Reviews by myststars
First of all: I am a foreigner so my english may not be perfect.
Equipment used:
PC Sound card: EVGA NU Audio Pro
Headphones: Audio Technica ATH-AD2000x
Music used: 1995 Chesky Records - The Ultimate Demonstration Disc (FLAC's); lindsey stirling -- Home album (Flac's); Eivor albums Bridges and Slor; Haggard album "And thou shall trust seer", Finntroll albums
Opamps:
Burson V5i-D (bought myself)
Burson V6 Dual CLassic's (bought myself)
Burson V6 Dual Vivids (sent by Burson in exchange for a honest review).Packaging was great.No complaints here.
The review will be done on an Nu Audio Pro and to improve the sound i decided to go Opamp route.I bought a pair of Burson V5i-D and they are ok but ... not enough.I was really curious about the top of the line V6'es .I read the description on the website to choose between vivids and classic. I listen more violin, piano nowadays so i thought classics would be more suited for me.Finnally i bought a pair of classics.The stock opamps on the Evga Nu Audio Pro didn't stayed too long on the board.I wouldn't turn back to stock opamps.I have been spoiled. Thank you ... burson !
Burson offered me to choose one of their opamps.I choosed the V6 Vivids because i already had v6 classics.
So after playing with V6 classics and V6 vivids back and forth i had some intersting realiazations.In the past i had been a rock guy with bands like Haggard, Rammstein, Iron Maiden, Rotting Christ.I was in agressive music and funny enough i realized that the V6 classics i choosed initially are more suited for agressive heavy rock music.
This is how i described the V6 classics:
The sound overall is more agressive.The voice feels like it wants to agreesively take the front stage over the other instruments.My ears hurt a bit with V6 classics..The soundstage is smaller and feels unnatural.It feels squeezed artificially.The heavy metal rock songs on the other hand are perfectly at home with V6 classics.The v6 classics bring much detail in the heavy metal rock instruments.The instruments are nicely separated and detailed.The agressive signature of the songs is brought forward by the v6 classics natural agressive tone.The punchiness of Finntroll band is awesome .
THe V6 Vivids:
The sound is more soft and sensual.Is not hurting the ears.
The Ana Caram track "Correnteza" (from Chesky Records album) feels so much natural and soft and airy on Vivids.It brings a natural sound like this "how it was meant to be played by the artist".Emotion and sensuality is emanated with the V6 Vvids.The V6 Vivids are softnening the sound of the heavy metal songs.I listened to Haggard that have parts of heavy metal/death metal voice and parts with orchestra, female soprano and classical music.
The overall conclusion is that the Vivids are great for specific music.The unfortunate situation is if you sometimes want a more agressive song you don't know what you miss because you may don't know how the V6 Classics deliver this parts.
The V6 Vivids are worth buying at the price but it is a luxury/premium item after all.In PC market most people use onboard sound let alone changing opamps.At 130 euros these are more expensive than the sound cards that vast majority population buy.Also those sound cards under 130 euro usually don't have replaceble opamps.
The other point is the comparision between V5i-D vs V6. I do feel if you are pleased with a more mediocre sound or if you listen to many podcasts the V5i-D are great and cheap relative to V6.The voice clarity on V5i is great.Voice in music is great too but they fall short on the rest relative to V6.It has a deeper/clearer bass than stock opamps.Another advantage with v5i is that they are small enough to not have problems fitting physically in sockets.This are very good for begginers.
Conclusion:
The V6 line is for people that are really interested in sound.For them the V6 prices are worth it.
Equipment used:
PC Sound card: EVGA NU Audio Pro
Headphones: Audio Technica ATH-AD2000x
Music used: 1995 Chesky Records - The Ultimate Demonstration Disc (FLAC's); lindsey stirling -- Home album (Flac's); Eivor albums Bridges and Slor; Haggard album "And thou shall trust seer", Finntroll albums
Opamps:
Burson V5i-D (bought myself)
Burson V6 Dual CLassic's (bought myself)
Burson V6 Dual Vivids (sent by Burson in exchange for a honest review).Packaging was great.No complaints here.
The review will be done on an Nu Audio Pro and to improve the sound i decided to go Opamp route.I bought a pair of Burson V5i-D and they are ok but ... not enough.I was really curious about the top of the line V6'es .I read the description on the website to choose between vivids and classic. I listen more violin, piano nowadays so i thought classics would be more suited for me.Finnally i bought a pair of classics.The stock opamps on the Evga Nu Audio Pro didn't stayed too long on the board.I wouldn't turn back to stock opamps.I have been spoiled. Thank you ... burson !
Burson offered me to choose one of their opamps.I choosed the V6 Vivids because i already had v6 classics.
So after playing with V6 classics and V6 vivids back and forth i had some intersting realiazations.In the past i had been a rock guy with bands like Haggard, Rammstein, Iron Maiden, Rotting Christ.I was in agressive music and funny enough i realized that the V6 classics i choosed initially are more suited for agressive heavy rock music.
This is how i described the V6 classics:
The sound overall is more agressive.The voice feels like it wants to agreesively take the front stage over the other instruments.My ears hurt a bit with V6 classics..The soundstage is smaller and feels unnatural.It feels squeezed artificially.The heavy metal rock songs on the other hand are perfectly at home with V6 classics.The v6 classics bring much detail in the heavy metal rock instruments.The instruments are nicely separated and detailed.The agressive signature of the songs is brought forward by the v6 classics natural agressive tone.The punchiness of Finntroll band is awesome .
THe V6 Vivids:
The sound is more soft and sensual.Is not hurting the ears.
The Ana Caram track "Correnteza" (from Chesky Records album) feels so much natural and soft and airy on Vivids.It brings a natural sound like this "how it was meant to be played by the artist".Emotion and sensuality is emanated with the V6 Vvids.The V6 Vivids are softnening the sound of the heavy metal songs.I listened to Haggard that have parts of heavy metal/death metal voice and parts with orchestra, female soprano and classical music.
The overall conclusion is that the Vivids are great for specific music.The unfortunate situation is if you sometimes want a more agressive song you don't know what you miss because you may don't know how the V6 Classics deliver this parts.
The V6 Vivids are worth buying at the price but it is a luxury/premium item after all.In PC market most people use onboard sound let alone changing opamps.At 130 euros these are more expensive than the sound cards that vast majority population buy.Also those sound cards under 130 euro usually don't have replaceble opamps.
The other point is the comparision between V5i-D vs V6. I do feel if you are pleased with a more mediocre sound or if you listen to many podcasts the V5i-D are great and cheap relative to V6.The voice clarity on V5i is great.Voice in music is great too but they fall short on the rest relative to V6.It has a deeper/clearer bass than stock opamps.Another advantage with v5i is that they are small enough to not have problems fitting physically in sockets.This are very good for begginers.
Conclusion:
The V6 line is for people that are really interested in sound.For them the V6 prices are worth it.
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