Timothy’s Burson V5i Opamp with Topping A30

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Easy to install, a slight increase in detail and significantly better instrument separation which cleared up muddiness I was unhappy with in this system.

The System

Listening with

Topping A30 · Headphone amp: desktop headphone amp / preamp · discontinued
  • Frequency response: 10 Hz – 200 kHz
  • Output impedance: not published
  • Gain: 0 / 9 / 18 dB
  • Inputs: RCA
  • Input sensitivity: 10.0 V (0 dB) / 3.3 V (9 dB) / 1.2 V (18 dB) at PO=Hi
  • Outputs: RCA line out; 6.35 mm + 3.5 mm headphone
  • Other: max output swing 26.6 Vpp; THD+N 0.0019% (32 Ω, 0 dB gain); SNR 126/121/111 dB by gain; noise 2.2 µV (A, 32 Ω, 0 dB); headphones 16-600 Ω; power per load not shown on retailer page

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Burson

Burson V5i Opamp · Discrete opamp (single / dual) · current
  • Supply voltage: ±5 V / 10 VDC to ±16 V / 32 VDC (absolute maximum)
  • Gain-bandwidth product: 50 MHz (at 100 kHz)
  • Dual or single: dual and single
  • Package: 11 mm wide × 11 mm deep × 7.3 mm high

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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. Topping A30: apos.audio (retailer)
  2. Burson V5i Opamp datasheet V1.0
  3. Burson V5i Opamp product page