Shahril’s Burson Playmate 2 with HiFiMAN Ananda, Grado PS1000 and Grado RS1

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November 30, 2021

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Burson Playmate 2, Grado PS1000, Grado RS1, HiFiMAN Ananda, Lehmann Audio USB

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The System

Listening with

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

Impedance: 26 Ω
Sensitivity: 93 dB (reference not stated)
Frequency response: 8 Hz – 55 kHz
Plugs / cables supplied: 3.5 mm sockets on cups; 1.5 m cable with 3.5 mm plug
Other: 399 g (original guide)

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Grado PS1000

Grado RS1 · Headphones: open-back (open air), dynamic, on-ear

Impedance: 38 Ω
Sensitivity: 99.8 dB SPL / 1 mW ≈ 114.0 dB/V (calc.)
Frequency response: 12 Hz – 30 kHz
Plugs / cables supplied: standard connector (options sold)

Matching notes: At 38 Ω and 99.8 dB/mW, the Grado RS1 is a low-impedance load: about 0.63 V (10 mW, 17 mA) for 110 dB SPL (calc.). Burson does not publish a 38 Ω rating for the Playmate 2. Its 32 Ω and 100 Ω ratings (2.5 W SE; 0.6 W SE) fall either side of it. The Playmate 2’s under 2 Ω headphone output impedance is less than 1/19 of the load. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

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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Also in the system

Lehmann Audio USB

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.