Kyle’s Burson Conductor 3X GT with Dan Clark Audio EXPANSE

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October 18, 2022

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Burson Conductor 3X GT, Dan Clark Audio EXPANSE, Schiit Jotunheim, Schiit Jotunheim

Simply out of this world…….

The System

Listening with

Dan Clark Audio EXPANSE · Headphones: open-back, planar magnetic, circumaural

Impedance: 26 Ω
Sensitivity: ~90 dB/mW
Frequency response: not published (page states “Yes, it has one”)
Plugs / cables supplied: VIVO cable
Other: 418 g; THD <0.1% ref 80 dB

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Burson

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

Output power (XLR / SE): 16 Ω 10 W / 5 W · 32 Ω 8 W / 4 W · 100 Ω 3.8 W / 1.9 W · 150 Ω 1.3 W / 0.65 W · 300 Ω 0.64 W / 0.32 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; 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
Outputs: XLR/RCA pre / DAC out; subwoofer pre out; 6.35 mm + 4-pin XLR headphone
DAC / chipset: 2x ESS ES9038 (suffix not stated)
Other: Model R-181X (“GT3”); THD <0.0015%; FR ±1 dB 0-58 kHz; 24V/5A PSU

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Also in the system

Schiit Jotunheim · Headphone amp: balanced / SE headphone amp + preamp (optional DAC or phono card, original version) · discontinued

Frequency response: 20 Hz – 20 kHz (-0.1 dB); 2 Hz – 700 kHz (-3 dB)
Output power (XLR / SE): 32 Ω 5 W / 1.5 W · 300 Ω 0.9 W / 0.35 W
Output impedance: <0.1 Ω
Gain: 2 (6 dB) / 8 (14 dB)
Inputs: balanced XLR; SE RCA; internal card (DAC or MM phono: 42 dB, 47k / 100 pF)
Outputs: 4-pin XLR balanced headphone; 6.35 mm SE; balanced + SE preamp out
DAC / chipset: optional card (AKM AK4490 or multibit), not standard
Other: THD <0.001% (1 V); IMD <0.0015%; SNR >109 dB (A, ref 1 V); 25 W

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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.