Toni’s Burson V5 Opamp with Creative Sound Blaster ZxR

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Dear Burson Audio, My Name Toni from Indonesia. Last week i just ordered 2 x V5 Dual and 2 X V5 Single from one of Burson Audio retailer in Indonesia, Starlite Harmoni. I’m going to upgrade stock op amp on my lovely sound card Sound Blaster ZXR with V5 op amp. I really excited with the sound after upgrade to V5, great job Burson Audio!!

The System

Listening with

Creative Sound Blaster ZxR · Sound card: PCIe sound card + DBpro daughterboard + Audio Control Module · discontinued
  • Output impedance: not published
  • Output voltage: RCA not published
  • Gain: not published
  • Inputs: line in 2x RCA (DBpro); Toslink in; 6.35 mm mic
  • Outputs: amplified 6.35 mm headphone; 2x RCA; 2x 3.5 mm (rear, C/sub); Toslink out
  • DAC / chipset: not published
  • Other: SNR 124 dB; Sound Core3D; up to 24-bit/192 kHz; “600 Ω headphone amplifier”; swappable op-amps

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Burson

Burson V5 Opamp · Discrete opamp (single / dual) · discontinued
  • Supply voltage: ±3.5 V to ±15 V (absolute maximum)
  • Gain-bandwidth product: 50 MHz (at 100 kHz)
  • Dual or single: dual and single (this post uses the dual and the single)
  • Package: 14.5 mm wide × 12.4 mm deep × 29 mm high (V5-OPA-D)

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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. Creative Sound Blaster ZxR: archived page (web.archive.org)
  2. Burson V5 Opamp datasheet V1.1