Matt’s Burson Funk with Sennheiser HD 660S

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The Funk has introduced me to a sound stage I never knew existed.

The System

Listening with

Sennheiser HD 660S · Headphones: open-back, dynamic, circumaural · discontinued
  • Impedance: 150 Ω
  • Sensitivity: 104 dB SPL @ 1 kHz, 1 V (as published) ≈ 95.8 dB/mW (calc.)
  • Frequency response: 9 Hz – 41.5 kHz (AU page); 10 Hz – 41 kHz (user manual)
  • Plugs / cables supplied: 6.35 mm unbalanced and 4.4 mm balanced cables (user manual)
  • Other: THD <=0.04% (1 kHz, 100 dB); max input 500 mW

Matching notes: At 150 Ω and 104 dB/V, the HD 660S is a high-impedance load that needs voltage more than current: about 2 V (27 mW, 13 mA) for 110 dB SPL (calc.). Burson rates the Funk at 0.4 W (SE) into 150 Ω, which is about 7.7 V RMS (calc.), roughly 12 dB more than that. The Funk’s under 2 Ω headphone output impedance is less than 1/75 of the load. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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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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. Sennheiser HD 660S: sennheiser-hearing.com
  2. Sennheiser HD 660S: us.sennheiser-hearing.com
  3. Sennheiser HD 660S: PDF (gzhls.at)
  4. Burson Funk product page (funk page)
  5. Burson Funk product page (funk page, archived 2021)
  6. Burson Funk User Manual V1.5 (Burson downloads)