Very clean, very detailed, however not advisable to be used on brighter headphones due to its emphasis on detail. Headphones such as Hifiman He1000v2 may be a little piercing with it,, warmer headphones will benefit a lot from having the delta-sigma DAC as a companion. Hoping I could afford the Soloist one day to see if it could help tame the Hifiman He1000v2s. The quest for perfect sound continues…