
Burson
Soloist 3X GT
The Soloist 3X GT is Burson Audio's flagship dual-mono, pure Class-A desktop headphone amplifier and line-stage preamplifier, built around fully discrete V6 Vivid op-amps and dual MUSES72320 volume-control chips instead of off-the-shelf op-amp chips. It is designed as a fully differential, XLR-balanced signal path with two symmetrical mono amplifier sections, delivering up to 10W per channel into low-impedance loads for driving power-hungry planar-magnetic and electrostatic-adjacent headphones.
MSRP
$2,499
Used market · Excellent
$1,500
MSRP to used market
From $1,400 at launch to $1,500 today.
Specifications
- THD
- <0.0015%
- Price
- $2,499 standard
- Weight
- ~5 kg (12 lb)
- Topology
- Class-A discrete with MCPS switching supply, socketed op-amp stages
- Dimensions
- 255mm × 270mm × 70mm
- Power output
- 5 W @ 16Ω; 4 W @ 32Ω; 1.9 W @ 100Ω; 0.65 W @ 300Ω; 0.32 W @ 600Ω
- Inputs outputs
- 2× XLR, 2× RCA, 1× mic bypass inputs; 1× XLR preamp out, 1× RCA preamp out, 1× RCA subwoofer out, 1× XLR headphone jack, 1× SE (6.3mm) headphone jack, 3.5mm jack
- Output impedance
- 0.5Ω headphone amp; 25Ω preamp
- Frequency response
- ±1 dB, 0–48 kHz
- Power output balanced
- 10 W @ 16Ω; 8 W @ 32Ω; 3.8 W @ 100Ω; 1.3 W @ 300Ω; 0.64 W @ 600Ω
- Signal to noise ratio
- 112 dB @ 16Ω; 110 dB @ 32Ω; 109 dB @ 100Ω; 105 dB @ 300Ω
- Volume control op amps
- Dual MUSES72320 + V6 Vivid discrete buffer volume control per channel; three V6 Vivid discrete op-amps per channel
- Power output single ended
- 5 W @ 16Ω; 4 W @ 32Ω; 1.9 W @ 100Ω; 0.65 W @ 300Ω; 0.32 W @ 600Ω
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