Eastern Electric Minimax DAC Plus upgrade with Burson Discrete V5 opamp

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Sales Burson
July 26, 2016

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Feedbacks - V5 SS Opamp
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Using only the Burson single v5 with dexa dual causes no problem.

The System

Listening with

Eastern Electric Minimax DAC Plus · DAC: tube / solid-state selectable DAC (12AU7, socketed output opamps) · discontinued

Frequency response: 10 Hz – 40 kHz
Output impedance: 3 kΩ (tube) / 200 Ω (solid state)
Output voltage: RCA 2.5 V (tube and solid state)
Inputs: AES/EBU; BNC; coaxial; optical; USB (16-32 bit, 32-192 kHz)
Outputs: RCA
DAC / chipset: ESS ES9018 (Sabre); async USB
Other: dynamic range 135 dB; S/N 105 dB tube / 120 dB SS; THD 0.2% tube / 0.02% SS; 14 W; 320 x 220 x 58 mm; 4.1 kg net

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Burson

Burson V5 Opamp · Discrete opamp (single / dual) · discontinued

Supply voltage: ±3.5 V to ±15 V (absolute maximum)
Gain-bandwidth product: 50 MHz (at 100 kHz)
Dual or single: dual and single
Package: 14.5 mm wide × 12.4 mm deep × 29 mm high (V5-OPA-D)

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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.