. Plus, I don’t think my Bifrost 2 would work with the mod.
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Watch for the soloist 3XP used I got a fantastic deal with op amps.
What kind of noise floor do you all get with the Clear while on High gain?
I’m trying to figure out if what I’m hearing is normal or just due to my potentially bad opamp.
What kind? Not sure what you mean by what kind but there is a very audible noise floor with the clear on high gain.
I suggest not plugging in any headphones until you troubleshoot with Burson just in case…
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I was talking about audibility, so you’ve answered my question. I found It’s not an issue with music playing. But very noticeable when silent.
I was wondering because the soloist probably has the worst noise floor of my all solid state amps (while on high gain).
Ah, ok. Are you not getting enough output with medium gain? High gain is pretty overkill for almost all headphones.
Lol I just don’t like switching back and forth—especially since it doesn’t save volume settings between gain settings. I’ve been using the HE6se more than anything lately.
Aesthetically, this combo ^^^ looks really good 
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The Soloist is really powerful. I am very sure that the published stats are under the actual performance. So I would be careful about High gain. Only use it if you have to. This Amp may damage and overdrive headphones like the Clears, which I also own.
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Here are some op-amps from Staccato. These caught my eye as their op-amps look really interesting…
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Definitely want to hear your thoughts on them. I confirmed I’ve got a bad op-amp. So I might have to buy one (if I go vivid again) or two anyway.
Every review says that. So I bit the bullet and got the Burson. Local stock is a couple of weeks behind. Thanks Z Reviews. lol.
Been wanting this for months then finally have the money and Z bombs the stock.
I am really curious a out the op amp rolling too. As soon as I have mine in hand I am ordering the classic Op Amps and the the stand from Burson. Got to finish the package.
Did a little comparison between the Classics and the Vivids some time ago.
If interested here’s the link: BURSON Soloist 3X Performance - Class A Headphone/Pre Amplifier - #216 by hifiDJ - Official AMP/DAC/DAP Model Discussion - The HEADPHONE Community
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