Richard’s Burson Conductor 3 with Bowers & Wilkins P9 and Apogeee Slant 8

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January 7, 2020

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Bowers & Wilkins P9, Bryston Pi, Coda CiSb, Empire, Tandberg, Tandberg Tuner

Excellent sound quality. Remote needs an output select button and the manual needs more information.

The System

Listening with

Bowers & Wilkins P9 · Headphones: closed (circum-aural), dynamic (2 x 40 mm full range) · discontinued

Impedance: 22 Ω
Sensitivity: 111 dB/V @ 1 kHz ≈ 94.4 dB/mW (calc.)
Frequency response: 2 Hz – 30 kHz
Plugs / cables supplied: detachable 1.2 m (TRRS, remote/mic) and 5 m cables; 3.5 mm; 2.5 mm plug at left cup
Other: product name P9 Signature; THD <0.2% (1 kHz/10 mW); max input 50 mW; 415 g

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Apogeee Slant 8

Burson

Burson Conductor 3 · DAC / headphone amplifier / preamp family (Conductor 3 Performance / 3 Reference) · discontinued

Output impedance: 1 Ω (pre out); 25 Ω (DAC out); headphone 0.5 Ω (3R) / 0.6 Ω (3P)
Output voltage: RCA 2 V (DAC out)
Gain: High / Low (3P); High / Medium / Low (3R); dB not published
Inputs: USB (XMOS; PCM to 768 kHz/32-bit, native DSD512); Toslink; Bluetooth 5.0 aptX HD; microphone (3R adds 2x RCA analogue in + coaxial)
Outputs: RCA pre out; RCA DAC out; 6.35 mm headphone (SE only)
DAC / chipset: ESS ES9038Q2M (1x in 3P, 2x in 3R)
Other: 3P (M180): 4 W @16 Ω, 2 W @32, 0.64 W @100, 0.16 W @300; 1x ES9038Q2M; THD <0.0017%. 3R (R180): 7.5 W @16, 5 W @32, 1.75 W @100, 0.58 W @300; 2x ES9038Q2M; THD <0.0015%. Both FR ±1 dB 0-58 kHz.

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Also in the system

Bryston Pi

Coda CiSb

Empire

Tandberg

Specs from manufacturer data unless a source below says otherwise. “calc.” values are worked out from those figures (V = √(P × R); 110 dB SPL used as a loud reference level). Gear listed without specs is not in our spec library yet.