Marek’s Burson V5 Opamp with Audio In Motion SC 808

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I was using before Burson V4, then OPA 301, but Burson V5 beats it up, for the time being.

The System

Listening with

AIM SC808 · Sound card: PCI-e sound card (WM8741, swappable opamps)
  • Inputs: PCI-e; microphone on the daughterboard
  • Outputs: RCA; 6.35 mm headphone; coaxial; optical; 8-channel analogue on the daughterboard
  • DAC / chipset: Wolfson WM8741; C-Media CM8888
  • Other: 24-bit/192 kHz; 128 dB SNR on the WM8741 stereo path; stock opamp TI LM4562 (swappable); other analogue channels C-Media CMI9882A

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Burson

Burson V5 Opamp · Discrete opamp (single / dual) · discontinued
  • Supply voltage: ±3.5 V to ±15 V (absolute maximum)
  • Gain-bandwidth product: 50 MHz (at 100 kHz)
  • Dual or single: dual and single
  • Package: 14.5 mm wide × 12.4 mm deep × 29 mm high (V5-OPA-D)

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Also in the system

OPA301 · Operational amplifier
  • Supply voltage: 2.7 V to 5.5 V single supply (recommended); 7 V absolute maximum
  • Gain-bandwidth product: 150 MHz
  • Dual or single: single
  • Package: SOIC-8; SOT-23; VSSOP

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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. Burson V5 Opamp datasheet V1.1
  2. OPA301: PDF (ti.com)
  3. AIM SC808: PDF (myaudioamps.com)
  4. AIM SC808: techpowerup.com
  5. AIM SC808: audiofanatyk.pl