Henrik’s Burson Playmate 2 with Sony WH-1000XM4

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January 23, 2023

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Burson Playmate 2, Sony WH-1000XM4

I’m very impressed & I think I have to try the opamps vivid 6 in the near future.

The System

Listening with

Sony WH-1000XM4 · Headphones: closed-back, dynamic (40 mm), wireless noise-cancelling over-ear · discontinued

Impedance: 40 Ω (wired, powered on); 16 Ω (wired, off)
Sensitivity: 106 (on); 101 (off) dB/mW (wired)
Frequency response: 4 Hz – 40 kHz (wired, powered on)
Plugs / cables supplied: Bluetooth; 3.5 mm headphone cable input
Other: approx. 253 g

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Burson

Burson Playmate 2 · DAC / headphone amplifier / preamp · discontinued

Output power (headphone): 16 Ω 3.5 W · 32 Ω 2.5 W · 100 Ω 0.6 W · 150 Ω 0.4 W · 300 Ω 0.15 W
Output impedance: <2 Ω (headphone); 15 Ω (pre out)
Output voltage: RCA not published
Gain: High / Low; dB not published
Inputs: USB (XMOS; PCM to 768 kHz/32-bit, native DSD512); Toslink
Input impedance: 38 kΩ
Outputs: RCA pre out; headphone jack (SE)
DAC / chipset: ESS SABRE32 ES9038Q2M
Other: Model P171; SE only; THD <0.002%; FR ±1 dB 0-35 kHz; DAC THD+N 0.0018%

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Specs from manufacturer data unless a source below says otherwise. “calc.” values are worked out from those figures (V = √(P × R); 110 dB SPL used as a loud reference level). Gear listed without specs is not in our spec library yet.