Valin's review is much closer to what I am hearing than Fremer's review. Normally, I like Stereophile reviews better but I just don't understand what Mikey means by the Soulution being too fast or dry sounding. He tries to elaborate in the nhb-458 review but I don't get it. How can an amp be too fast and still be neutral (which he contends)? Thats like saying my wife is too hot or I make too much money.
The problem with all subjective reviews is that we don't have any useful context. When was the last time you actually saw a reviewer's acoustical measurements? I've seen Kal's but nobody else I can think of has posted their room measuents. There's always the lazy excuse that reviewers should have ordinary listening rooms because most prospective buyers have ordinary rooms.