I was already highly satisfied with the Burson Timekeeper 3i Ref, but the Soloist Voyager takes performance to an entirely new level! My unit is a custom V7 Classic + Vivid, featuring SP2 and Fusion Core. The sound is incredibly clean and transparent, yet it also delivers powerful, punchy bass – comparable to the Cambridge Audio Azur 640 7x100W, even with demanding headphones. Additionally, its soundstage is as expansive and three-dimensional as my tube amp. Overall, the Soloist Voyager is an exceptionally impressive headphone amplifier!
Matching notes: At 80 Ω and 104 dB/mW, the Focal Utopia is a low-impedance load, and an efficient one: about 0.56 V (4 mW, 7.1 mA) for 110 dB SPL (calc.). Burson does not publish a 80 Ω rating for the Soloist Voyager. Its 32 Ω and 100 Ω ratings (8 W XLR / 4 W SE; 3.8 W XLR / 1.9 W SE) fall either side of it. The Soloist Voyager’s 0.5 Ω headphone output impedance is 1/160 of the load. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Matching notes: At 42 Ω and 87 dB/mW, the HEDD HEDDphone is a low-impedance load, and a fairly demanding one: about 2.9 V (200 mW, 69 mA) for 110 dB SPL (calc.). Burson does not publish a 42 Ω rating for the Soloist Voyager. Its 32 Ω and 100 Ω ratings (8 W XLR / 4 W SE; 3.8 W XLR / 1.9 W SE) fall either side of it. The Soloist Voyager’s 0.5 Ω headphone output impedance is 1/84 of the load. [5] [3] [4]
Matching notes: At 70 Ω and 101 dB/mW, the LCD-2 is a low-impedance load, and an efficient one: about 0.75 V (7.9 mW, 11 mA) for 110 dB SPL (calc.). Burson does not publish a 70 Ω rating for the Soloist Voyager. Its 32 Ω and 100 Ω ratings (8 W XLR / 4 W SE; 3.8 W XLR / 1.9 W SE) fall either side of it. The Soloist Voyager’s 0.5 Ω headphone output impedance is 1/140 of the load. [6] [3] [4]
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.
