Philip’s Burson Funk with ZMF Aeolus and ZMF Eikon

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A very good sounding amplifier/headphone amp

The System

Listening with

ZMF Aeolus · Headphones: open-back, dynamic (TPE), circumaural · discontinued
  • Impedance: 300 Ω
  • Sensitivity: ~97 dB/mW (approx., “~” as published)
  • Frequency response: not published
  • Plugs / cables supplied: not published (ZMF lists no connector type)
  • Other: weight 445 g

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ZMF Eikon · Headphones: closed-back, dynamic (biocellulose), circumaural
  • Impedance: 300 Ω
  • Sensitivity: ~98 dB/mW (approx., “~” as published)
  • Frequency response: not published
  • Plugs / cables supplied: not published (ZMF lists no connector type)
  • Other: 24 dB passive isolation (ZMF)

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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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Also in the system

Mytek Brooklyn DAC+

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. ZMF Aeolus: archived page (web.archive.org)
  2. ZMF Eikon: archived page (web.archive.org)
  3. ZMF Eikon: zmfheadphones.com
  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)