Phattharakorn’s Burson V6 Vivid Opamp with Creative Sound Blaster AE-9

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I replaced original op amps (NJM2214D & NE5534AP) with V6 Vivid dual x2 and V6 Vivid single x 2 op amps. I felt sound more dynamic, transparent, detailed than before but the volume has been dropped. If you know how to solve this problem. Please help me.

The System

Listening with

Creative Sound Blaster AE-9 · Sound card: PCIe sound card + external Audio Control Module, Xamp discrete headphone bi-amp
  • Output impedance: 1 Ω (headphone)
  • Output voltage: RCA not published
  • Gain: 3 modes: IEM 16-31 Ω (1.5 V RMS), Normal 32-149 Ω (3 V RMS), High Gain 150-600 Ω (5.3 V RMS)
  • Inputs: Toslink in; line in 2x RCA (ACM); 3.5 mm mic (ACM)
  • Outputs: 2x RCA front; 3.5 mm rear; 3.5 mm centre/sub; Toslink out; 3.5 mm + 6.35 mm headphone (ACM)
  • DAC / chipset: ESS SABRE ES9038 (“SABRE-class 9038”; suffix not published)
  • Other: DAC DNR 129 dB, THD+N 0.0001%; up to 32-bit/384 kHz PCM, DSD64; supported headphones 16-600 Ω; needs 6-pin PCIe power

[1]

Burson

Burson V6 Vivid Opamp

Also in the system

NE5534A · Operational amplifier
  • Operating voltage: ±5 V to ±15 V (recommended)
  • Supply voltage: ±22 V (absolute maximum)
  • Unity-gain bandwidth: 10 MHz typ
  • Dual or single: single
  • Package: SOIC-8; PDIP-8

[2]

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 AE-9: us.creative.com
  2. NE5534 / NE5534A: PDF (ti.com)