• Bridges the gap between wired and wireless performance
• Lightweight and comfortable
• Superb battery life
• Fit may not suit wider heads
• Treble could be sweeter
$2,160
The Solitaire T may be as modern in the headphone world as streaming in the music one, with their Bluetooth, active noise cancellation and plush, practical, portable design giving them as many convenience points as style ones, but T+A insists they were first and foremost developed as passive designs (i.e. not digital; without electronics). As smaller, more affordable descendants of the company’s high-end wired Solitaire P and P-SE, with their “sound philosophy and tuning correspond[ing] to the audiophile demands of the large models”.
Despite that sound-first principle, the German audio brand saw the Solitaire T’s compact, closed-back form as an opportunity to make them more suitable for travel. Hence the wirelessness, ANC functionality and, consequently, the most versatile product T+A says it has ever developed.
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The company would also tell you that the Solitaire T are different to many other wireless noise-cancelling headphones, in that in order to nail sound quality it has prioritised
