I am receiving my 331 next week. It is replacing my Ayre AX-5 Twenty integrated amp. Here is an excellent review: https://twitteringmachines.com/review-soulution-331-integrated-amplifier/.
Soulution 331 vs Gryphon Diablo 333
It's probably a long shot, but has anyone been able to do a direct or indirect comparison? I would like to hear your impressions of either. I'm looking to simplify my system, and these are the frontrunners I'm considering.
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@jeffreyw we've had the 331 in our Family Room stereo for about 10 days. We've been listening to mostly Jazz streaming from Qobuz on our Aurender A30. My wife has commented on hearing details she did not hear before. Music is more 3-dimensional with voices and instruments further out into our room accompanied by a wide soundstage. Despite 120 wpc vs. my previous Ayre AX-5 Twenty [125 w/c], bass instruments / drums are much tighter, deeper in reach with much more detail and GRIP. I'm guessing the power reserves supplemented by 160,000 µF of storage capacitance is what's in play here. I'm blown away. Based on this experience, I am planning to upgrade my Office system replacing my Ayre KX-R Twenty Pre & VX-R Twenty Amp with the Soulution 312 Stereo Amplifier and the Soulution 760 DAC Converter. |
@jeffreyw BTW, here is another review of the Soulution 331 from hifi.nl. If your browser is Google Chrome, you easily translate fro Dutch to English: https://hifi.nl/artikel/34175/Review-Soulution-331-geintegreerde-versterker-wereldprimeur.html |
@jeffreyw I would suspect the 360 DAC would offer better performance vs. the 331 with DAC module given the formers zeroPhase processing and the LEEDH volume control. Whether or not the improvement is worth the additional ~$14K is another discussion. Good luck. |