Constellation Stereo vs Soulution 710

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Has anyone compared these two stereo amps? Impressions?

Lets throw the D'Agostino stereo into the mix.
 
I can tell you the Dagostino is awesome. I have not heard the others. But would like to hear the Constellation gear.
 
I heard them, in different dates and configurations, and preferred the Constellation.
I also heard, side-by-side, the Constellation and Soulution's 5xx monoblocks. Again, the Constellation was considerably better, for me.
Soulution has a certain dry, "empty" sound that I dislike, perhaps because of the use of excessive negative feedback.
Constellation, OTOH, has a fuller, I'd even say rolled off sound, but very precise and detailed. It also tends to put the soundstage waaaay far behind the speakers, for a very relaxed and "nice" presentation.
I can only consider one scenario where the Soulution would be preferable: if you listen to small scale jazz (female vocals, etc) and classical/chamber. Its transparency is incredible, specially on Magico speakers. But put something with more "meat" in it, like rock, and it loses its charm.
This applies to Magico speakers only, that were used in all ocassions (Q3, Q7, S5 and S1). Perhaps mating Soulution to a more warm speaker like Sonus faber will be the ticket...
Hope it helps!

alexandre
 
asiufy said:
I heard them, in different dates and configurations, and preferred the Constellation.
I also heard, side-by-side, the Constellation and Soulution's 5xx monoblocks. Again, the Constellation was considerably better, for me.
Soulution has a certain dry, "empty" sound that I dislike, perhaps because of the use of excessive negative feedback.
Constellation, OTOH, has a fuller, I'd even say rolled off sound, but very precise and detailed. It also tends to put the soundstage waaaay far behind the speakers, for a very relaxed and "nice" presentation.
I can only consider one scenario where the Soulution would be preferable: if you listen to small scale jazz (female vocals, etc) and classical/chamber. Its transparency is incredible, specially on Magico speakers. But put something with more "meat" in it, like rock, and it loses its charm.
This applies to Magico speakers only, that were used in all ocassions (Q3, Q7, S5 and S1). Perhaps mating Soulution to a more warm speaker like Sonus faber will be the ticket...
Hope it helps!

alexandre
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That's great feedback. Thank you!
 
Mike said:
Has anyone compared these two stereo amps? Impressions?

Lets throw the D'Agostino stereo into the mix.
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I'd loved to try all three on my TAD's. Seems like Darrin loves the liquid smooth detail of the Constellation and Joe loves the Dag's meat on the bone. He must be a meat lover!
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