My system is composed of an Asus Gaming Computer running JRiver media center 28 which I modified to up sample all files to 48 KHz which are stored on a Passport external hard drive. I have an external Musiland soundcard I use with optical out through a glass optical interconnect to a Cyenne 3100 DAC which has three replaceable op-amp sockets. The DAC output goes to a Cambridge Audio CXA60 amp. I have Mordaunt-Short Aviano 6 speakers and a Wharfedale subwoofer.
My dedicated room, specifically built for music, has highly acoustically treated ceiling, walls and corners and a straight equalization curve along the x axis, according to Room EQ Wizard, without any equalization required in the JRiver. To achieve this on axis equalization with only treatment took years of work installing the proper arrangement and rearrangement of bass traps and acoustic tiles.
I previously compared Staccato op-amps with Burson Classics and found the Staccato to be superior. The Classic by Burson is more colored and less natural sounding than the Staccato which has superior metrics. The classic sounds great until compared to the Staccato open hybrid OSH-DHb op-amp. I found the Vivid V6 by Burson to be less transparent than the classic. The sound compared to the Staccato and Classic seems slightly muddy and much less “vivid” than the two other op-amps. This was disappointing since I had read so many positive reviews of the V6 Vivid, but the Staccato is superior followed closely by the V6 classic and then the Vivid V6 in subjective performance in my DAC.
I thank Carlos for making the V6 Vivid available for review from Burson. This is my honest subjective review of these op-amps in my DAC.
My dedicated room, specifically built for music, has highly acoustically treated ceiling, walls and corners and a straight equalization curve along the x axis, according to Room EQ Wizard, without any equalization required in the JRiver. To achieve this on axis equalization with only treatment took years of work installing the proper arrangement and rearrangement of bass traps and acoustic tiles.
I previously compared Staccato op-amps with Burson Classics and found the Staccato to be superior. The Classic by Burson is more colored and less natural sounding than the Staccato which has superior metrics. The classic sounds great until compared to the Staccato open hybrid OSH-DHb op-amp. I found the Vivid V6 by Burson to be less transparent than the classic. The sound compared to the Staccato and Classic seems slightly muddy and much less “vivid” than the two other op-amps. This was disappointing since I had read so many positive reviews of the V6 Vivid, but the Staccato is superior followed closely by the V6 classic and then the Vivid V6 in subjective performance in my DAC.
I thank Carlos for making the V6 Vivid available for review from Burson. This is my honest subjective review of these op-amps in my DAC.