Steven’s Burson Conductor 3X Reference with Aurender N10

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Sales Burson
October 5, 2023

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Aurender N10, Burson Conductor 3X Reference, Denafrips Terminator Plus

I have been into audio for decades but never went into the headphone segment. I am amazed on the sound quality of your product and am enjoying this new experience

The System

Listening with

Aurender N10

Denafrips Terminator Plus · DAC: flagship fully balanced discrete R-2R DAC (NOS/OS selectable)

Output impedance: 625 Ω (RCA); 1.25 kΩ (XLR)
Output voltage: RCA 2.2 V · XLR 4.4 V
Inputs: USB; coaxial; optical; AES (single/dual); I2S via HDMI and RJ45
Outputs: RCA; XLR
DAC / chipset: discrete R-2R ladder (no DAC chip)
Other: FR 20 Hz-80 kHz (+1/-3 dB); THD+N 0.001% (A); S/N >=127 dB (A); DR >132 dB; crosstalk -110 dB; <=20 W; 430x380x109 mm; 19.15 kg

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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.