Bobby’s Burson Playmate 2 with Focal S

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Sales Burson
June 18, 2024

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Feedbacks - Playmate 02 | 03
Burson Conductor 3X GT, Burson Playmate 2, Chord, Focal S, HiFiMAN, iFi

I have tried and have multiple Brands, to include Solid state, Tube and Hybrids with multiple different Dac chip brands. For me the quality of Burson products, are extremely high and surpasses the quality of other manufacturers, near or at even higher price points. Their Opamps work and allow the user to tune the actual sound the customer hears.

Customer service is great!

I definitely enjoy my Burson products. I purchased the playmate 2 because of its smaller size, for traveling. It has power, and still follows what I consider the Burson signature sound and keeps the Burson quality intact.

I upgraded to the V6 Opamps and consider it worth the cost. However the Playmate 2 was good with the factory installed Opamps, I prefer the sound details and signature sound the V6 Opamps offer.

Happy Listening.

The System

Listening with

Focal S

Burson

Burson Playmate 2 · DAC / headphone amplifier / preamp · discontinued

Output power (headphone): 16 Ω 3.5 W · 32 Ω 2.5 W · 100 Ω 0.6 W · 150 Ω 0.4 W · 300 Ω 0.15 W
Output impedance: <2 Ω (headphone); 15 Ω (pre out)
Output voltage: RCA not published
Gain: High / Low; dB not published
Inputs: USB (XMOS; PCM to 768 kHz/32-bit, native DSD512); Toslink
Input impedance: 38 kΩ
Outputs: RCA pre out; headphone jack (SE)
DAC / chipset: ESS SABRE32 ES9038Q2M
Other: Model P171; SE only; THD <0.002%; FR ±1 dB 0-35 kHz; DAC THD+N 0.0018%

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Burson Conductor 3X GT · DAC / headphone amplifier / preamp · discontinued

Output power (XLR / SE): 16 Ω 10 W / 5 W · 32 Ω 8 W / 4 W · 100 Ω 3.8 W / 1.9 W · 150 Ω 1.3 W / 0.65 W · 300 Ω 0.64 W / 0.32 W
Output impedance: 0.5 Ω (headphone); 1 Ω (pre out); 25 Ω (DAC out)
Output voltage: RCA 2 V (DAC out)
Gain: High / Low; dB not published
Inputs: 2x XLR; 2x RCA; USB (XMOS; PCM to 768 kHz/32-bit, native DSD512); Toslink; coaxial (24/192); Bluetooth 5.0 aptX HD; microphone
Input impedance: 40 kΩ
Input sensitivity: line level
Outputs: XLR/RCA pre / DAC out; subwoofer pre out; 6.35 mm + 4-pin XLR headphone
DAC / chipset: 2x ESS ES9038 (suffix not stated)
Other: Model R-181X (“GT3”); THD <0.0015%; FR ±1 dB 0-58 kHz; 24V/5A PSU

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Also in the system

Chord

HiFiMAN

iFi

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