Music Hall Dac upgrade Discrete opamp

Andrea’s Burson V4 Opamp with Music Hall 25.2

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Replaced two OPA2134PA, one OPA2604AP, one NE5532 and tube in my music hall 25.2 DAC

Once installed them, i tested and the sound was really amazing.
I didn’t expect such a great improvement :)

Andrea B.

The System

Listening with

Music Hall 25.2

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

[1] [2]

Also in the system

OPA2134 · Dual operational amplifier
  • Operating voltage: ±2.5 V to ±18 V (recommended)
  • Supply voltage: 36 V single-supply absolute maximum
  • Gain-bandwidth product: 8 MHz typ
  • Dual or single: dual
  • Package: SOIC-8; PDIP-8
  • Quiescent current: 4 mA typ / 5 mA max per amplifier

[3]

NE5532 · Dual operational amplifier
  • Operating voltage: ±5 V to ±15 V (recommended)
  • Supply voltage: ±18 V (absolute maximum)
  • Unity-gain bandwidth: 12 MHz typ
  • Dual or single: dual
  • Package: SOIC-8; PDIP-8; SO-8
  • Supply current: 6 mA typ / 16 mA max

[4]

OPA2604

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 V4 Opamp datasheet V1.1
  2. Burson V4 Opamp product page (archived 2015)
  3. OPA2134: PDF (ti.com)
  4. NE5532: PDF (ti.com)