Category: Feedbacks – Playmate

Playmate 1 & 2 customer feedback

Sennheiser HD 650 with Burson Playmate 2 and V6 Vivid Opamps

Fantastic. Combined with the Playmate 2, it transforms a rather laid back warm HD650 into a beast. The opamps keep the lush and forward mids unchanged, but help tremendously with the bass and highs. Bass is accentuated and becomes more aggressive, more punchy, goes slightly lower even, but it’s never bloated. Highs are more pronounced […]

Thieaudio Monarch, Fiio FH5 and FH7, Dunu DK-3001 Pro, Audio Sense T800, Beyerdanamic DT880 (250 ohm) and DT 1320, Philips Fidelio X2 and L2, Audio Technica AD 700. AKG 250M (1985 model), Polk and Energy speakers with Burson Playmate2

I’ve had my Playmate 2 for a few days, and with the stock op amps it is a noticeable improvement over the Fiio K5 Pro. I was waiting for the K9 Pro, which is almost impossible to find not marked up because of the lack of the AK4499. This is my 1st Sabre chip DAC, […]

HEDDphone, HD 6xx, HD 595, Etymotic MC5 with Burson Playmate 2

Why are the Digital Phase-Locked Loop (DPLL) settings changeable? What does that actually benefit? I experience clear digital desync distortion with DSD set to LOW. What’s the point of letting this setting be changed? “Audible difference.” Do you have evidence? And why does the file icon on the display constantly blink? Also, I noticed the […]

Burson Playmate with V6 Vivid and V6 Classic Opamp

Purchased 2x Vivid Dual and 2x Classic Dual to fit into Burson Playmate Basic and after installing can tell a noticeable difference: sound is much smoother and top-end much more natural (top end with basic op-amp felt unnatural, very metallic)