Replaced stock op-amp OP275 and LME49720. Improved stereo separation and clarity. Stereo-imaging improved. Recomended!
The System
Listening with
HiFiMAN EF5 · Headphone amp: hybrid tube (12AU7) / opamp (OP275) headphone amp with external PSU · discontinued
- Frequency response: 20 Hz – 30 kHz
- Output impedance: 2 Ω (headphone, as listed)
- Gain: high / low (switchable)
- Inputs: 1x RCA
- Input impedance: 50 kΩ
- Outputs: 6.35 mm headphone
- Other: output “up to 15 V at 32 Ω” (as published; no power figure); THD <0.2%; S/N >95 dB; DY-1 external supply
Burson
Burson V5i Opamp · Discrete opamp (single / dual) · current
- Supply voltage: ±5 V / 10 VDC to ±16 V / 32 VDC (absolute maximum)
- Gain-bandwidth product: 50 MHz (at 100 kHz)
- Dual or single: dual and single
- Package: 11 mm wide × 11 mm deep × 7.3 mm high
Also in the system
OP275 · Dual operational amplifier
- Supply voltage: ±4.5 V to ±22 V; ±22 V absolute maximum
- Gain-bandwidth product: 9 MHz typ
- Dual or single: dual
- Package: SOIC-8; PDIP-8
LME49720 · Dual operational amplifier
- Supply voltage: ±2.5 V to ±17 V (recommended); 36 V absolute maximum (V+ − V−)
- Gain-bandwidth product: 55 MHz typ
- Dual or single: dual
- Package: SOIC-8; PDIP-8; TO-99
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.
