Daniel’s Burson Funk with Monitor Audio Silver RS1

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The Funk is a well-built device, sounds great and I love that it could swap op-amps. Support has been great as they do answer my queries and try to help.

The System

Listening with

Monitor Audio Silver RS1

Burson

Burson Funk · Headphone amplifier / integrated amplifier
  • 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
  • Power: 8 Ω: 35 W · 4 Ω: 45 W
  • Output impedance: <2 Ω (headphone)
  • Gain: not published
  • Inputs: RCA L/R
  • Input impedance: 38 kΩ
  • Outputs: headphone (SE); speaker terminals
  • Other: Model P-300; THD <0.03%; FR ±1 dB 0-35 kHz; speaker S/N 92.5 dB

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Also in the system

Topping E30 · DAC: desktop DAC (AK4493EQ) · discontinued
  • Output voltage: RCA 2 V
  • Inputs: USB (PCM 768 kHz/32-bit, DSD512 native); optical; coaxial (192/24)
  • Outputs: RCA (fixed or variable / preamp mode)
  • DAC / chipset: AKM AK4493EQ; XMOS
  • Other: THD+N <0.0003% @ 1 kHz (A); noise <2 uVrms; SNR >121 dB; dynamic range 119 dB; crosstalk -130 dB; 5 V / 1 A DC; 265 g

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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.

  1. Burson Funk product page (funk page)
  2. Burson Funk product page (funk page, archived 2021)
  3. Burson Funk User Manual V1.5 (Burson downloads)
  4. Topping E30: docs.picoreplayer.org (topping user manual)
  5. Topping E30: apos.audio (topping user manual)