Clay’s Burson V6 Opamp with ASUS Xonar Essence STX II

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The System

Listening with

ASUS Xonar Essence STX II · Sound card: PCIe sound card with headphone amp · discontinued
  • Frequency response: 10 Hz – 90 kHz (-3 dB, 16-bit/44.1 kHz input)
  • Output impedance: not published
  • Output voltage: RCA 2 Vrms (line out, RCA/3.5)
  • Gain: not published
  • Inputs: 1x 6.3 mm line/mic in
  • Outputs: 1x 6.3 mm headphone (7 Vrms); 2x RCA; S/PDIF coax out
  • DAC / chipset: TI Burr-Brown PCM1792A; ASUS AV100 processor (192 kHz/24-bit)
  • Other: headphone output 7 Vrms; SNR (A) 124 dB front / 120 dB headphone; THD+N 0.0003% (front) / 0.001% (headphone); swappable opamps

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Burson

Burson V6 Opamp · Discrete opamp (single / dual)
  • Supply voltage: ±3 V min, ±15 V typ, ±17 V max (absolute maximum ratings table)
  • Gain-bandwidth product: 52 MHz (at 100 kHz)
  • Dual or single: dual and single (quiescent current 8 mA single and 16 mA dual, at ±15 V)

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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. ASUS Xonar Essence STX II: archived page (web.archive.org)
  2. Burson Supreme Sound Opamp V6 datasheet V1.1 (SS-Opamp-V6-datasheet-V1.1.pdf)