Allajn’s Burson Playmate 2 with beyerdynamic T5p

• Impedance: 32 Ω
• Sensitivity: 102 dB SPL (1 mW / 500 Hz) ≈ 116.9 dB/V (calc.)
• Frequency response: 5 Hz – 50 kHz
• Plugs / cables supplied: 1.4 m double-sided OCC cable, 3.5 mm plug with 6.35 mm adapter

Matching notes: At 32 Ω and 102 dB/mW, the beyerdynamic T5p is a low-impedance load, and an efficient one: about 0.45 V (6.3 mW, 14 mA) for 110 dB SPL (calc.). Burson rates the Playmate 2 at 2.5 W (SE) into 32 Ω, which is about 8.9 V RMS (calc.), roughly 26 dB more than that. The Playmate 2’s under 2 Ω headphone output impedance is less than 1/16 of the load. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

• 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.

1. beyerdynamic T5p: archived page (web.archive.org)
2. Burson Playmate 2 product page
3. Burson Playmate 2 User Manual V1.6 (Burson downloads)