Cheick’s Burson Soloist 3X GT with HEDD Type 07 and HiFiMAN Arya

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January 4, 2023

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Burson Soloist 3X GT, Chord Hugo TT 2, HEDD Type 07, HiFiMAN Arya

Excellent, I upgraded to Soloist 3XGT after using the Soloist 3XP and everything is better

The System

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HEDD Type 07

HiFiMAN Arya · Headphones: open-back, planar magnetic, circumaural · discontinued

Impedance: 35 Ω
Sensitivity: 90 dB (reference not stated by HiFiMAN)
Frequency response: 8 Hz – 65 kHz
Plugs / cables supplied: not published (HiFiMAN spec page lists no connector)
Other: weight 404 g

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Chord Hugo TT 2 · DAC / headphone amp: FPGA DAC / preamp / headphone amp (98,304-tap WTA filter)

Output power (XLR / SE): 8 Ω 18 W / 7.3 W · 300 Ω 1.15 W / 0.288 W
Output impedance: 0.042 Ω
Output voltage: XLR 9 V (300 Ω, max)
Gain: High / low gain modes
Inputs: USB-B; 2x coax BNC; 2x optical; Bluetooth aptX
Outputs: XLR; RCA; 2x 6.35 mm + 1x 3.5 mm headphone; 2x DX BNC (M Scaler link)
DAC / chipset: Chord custom FPGA (Xilinx Artix-7), WTA filter
Other: PCM 44.1-768 kHz, DSD64-512 (DoP); dynamic range 127 dB (A); noise 1.7-4 µV (A); THD 0.00008% @ 2.5 V 300 Ω; powers 8 Ω speakers (7.3 W SE / 18 W bal); 2.53 kg

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Burson

Burson Soloist 3X GT · Headphone amplifier / preamp (Class-A) · 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 · 300 Ω 1.3 W / 0.65 W · 600 Ω 0.64 W / 0.32 W
Output impedance: 0.5 Ω (headphone); 25 Ω (pre out)
Gain: High / Medium / Low; dB not published
Inputs: 2x XLR; 2x RCA; mic bypass
Input impedance: 35 kΩ
Input sensitivity: line level
Outputs: XLR + RCA pre out; RCA subwoofer out; 4-pin XLR + SE headphone
Other: Model R-120X (“GT3”); THD <0.0015%; FR ±1 dB 0-48 kHz

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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.