![]() Not very pleasant, and my friend the owner told me that the pop got louder as the amp ages. When I compared the Soloist to the HA-160D which is about one year old, there was a problem in the volume control where everytime you move the position of the switch, there would be a loud “pop” noise that’s audible on the headphones. Stepped attenuators are agreed by the audiophile community to provide a better quality signal transfer path compared to standard sweeping-taper potentiometers. The Burson comes with a discrete volume attenuator which in theory is a mechanical switch with 24 different stops, all linked to a different value resistor. Some Notes About Burson’s Volume Attenuator For those of you who do, the Soloist is among the quietest desktop amp I’ve auditioned and had absolutely no noise issue with sensitive IEMs. I don’t really have the habit of driving IEMs with desktop amps, even more 4 watts amplifiers. A friend of mine who owns a recording studio and is a music engineer was impressed to hear his Mad Dog headphone being transformed by the Soloist. Speakers’ Mad Dog headphone and the two pair very well. ![]() I also had the chance to pair the Soloist with Mr. With the Hifiman HE-500 and the HE-6, I think the Soloist is my number one amp for those headphones now. Especially with the HD650, it’s quite noticeable how much better the depth on the soundstage presented by the Soloist is, compared to the relatively flat HA-160D. Paired with the Soloist, I still enjoy the LCD-2 and the HD650 highly, so it’s not like the Soloist are enemies with the two headphones. With headphones that never really lack bass and midrange body like Audez’e’s LCD-2 and Senn’s HD650, I think that the HA-160D is still best, though by a slight margin, simply because I was getting better bass articulation and a more “correct” treble presentation. I also felt that the Soloist had a more natural decay, while the HA-160D is more abrupt on the decay cutoff. Technically, the HA-160D had a wider soundstage and a clearer articulation, while the Soloist had a better depth in the soundstage. Comparing the Soloist to the HA-160D is like comparing the Sennheiser HD650 to the HD600. I enjoyed the fact that the Soloist not only adds body to the HE-6, but also that it relaxes the treble more than the HA-160D and the Dark Star. The RSA Dark Star and the HA-160D were more linear, with the Dark Star being more spacious while the HA-160D having a more forward sound and a better PRaT. In terms of sound signature, the Soloist had the thickest body out of the trio of amplifiers. I think we can give credit to the 4 WPC output for that impact. ![]() Not only does the Soloist add bass body, but it also adds a stronger impact than the HA-160D does. They were just as excited about the Soloist as I did, mostly because of the same reason: they’ve never heard the HE-6 with this sort of a bass and midrange body. In the iOS version, certain new features may be added to the Quiztones Pro In-App Purchase, but once you have that you're all set.Īs the Android app gets new content/features, the price of the app will probably increase for new customers, but since you already bought it you're all set! Certain major feature additions may show up as in-app purchases, but that's still up in the air at this point.One or two days after the amplifier arrived, my local headphile friends wanted to audition the amp so I took it to the Jaben store and all of us auditioned the Soloist and we A-Bed it to the Burson HA-160D which belongs to a friend of mine. Quiztones for Mac app will always inherit future features for free. We'll certainly keep updating the Android app, but for v1.0 we've started with just the basics and priced it considerably lower.ĭefinitely. The Mac and iOS versions are full featured with the ability to choose source material from your own music library, more EQ quizzes (cut and 1/3 octave), and gain comparison quizzes. Yeah, the Android version is a bit feature-limited due to certain development hurdles. Compression and time-based effects trainers are on deck for 2013. Feel free to let me know if there are any features you want to see. Thanks to everyone who showed love to Quiztones this year. Also time-based effects quizzes such as reverb type, length, pre-delay, delay feedback %, etc. We're looking to add compression trainers soon, such as using an on-screen fader (with A/B button) to match the attack or release time you hear in a processed audio loop. Let me know if you guys have any suggestions for Quiztones. So with that I'm going to quote the founder, Dan Comerchero, a little. Quiztones is very inexpensive compared to Golden Ears AND you get free updates.
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