Solitaire T PRO Riviera Headphone

The Solitaire T Pro Riviera merges elegant cream white with warm cognac brown contrasts, bringing to life the effortless sophistication and sun-drenched clarity of the French way of life. In this mobile studio, your music is presented with the elegance it deserves, utilizing optional Dolby technology to create a panoramic soundstage that pulls you into the centre of the performance. Highest-quality wireless standards meanwhile establish a bedrock of fidelity that ensure the bridge between wired and wireless is virtually indistinguishable. Whether you are connected via the balanced Pentaconn input, Bluetooth or utilize the USB-C link for bit-perfect digital streaming, up to 50 hours of battery life ensure that the Solitaire T Pro Riviera is always ready for the journey ahead.

At Home
Delivering the Artist's Truth anywhere requires a product of incredible versatility, and the Solitaire T Pro is engineered to be just that. It is designed to be a reference-level closed audiophile headphone while also serving as a lightweight, portable unit. This dual nature is supported by a sophisticated connection philosophy that masters both the digital and analogue domains. For a pure, uncompressed signal, the Solitaire T Pro can be operated fully digitally through its USB-C socket. For the analogue purist, it operates in a purely passive mode, transferring the signal fully symmetrically to the transducer from Pentaconn, 3.5mm, or 6.3mm connectors. The true innovation, however, is T+A's Active Analog concept. This system is based on the analogue inputs but intelligently maximises their potential. It allows the pure analogue signal to access the headphone's volume control and active background noise suppression, creating that perfectly isolated listening environment without compromising the signal's soul. This entire philosophy is built on a foundation of quality. All leads are constructed from OFC cable designed to minimize structural sound, and they terminate in gold-plated contacts to ensure a perfect, unblemished connection to the performance.

At 30,000 feet
We cannot control the world around us. We can't silence the bustling airport lounge or the moving train. But we can control our response to it. The promise of the Solitaire T Pro is not about changing the environment; it is about mastering it. It is the ability to create a perfectly isolated sphere for the artist's truth, no matter whether you are crossing an ocean at 30.000 feet or sitting in your listening room. To achieve such a level of versatility in use, T+A engineered a system for the suppression of background noise, which is finetuned to work both with and without the headphone’s built-in battery being used. The first layer of sound control is provided by the headphone's passive sound insulation, materials carefully chosen to on their own effectively block out a great deal of unwanted mid-range and treble noise. With the battery switched on, a chip-based active suppression system effectively eliminates the bass noise which cannot be damped by passive means. To be the perfect travel companion, the Solitaire T Pro is engineered so that its quality doesn’t go at the expense of either portability or durability. The aluminium components are machined from solid material, then bead-blasted and anodised for a robust, tactile finish. This creates the durable architecture of your mobile studio. At the same time, precision-made, close-tolerance hard metal couplings allow the ear cups to rotate through 90° and fold inwards, making the Solitaire T Pro incredibly compact for its case or for wearing around the neck. It is the T+A standard, set free.

Music becomes sound
The Solitaire T Pro represents a deliberate transition from the reproduction of music only to the mastery of sound itself, embracing the full spectrum of the modern entertainment landscape. With T+A's heritage firmly rooted in bringing to life the Artist's Truth, their guiding conviction has grown to encompass more than ever: sound, in all its cinematic, atmospheric, and musical complexity, can be experienced in its most visceral, unaltered form. By integrating Dolby Atmos, T+A transformed the Solitaire T Pro from a high-fidelity headphone into a truly private cinema. When engaging with spatial audio content, your role changes: you are no longer just a listener to a soundstage; instead, you are placed inside a three-dimensional soundfield. Instruments and cinematic effects occupy a 360-degree reality around you with every sound given a tangible physical presence in space and time.

To ensure the T+A standard remains entirely untethered without sacrificing an ounce of fidelity, T+A selected the Qualcomm QCC 5181 chipset. This is far more than a simple component; it is a high-efficiency conduit specifically engineered to handle the massive data requirements of the modern audio landscape. This core serves as the vital gateway for a comprehensive suite of advanced wireless connection codecs, led by LDAC™ and aptX™ HD. They ensure that the perceived divide between wired and wireless listening is now virtually indistinguishable, providing a uniquely clear, powerful, and natural sound image.

