Owned both but not at the same time but heres my take. The Solos provided the lowest bass of any monitor I've tried and clearly played much lower the the Taylo Refs. As a former planar type guy I'm no bass freak but the Taylos didn't quite go low enough for me. If you like the low end of the Solos you'll need to augment the Taylos with a sub. Mids and highs go to the Taylos - Solos were much more aggressive in nature and at louder levels fatigue set in early, never happened with the Taylos. Taylos are accurate but smoother in nature. I now have Ty's Linbrook monitors which I think may still fall ever so short of the Solos on the low end but I feel the bass is tighter and more natural.
I'm really surprised the I-5 has enough juice foe the Solos. I ran mine with a big Bryston amp and felt they could have used even more power.
If you want to stay with a monitor I'll be quite surprised if you find any that will go as low as the Solos at the $1000 pricepoint. IMHO, you'll need to spend more money and get a sub(if you go with another monitor especially the Taylos) but in the end you may just have a much more musical system when all is said and done.
I'm really surprised the I-5 has enough juice foe the Solos. I ran mine with a big Bryston amp and felt they could have used even more power.
If you want to stay with a monitor I'll be quite surprised if you find any that will go as low as the Solos at the $1000 pricepoint. IMHO, you'll need to spend more money and get a sub(if you go with another monitor especially the Taylos) but in the end you may just have a much more musical system when all is said and done.