Claes’s Burson V5i Opamp with Aune X8

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Maybe you should consider better wrapping of the package. There was a hole in the wrapping so the product might have fallen out during the transportation. But it did not not this time. The opamp works with no problem, fitted well and sounds great

The System

Listening with

Aune X8 · DAC: desktop DAC (FPGA + ESS, user-swappable opamps) – marketed as “X8 Magic” · discontinued
  • Frequency response: 20 Hz – 20 kHz ±0.2 dB
  • Output voltage: RCA 2.0 V
  • Inputs: USB (768 kHz/32-bit, DSD512); coaxial (384k, DoP128); optical (192k, DoP64)
  • Outputs: RCA line out
  • DAC / chipset: ESS ES9038Q2M (per retailer review)
  • Other: SNR 117 dB; THD+N 0.0006%

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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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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. Aune X8: linsoul.kr (authorised distributor page + retailer review)
  2. Aune X8: hifigo.com (authorised distributor page + retailer review)
  3. Burson V5i Opamp datasheet V1.0
  4. Burson V5i Opamp product page