Medessou’s Burson V5i Opamp with ASUS Xonar Essence ST

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October 8, 2020

Post Info

The quality difference with the stock opamp is obvious, everything is clearer and punchier with a lot of details. I have had some issue since i installed the opamp on my Essence St card , i have a white noise on the right side and i don’t know why. Can you help me find a solution please ? i try to swap the opamp and the issue seems to come from the one on right side.

The System

Listening with

ASUS Xonar Essence ST · Sound card: PCI sound card with headphone amp · discontinued

Frequency response: 10 Hz – 90 kHz (-3 dB, 96 kHz)
Output impedance: not published
Output voltage: RCA 2 V (line out)
Inputs: PCI; line/mic 6.35 mm
Outputs: RCA line out; 6.35 mm headphone; coax/optical S/PDIF
DAC / chipset: TI Burr-Brown PCM1792A; TI TPA6120A2 headphone amp
Other: headphone out optimised for 32-600 Ω; S/N 124 dBA line / 110 dBA headphone; THD 0.0003% line / 0.001% headphone; 16/24-bit, to 192 kHz

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Burson

Burson V5i Opamp · Discrete opamp (single / dual) · current

Supply voltage: ±5 V / 10 VDC to ±16 V / 32 VDC (absolute maximum)
Gain-bandwidth product: 50 MHz (at 100 kHz)
Dual or single: dual and single
Package: 11 mm wide × 11 mm deep × 7.3 mm high

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