Eric’s Burson Funk with Dan Clark Audio AEON Noire

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I’ve owned multiple Burson products over the years, never been disappointed.

The System

Listening with

Dan Clark Audio AEON Noire

Burson

Burson Funk · Headphone amplifier / integrated amplifier
  • Output power (headphone): 16 Ω 3.5 W · 32 Ω 2.5 W · 100 Ω 0.6 W · 150 Ω 0.4 W · 300 Ω 0.15 W
  • Power: 8 Ω: 35 W · 4 Ω: 45 W
  • Output impedance: <2 Ω (headphone)
  • Gain: not published
  • Inputs: RCA L/R
  • Input impedance: 38 kΩ
  • Outputs: headphone (SE); speaker terminals
  • Other: Model P-300; THD <0.03%; FR ±1 dB 0-35 kHz; speaker S/N 92.5 dB

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Burson Conductor Virtuoso · DAC / headphone amplifier / preamp · discontinued
  • Output power (headphone): 16 Ω 4 W
  • Output impedance: 30 Ω (as published)
  • Gain: not published
  • Inputs: USB (24/192, asynchronous); coaxial; Toslink; 1x RCA
  • Input impedance: 36.5 kΩ
  • Outputs: 6.35 mm headphone; RCA pre out; RCA DAC out
  • DAC / chipset: ESS SABRE32 ES9018 or Burr-Brown PCM1793 (interchangeable boards)
  • Other: Burr-Brown PGA volume chip; interchangeable DAC boards

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Also in the system

Geshelli Labs ENOG2 Pro
Logitech Squeezebox Touch

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.

  1. Burson Funk product page (funk page)
  2. Burson Funk product page (funk page, archived 2021)
  3. Burson Funk User Manual V1.5 (Burson downloads)
  4. Burson Conductor Virtuoso product page (conductor page, archived 2014)
  5. Burson Conductor Virtuoso product page (conductor-v2 page, archived 2016)