Andreas’s Burson Funk with Bluesound Vault 2i and Denafrips Ares II

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May 20, 2021

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Bluesound Vault 2i, Denafrips Ares II

I like the sound. It is marvellous for this low price, but I had some problems with the extra delivery of chips for customisations. It was not in the package, but I paid for it. I was also a bit angry about additional custom and shipping costs in Austria. I thought I paid for everything already, but maybe it was my mistake. Best regards Andreas

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Bluesound Vault 2i

Denafrips Ares II · DAC: discrete R2R ladder DAC (NOS / OS modes) · discontinued

Frequency response: 20 Hz – 70 kHz (-3 dB)
Output impedance: 625 Ω (RCA); 1.25 kΩ (XLR)
Output voltage: RCA 2.2 V · XLR 4.4 V
Inputs: USB (PCM to 1536 kHz, DSD1024); 2x coaxial; 2x Toslink (24/192, DSD64 DoP)
Outputs: RCA; XLR
DAC / chipset: discrete R2R ladder (no DAC chip); FPGA DSP; STM32 USB
Other: THD+N 0.004%; S/N 115 dB; dynamic range >119 dB; crosstalk -124 dB; <=20 W; 215 x 230 x 45 mm

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Burson

Burson Funk · Headphone amplifier / integrated amplifier

Output power (headphone): 16 Ω 3.5 W · 32 Ω 2.5 W · 100 Ω 0.6 W · 150 Ω 0.4 W · 300 Ω 0.15 W
Power: 8 Ω: 35 W · 4 Ω: 45 W
Output impedance: <2 Ω (headphone)
Gain: not published
Inputs: RCA L/R
Input impedance: 38 kΩ
Outputs: headphone (SE); speaker terminals
Other: Model P-300; THD <0.03%; FR ±1 dB 0-35 kHz; speaker S/N 92.5 dB

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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.