Anderson’s Burson Conductor 3X Reference with Audeze LCD-4

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October 18, 2022

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Audeze LCD-4, Burson Conductor 3X Reference, none

The Conductor 3XR has been a very solid and convenient integrated amp

The System

Listening with

Audeze LCD-4 · Headphones: open-back, planar magnetic, circumaural

Impedance: 200 Ω
Sensitivity: 97 dB/1mW (at Drum Reference Point) ≈ 104.0 dB/V (calc.)
Frequency response: 5 Hz – 50 kHz
Plugs / cables supplied: 1.9 m 6.35 mm to dual 4-pin mini-XLR cable
Other: recommended power >500 mW;

Matching notes: At 200 Ω and 97 dB/mW, the LCD-4 is a high-impedance load that needs voltage more than current: about 2 V (20 mW, 10 mA) for 110 dB SPL (calc.). Burson does not publish a 200 Ω rating for the Conductor 3X Reference. Its 150 Ω and 300 Ω ratings (1.16 W XLR / 0.58 W SE; 0.58 W XLR / 0.3 W SE) fall either side of it. The Conductor 3X Reference’s 0.5 Ω headphone output impedance is 1/400 of the load. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Burson

Burson Conductor 3X Reference · DAC / headphone amplifier / preamp · discontinued

Output power (XLR / SE): 16 Ω 7.5 W / 3.75 W · 32 Ω 5 W / 2.5 W · 100 Ω 1.75 W / 0.88 W · 150 Ω 1.16 W / 0.58 W · 300 Ω 0.58 W / 0.3 W
Output impedance: 0.5 Ω (headphone); 1 Ω (pre out); 25 Ω (DAC out)
Output voltage: RCA 2 V (DAC out)
Gain: High / Low; dB not published
Inputs: 2x XLR; USB (XMOS; PCM to 768 kHz/32-bit, native DSD512); Toslink; coaxial; Bluetooth 5.0 aptX HD; microphone
Input impedance: 40 kΩ
Input sensitivity: line level
Outputs: XLR pre out; line-level DAC out; 6.35 mm + 4-pin XLR headphone
DAC / chipset: 2x ESS ES9038Q2M
Other: Model R180X (3XR); THD <0.0015%; FR ±1 dB 0-58 kHz

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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.