hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, remember episode and series name?
I think it was Supernatural and episode was in the fourth season. Forgive the vagueness but had a few beers and watched a few different series last night.
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Generally youād expect to see a volume reduction when you increase impedance and keep all else equal. I wouldnāt be surprised if that switch was literally adding a resistor in line with the output. But aside from that, enabling Hi-Z seems to give everything a āsofterā sound (even after compensating for volume). Which I personally donāt want generally. But I think could help take the edge off harsh sounding tracks.
Anyway, I decided to do some measurements to see if that would show anything else. The volume reduction is greater for low impedance headphones unsurprisingly. For the most part the reduction was even across the spectrum. Though interestingly, the Focal Clear saw less volume reduction in the bass region. Not sure why that is.
HD6XX
CLEAR
SUNDARA
LCD-2
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really interesting, super cool of you to share your findings.
about the soft thing, i feel like i found the same thing to be the case but with gain, which is odd, but could very well be just me tricking myself to look harder which tend to make differences clearer even if those things were there before especially for someone like myself who donāt ālisten to my gearā, but i do feel like it becomes more dynamic on high gain.
would be interesting to see if someone disagrees
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Have people compared this amp to the Rupert Neve RNHP?
Seems to be somewhat in the same league, no?
I too find the hi-z output to push the sound away and relax things a bit. Lo-z tends to be louder and more intense and in your face. I for one like the hi-z position on most of my headphones and for most of my music. It is nice to have the option.
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contemplatintg getting a complimentary amp but at this level im not sure there is even a point the SA-1 is FANTASTIC, well if i want to go down the rabbit hole of perfect synergy i guess it is worth it. might pick up a soloist sometime in the future for a good used price
the Singxer SA-1 is thick and wide sounding whilst still being detailed and my understanding is that the soloist is more āleanā sounding whilst retaining the level of width and detail that the SA-1 also produces. after reading a bit the conclusion ive come to is that there are mostly tonal differencesā¦ any of you guys have experience with both?
I just took a look at that review vid. Interestingly he said low gain mode sounded better which isnāt I wouldāve thought to check since the switches are on the bottom of the amp.
But annoyingly, for the stuff Iām using high gain is necessary when paired with the Ares II. Though even with high gain, I found I had to crank the volume knob really high when listening to my LCD-2. So like he mentioned, Singxer should have went with something higher than 11 dB with the high gain mode.
Iām still on the look out for a Soloist myself. I will let you know if I get one.
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been skipping back and forth but didnāt find where this was stated, iāve also watched the whole review guess i just missed it. remember where in the vid?
thanks that would mean a lot so absolutely do that!
Sorry about that, I must have misheard a statement about LO-Z/HI-Z switch while only half paying attention. I couldnāt find it either.
The soloist has been showing up much at all (at least here and on Headfi), so itāll probably be a while.
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im sorry what was that sir?
I meant it hasnāt been showing up on the used market lol
ahhhh yes yes, i understand now
Looking down range this will most likely be my next amp. I wish I could test one.
So after testing this amp for a while with my HD6XX, LCD-2pf, and Clear, I have to say Iām not really fan. When using the 6XX on the balanced output, it seemed to add a recession in the mids. So it ended up sounding significantly more āveiledā than usual. With the Clear, it was hard to pinpoint why I liked it on the RNHP much more. But again, I think was how the mids were being handled. The one other amp I used with the 6XX recently was the Chord Mojo. But I will check again with some other SS amps.
The LCD-2 sounded good. But I still preferred it on other amps.
The DACs Iāve tried so far with the SA-1 so far are the Ares II and Mojo.
Am I crazy? Iāve looked at plenty of reviews and impressions. And I didnāt see anything suggesting it should sound like this.
Oh well. I guess Iām upgrading much sooner than expected. @M0N , what do you think? Should I just go for the Soloist 3X now? You didnāt find it to be particular similar to the SA-1 did you? Is it a good all-rounder?
try high gain and see if that helps before you end up selling it for something else.
i dont know what to tell you man, guess itās just not for you and thats okay. maybe you would enjoy something that leans toward being more analytical or neutral.
iirc mon mon does not particularly like the soloist but im sure he can answer that best himself
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did you run the 6xx through the xlr? the single ended is not very good
could you elaborate on that or is it more of a sens thing?
High gain makes it sound nicer occasionally. But generally I prefer low anyway. EDIT I mean Z, not gain
Yes, all my testing was done using the balanced outputs.
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