Steven’s Burson V4 Opamp with Eastern Electric Minimax DAC

Published on

wpadmin
January 16, 2012

Post Info

DIY Audio Project, Feedbacks - V4 SS Opamp
Minimax Dac

The Burson discrete Op Amps are still breaking in (10th hour) but I can hear more details-not the “in your face” kind but delicate, micro details that allow you to hear more into the performance and draw you in emotionally.

These are a great product/upgrade!!

Keep up the good work.

Steven

The System

Listening with

Eastern Electric Minimax DAC · DAC: tube / solid-state selectable DAC (12AU7) · discontinued

Frequency response: 15 Hz – 32 kHz
Output impedance: 22k (tube) / 10k (solid state) (as published)
Output voltage: RCA 3 V (tube) / 2.5 V (solid state)
Inputs: 4 digital inputs + USB (up to 192 kHz except USB)
Outputs: RCA
DAC / chipset: ESS ES9018
Other: dynamic range 129 dB; S/N 90 dB tube / 95 dB SS; THD 0.5% tube / 0.02% SS; 12 W; 3 kg net

^[1]

Burson

Burson V4 Opamp · Discrete opamp (single / dual) · discontinued

Supply voltage: ±5 V to ±20 V (absolute maximum)
Gain-bandwidth product: 50 MHz (at 100 kHz)
Dual or single: dual and single
Package: dual 40 mm × 16 mm × 20 mm; single 40 mm × 16 mm × 14 mm; 8-pin

^{[2] [3]}

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.