Burson Playmate Basic with MCPS Technology Introduction and Disclaimer I have been provided this device free of charge in exchange for an honest review and a mention of the MCPS technology. I'd like to thank Burson and Carlos, the Burson representative on Head-Fi for this opportunity. I am also thanking them for their great patience as this took much longer than expected. I will be reviewing the basic Playmate unit which is built around the SABRE32/ESS9038 DAC chip like its higher priced brethren and unlike them uses non-Burson and non-discrete...

1) Introduction: A little while back I was contacted through PM by Carlos from Burson Audio who offered me a free sample of the v5i opamp in exchange for a review, an offer which I accepted. I would like to thank Carlos and Burson Audio for this opportunity. 2) Setup: I have attempted to ABX as much as possible the v5i against the LME49860 and for doing so I used two DAC/Amp devices using an LME49860: a) An Audiotrack Prodigy Cube Black Edition which uses the LME49860 natively and b) An xDuoo XD-05 whose default opamp had been replaced by an...