Soulution 331 vs Gryphon Diablo 333

@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

@at0310t 

Thank you for the update! You mentioned pairing the 312 with the 760 DAC. I am considering pairing the 312 with the new 360 DAC. I only use digital as an input. I question the difference in sound quality by powering the 312 with the DACs volume control vs. sending the DACs signal through the 331 integrated. It's something I need to explore. 

@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.