Rafal’s Burson V7 Vivid Opamp with Sennheiser HD 800 S

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The System

Listening with

Sennheiser HD 800 S · Headphones: open-back, dynamic, circumaural
  • Impedance: 300 Ω
  • Sensitivity: 102 dB SPL @ 1 V ≈ 96.8 dB/mW (calc.)
  • Frequency response: 4 Hz – 51 kHz
  • Plugs / cables supplied: 6.35 mm unbalanced; 4.4 mm balanced

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Burson Conductor 3X Performance · DAC / headphone amplifier / preamp · discontinued
  • Output power (XLR / SE): 16 Ω 6 W / 3 W · 32 Ω 3 W / 1.5 W · 100 Ω 1 W / 0.5 W · 150 Ω 0.66 W / 0.33 W · 300 Ω 0.33 W / 0.115 W
  • Output impedance: 0.5 Ω (headphone); 1 Ω (pre out); 25 Ω (DAC out)
  • Output voltage: RCA 2 V (DAC out) · XLR not published
  • Gain: High / Low; dB not published
  • Inputs: USB (XMOS; PCM to 768 kHz/32-bit, native DSD512); Toslink; Bluetooth 5.0 aptX HD; microphone
  • Input impedance: 39 kΩ
  • Outputs: XLR + RCA pre/DAC out; 6.35 mm + 4-pin XLR headphone
  • DAC / chipset: ESS ES9038Q2M (x1)
  • Other: Model M180X (3XP); THD <0.0015%; FR ±1 dB 0-58 kHz

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Burson

Burson V7 Vivid Opamp

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 800 S: us.sennheiser-hearing.com
  2. Burson Conductor 3X Performance product page
  3. Burson Conductor 3X Performance User Manual V1.7 (Burson downloads)