Well hello everybody.
I just got my PLAY! about 2 month ago, and I would like to write a very little about it. Unfortunately I am not so good with the reviews, tho wish I would be better in this, anyway I will do my best to write down my best.
So first of all, I was kinda hyped to get my hands on my own unit, and actually this little box on my desk still surprising me a lot of time. I re-listened every music what I own on my computer, also managed to get some good .FLAC, .MKV, oog, samples from those albums what I love, and actually this little box managed to achieve (again) that "wow" feeling. I mean, switching from a youtube1080p music to a .FLAC (aproxx 5gb big) file.. there is literally a dimension change.
Back then when I had the Auzentech X-Fi Prelude soundcard with a V5 opamp, the change was noticable very much compared to the stock Auzentech opamps, but when I made the bigger change from Auzen to Burson PLAY, there was like an instant teleport to the Andromeda system. Literally.
My English unfortunately not as good as yours, so I cannot explain very much how changed the violin before-after or how I feel the vocals, drums, and other things, but there is a big change, even more in the soundstage. Everything feels much more "alive" and "punchier" and also "warm" meanwhile I am using it with a mixed setup, like I got more V6Classic then V6Vivid in my Burson (like 3-2 or something like that) and still feels very warm, but very very accurate in the sound. The headphone what I am using is the Beyerdynamic Amiron Home 250Ohm version. Totally drives the crap out of my phone.
Now this part was the simple "music listening" section, now change to the "gaming section"
Cause I am a professional gamer for me it's important to hear the sounds. The accurate sounds, and the PLAY! plays a big role in this. With the Auzen I was not so confident in myself where do I hear the footsteps and how far was the enemy but somehow the PLAY! could do this, and I am amazed how, meanwhile this is only a Stereo headphone, with no EQ and things like this..
Everything sounds real, powerfull, accurate, and live. Sometimes I play PUBG, and when I hear a grenade explosion my heart stops for a moment cause of the sounds. Cannot describe more.
Anyway this little box worth the money. Pretty much, also the Burson Support (Alex) is a great member of that team. Every time when I bought something from them, he was the one who did everything for me. Even lower the price to not get caught on the post office in here Hungary. Big deal for me.
I got some questions for you guys by the way.
- Is it okey, if I am using the PLAY! around 55 volume, or it's too high for it?
- For normal use, and also for listening - gaming I am using the PLAY! as default soundcard. Is this ok? Should I change something in the drivers?
- I am using Windows 10 1803 should I change something in the drivers to get more "juice" out of the PLAY! or delete the default windows sound drivers? This could cause problems for me or nope?
- I read in this forum somewhere that some people have "hissing". I don't have any, tho have to admit I am using the PLAY! on my desk, and not in my comp, but I was aware and I connected the power cord to a different power output, not besides my PC power cord, and also I paid attention to the cable management.
- The default Burson driver allows only 192khz sample, but the new Windows 10 1803 would allow 392khz. Any difference between these samples? I guess nothing, but I am curious.
- Any tips how can I improve my audioplaying - listening? Like foobar or something? Actually for .FLAC, .MKV I am using the VLC Media Player but I guess, there is a better way to listen music on my PC.
Cheers
~Kebcy