Burson Conductor Voyager with HiFiMAN HE1000 Unveiled and Sennheiser HD 660S2

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October 2, 2026

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CX81, HiFiMAN HE1000 Unveiled, Node 2i, Sennheiser HD 660S2

Which piece of audio equipment did you upgrade from? Fiio K13 R2R

How does your Burson compare with it (sound, soundstage, detail, power)? Berson Voyager Conductor is much detailed, with a wider soundstage and more detail

What headphones or speakers, source and DAC are you pairing it with? HE1000 Unveiled, HD660S2, Accoustics 3050I

What function or feature would you like to see in your next Burson device? Less noise, clicking between tracks. Most likely clicking due to recalibration lock from a change in kHz.

The System

Listening with

HiFiMAN HE1000 Unveiled

Sennheiser HD 660S2 · Headphones: open-back, dynamic, circumaural

Impedance: 300 Ω
Sensitivity: 104 dB SPL @ 1 kHz, 1 V (as published) ≈ 98.8 dB/mW (calc.)
Frequency response: 8 Hz – 41.5 kHz
Plugs / cables supplied: 6.35 mm jack plug cable and 4.4 mm balanced cable (1.8 m each)
Other: THD <0.04% (1 kHz, 100 dB); 38 mm transducer

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Accoustics 3050I

Burson

Burson Conductor Voyager · DAC / headphone amplifier / preamp

Output power (XLR / SE): 16 Ω 10 W / 5 W · 32 Ω 5.2 W / 2.8 W · 100 Ω 3.5 W / 2 W · 150 Ω 2.5 W / 1.5 W · 300 Ω 1 W / 0.5 W
Output impedance: 0.45 Ω (headphone); 1 Ω (pre out); 20 Ω (DAC out)
Output voltage: RCA 2 V (DAC out) · XLR 4 V (DAC out); pre out max 12 V RMS
Gain: 2 levels: High full power (XLR 10 W / SE 5 W), Low 10% (IEM); dB not published
Inputs: 2x XLR; 2x RCA; USB (XMOS; PCM to 768 kHz/32-bit, native DSD512); Toslink; coaxial (24/192); Bluetooth 5.0 aptX HD; microphone
Input impedance: 40 kΩ
Input sensitivity: line level (24-bit/192 kHz ADC on analogue inputs)
Outputs: headphone 6.35 mm / XLR / 3.5 mm; XLR + RCA pre out; subwoofer pre out; XLR + RCA line (DAC) out
DAC / chipset: ESS ES9039PRO
Other: THD <0.0015%; FR ±1 dB 0-58 kHz; DAC ch. sep. 143 dB @ 1 kHz; THD+N 0.0005%; versions Standard / Deluxe / Max (Fusion Core)

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Also in the system

Bluesound Node 2i · Streamer: network streamer with DAC, headphone out (BluOS, MQA, aptX HD) · discontinued

Output voltage: RCA not published
Inputs: Wi-Fi / Ethernet; USB-A; optical / 3.5 mm analogue combo; Bluetooth aptX HD (bidirectional)
Outputs: RCA (fixed or variable); coaxial; optical; subwoofer; 3.5 mm headphone; 12 V trigger
DAC / chipset: 32-bit / 192 kHz DAC (chip not named)
Other: SNR -110 dBA; THD+N 0.005%; 16-24 bit / 32-192 kHz; 4 W idle

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CX81

FiiO K13 R2R

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.