Luis’s Burson V7 Vivid and Classic Opamps with Burson Soloist 3X Performance

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The System

Listening with

Burson Soloist 3X Performance · Headphone amplifier / preamp (Class-A) · discontinued
  • Output power (XLR / SE): 16 Ω 8 W / 4 W · 32 Ω 4 W / 2 W · 100 Ω 1 W / 0.5 W · 150 Ω 0.6 W / 0.3 W · 300 Ω 0.3 W / 0.15 W
  • Output impedance: 0.5 Ω (headphone); 25 Ω (pre out)
  • Gain: High / Medium / Low (manual); dB not published
  • Inputs: 1x XLR; 1x RCA; mic bypass
  • Input impedance: 35 kΩ
  • Input sensitivity: standard line level
  • Outputs: XLR pre out; 4-pin XLR + SE headphone
  • Other: Model M-120X (3XP); THD <0.0015%; FR ±1 dB 0-48 kHz

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Focal
Sennheiser
Stax
Beyerdynamic
Fostex
AT
B&O

Burson

Burson V7 Vivid Opamp
Burson V7 Classic 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.

  1. Burson Soloist 3X Performance product page
  2. Burson Soloist 3X Performance User Manual V1.6 (Burson downloads)