Matus’s Burson V7 Vivid Opamp with Burson Conductor 3X Reference

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April 10, 2024

Post Info

Feedbacks - Conductor 3R | 3XR, Feedbacks - V7 SS Opamp
Burson Super Charger 3A, Denon PMA-900HNE

I actually can’t compare it to the v6 op-amps that came with the Conductor, since I swapped them straight after I verified that the newly received product worked correctly. That said, I really love the sound coming out of the Conductor 3XR with the v7 vivid op-amps, powered using the Super Charger (3A).
The op-amps were relatively easy to swap, just the zip ties were a bit of a hassle. Fortunately, I had a few compatible zip ties left at home. Burson could perhaps supply spare ties of the right size with the new op-amps, at least when bought as a Burson product op-amp upgrade. :)

The System

Listening with

Burson Conductor 3X Reference · DAC / headphone amplifier / preamp · discontinued

Output power (XLR / SE): 16 Ω 7.5 W / 3.75 W · 32 Ω 5 W / 2.5 W · 100 Ω 1.75 W / 0.88 W · 150 Ω 1.16 W / 0.58 W · 300 Ω 0.58 W / 0.3 W
Output impedance: 0.5 Ω (headphone); 1 Ω (pre out); 25 Ω (DAC out)
Output voltage: RCA 2 V (DAC out)
Gain: High / Low; dB not published
Inputs: 2x XLR; USB (XMOS; PCM to 768 kHz/32-bit, native DSD512); Toslink; coaxial; Bluetooth 5.0 aptX HD; microphone
Input impedance: 40 kΩ
Input sensitivity: line level
Outputs: XLR pre out; line-level DAC out; 6.35 mm + 4-pin XLR headphone
DAC / chipset: 2x ESS ES9038Q2M
Other: Model R180X (3XR); THD <0.0015%; FR ±1 dB 0-58 kHz

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Burson

Burson V7 Vivid Opamp

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.