When you demand the absolute pinnacle of performance, the Solitaire T Pro is ready to transition into Studio Pro Mode, a state of operation where the digital signal is entrusted to a second Esstech ES9219 Sabre DAC. This reference-grade converter acts as the critical gatekeeper of the signal path, tasked with the translation of complex, high-resolution data into an analogue signal. In this mode, particularly when utilizing the USB-C input to bypass external processing, the ES9219 takes full command of the high-bitrate stream. The converted signal is then fed into a bespoke analogue amplifier coupled with a dedicated analogue volume control. The result is a sensory experience where every nuance is felt as much as it is heard, bringing the uncompromising quality of a stationary high-end system into a mobile reality.

The Solitaire T Pro is built upon a singular architectural foundation: the conviction that even the most advanced digital processing requires a fundamentally pure canvas to succeed. Consequently, the entire transducer is engineered to such an exemplary standard that it by itself is capable of delivering a superb, high-fidelity experience without any reliance on artificial signal processing. To achieve such a level of performance, T+A's design is rooted in the elimination of interference before it can begin. At the heart of the system is a 42-mm transducer featuring a specialized cellulose diaphragm - a material selected for its remarkable ability to merge lightning-fast agility with structural rigidity. While undamped diaphragms can introduce unwanted reflections that blur detail, T+A precisely managed this potential by integrating carefully located damping at the very edge of the transducer. This measure effectively neutralizes reflections as they develop, preventing any colouration of the frequency response and allowing the diaphragm to move with effortless poise, free from premature break-up. Complemented by an optimized low-bass system that ensures a flawless transient response, the result is a transparent, three-dimensional stage where sound is heard exactly as it was intended to be felt.

T+A believes a headphone is an intimate, personal interface with your music. Accordingly, they insisted that the operation of the Solitaire T Pro be entirely effortless and instinctive. This is achieved through a holistic, multi-sensory experience. Whether interacting with the solid, precision-machined buttons and switches to switch from “Endurance Mode” to “Noise Control Mode” or “Studio Pro Mode” or the seamless interactive touchpad, every action is one of considered, assured simplicity. When one wishes to engage with the outside environment, a supplementary transparency mode can be invoked at the push of a button. All important inputs are confirmed by discreet feedback messages, spoken by our distinctive T+A voices. With the Solitaire T, the experience is absolute yet intuitive: you see, feel, and hear precisely what you are doing.

Acoustics

• Ear coupling:  around-ear, closed
• Driver:  selected, low tolerance dynamic drivers
• Frequency responce:  4 - 22,000 Hz, passive 4-45,000 Hz
• THD:  <0.05 % (1 kHz / 94 dB)
• Microphones:  2 communication microphones on the right,
2 ANC microphones on each side
• Noise Cancelling:  hybrid

Bluetooth

• Chipset:  Qualcomm QCC 5181
• Bluetooth Version:  6.0
• Bluetooth Profiles:  A2DP, AVRCP, HSP, HFP
• Codecs:  SBC, AAC, aptX™, aptX™ HD / adaptive / Lossless, Auracast™, LC3, LDAC™

Battery

• Battery Technology:  Lithium Ion
• Battery Capacity:  1200 mAh
• Charging Power:  5 V 1 A (5 W) max
• Charging Socket:  USB-C
• Charging Time:  2 h
• Battery Lifetime:  50 h, 25 in Studio Pro Mode

Finish: Aluminum silver 43

Headband: Cognac

Ear Pads:  White, allergen-free synthetic leather

Weight: 336g (0.74 lb.)

App:  iOS, Android

Technical modifications reserved.

• Headphones
• A 1.4m analog cable (3.5 mm jack) for a highly pure connection to mobile sources.
• A 3m balanced (4.4 mm jack) Pentaconn cable for direct access to stationary high-end components.
• A 1.4m USB-C to USB-C cable enables the playback of digital master files from smartphones and computers. In doing so, the internal Quad-DAC architecture completely bypasses the source device‘s converters.
• Flight adapter (2 x 3.5 mm jack)
• 1/8" to 1/4" adapter
• Headphone case