Ron’s Burson V7 Pro Vivid and V7 Pro Classic Opamps with GamuT D3 and Zu DW6 Superfly

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Bought both the V7 Pro Vivid and the V7 Pro Classic. The Classic was a better fit for my system – sounds great.

The System

Listening with

GamuT D3
Zu DW6 Superfly

Burson

Burson V7 Pro Vivid
Burson V7 Pro Classic

Also in the system

Holo Audio Cyan 2 · DAC: discrete R2R ladder DAC (separate vector-step network for DSD, NOS / OS)
  • Output voltage: RCA 2.5 V (PCM) / 1.25 V (DSD) · XLR 5.0 V (PCM) / 2.5 V (DSD)
  • Inputs: USB-B (galvanically isolated; PCM to 1.536 MHz, DSD1024 native); I2S (PCM to 1.536 MHz, DSD1024); coaxial; optical; AES (PCM 192/24, DSD64 DoP)
  • Outputs: XLR; RCA
  • DAC / chipset: discrete R2R (no DAC chip)
  • Other: PCM 48 kHz NOS: THD+N 0.0005% @ 1 kHz, DNR -127 dB; DSD128: THD+N 0.0002%; 20 W; 3.5 kg

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Magna Mano Ultra Mk3.5
Valvet E2

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. Holo Audio Cyan 2: eliseaudio.com (retailer)
  2. Holo Audio Cyan 2: kitsunehifi.com (retailer)