Evgenii’s Burson V6 Vivid and Classic Opamps with Creative Sound Blaster X7

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I really like the result of changing to v6 vivids in my setup, i have them in my sound blaster x7 DAC/amp with my Sennheiser hd700 and HE-4XX headphones. Now i’m eager to try different combinations when i get myself classic version of v6 op-amps.

The System

Listening with

Creative Sound Blaster X7 · DAC / headphone amp: USB DAC / headphone amp / stereo speaker amp with Bluetooth · discontinued
  • Output impedance: not published
  • Output voltage: RCA not published
  • Gain: not published
  • Inputs: micro-USB; RCA aux/line in; Toslink in; 3.5 mm mic; USB host; Bluetooth 4.1 (aptX LL, AAC)
  • Outputs: binding posts (stereo speaker); 3.5 mm rear, C/sub; RCA line/front; Toslink out; 3.5 mm + 6.3 mm headphone
  • DAC / chipset: TI Burr-Brown PCM1794
  • Other: DAC SNR 127 dB; TI TPA6120A2 headphone amp, “drives 600 Ω”; 24-bit/192 kHz

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Burson

Burson V6 Vivid Opamp
Burson V6 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. Creative Sound Blaster X7: archived page (web.archive.org)