Geoff’s Burson Conductor 3 Reference with Dan Clark Audio AEON

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November 11, 2021

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Burson Conductor 3 Reference, Dan Clark Audio AEON, HiFiMAN Ananda

So far so good, will keep you posted as I break it in!

The System

Listening with

Dan Clark Audio AEON

HiFiMAN Ananda · Headphones: open-back, planar magnetic, circumaural · discontinued

Impedance: 26 Ω
Sensitivity: 93 dB (reference not stated)
Frequency response: 8 Hz – 55 kHz
Plugs / cables supplied: 3.5 mm sockets on cups; 1.5 m cable with 3.5 mm plug
Other: 399 g (original guide)

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Burson

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

Output power (headphone): 16 Ω 7.5 W · 32 Ω 5 W · 100 Ω 1.75 W · 150 Ω 1.16 W · 300 Ω 0.58 W
Output impedance: 0.5 Ω (headphone); 1 Ω (pre out); 25 Ω (DAC out)
Output voltage: RCA 2 V (DAC out)
Gain: High / Medium / Low; dB not published
Inputs: 2x RCA; 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: RCA pre out; RCA DAC out; 2x 6.35 mm headphone
DAC / chipset: 2x ESS ES9038Q2M
Other: Model R180 (3R); SE only; 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.