cheapaudioman reviewed the Burson Funk on YouTube, comparing its speaker amp section with a Class D desktop amplifier.
He explains that the Funk is a separate speaker amplifier and a separate Class A headphone amplifier sharing one enclosure. It drove his Acoustic Energy AE100 Mk II and Wharfedale Denton 80th Anniversary speakers just fine.
In blind A/B switching, he found the tonal balance very close to the Class D amp, but the Burson was “way deeper” in soundstage because “it’s very good at Imaging”. He says it “really separated itself” in imaging and layering, putting things definitively in space and making them more three-dimensional.
He calls the headphone section “extremely clean, not really colored one way or the other”, with a “Goldilocks” soundstage that is neither the widest nor the narrowest.
He likes the upgradeable op amps, the build quality and the speaker binding posts. Of the volume knob he says “I don’t think I’ve seen a volume knob this good” on a modern piece of equipment. He would have liked a pre-amp output for a subwoofer.
He says he hasn’t “heard anything imaged this well outside of some pretty high-end stuff”. If you want one good-looking, well-built box for a small space, he thinks the Funk is “a great choice” with room to upgrade, and has “no problem recommending” it.
Discover the full features and specifications on the Burson Funk product page.
