Joseph’s Burson Conductor 3X GT with HiFiMAN Arya SE

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January 4, 2023

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Burson Conductor 3X GT, HiFiMAN Arya SE, Schiit Bifrost

So far so good. Just wish that I had the silver accents on the volume knob and buttons instead of the red accents. Any way to change the accents or do you sell them separately?

The System

Listening with

HiFiMAN Arya Stealth · Headphones: open-back, planar magnetic, circumaural

Impedance: 32 Ω
Sensitivity: 94 dB (reference not stated by HiFiMAN)
Frequency response: 8 Hz – 65 kHz
Plugs / cables supplied: not published (HiFiMAN spec page lists no connector)
Other: weight 430 g

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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 Bifrost · DAC: modular DAC (upgradeable USB / DAC cards, optional Uber Analog stage) · discontinued

Frequency response: 20 Hz – 20 kHz (±0.1 dB); 2 Hz – 100 kHz (-1 dB)
Output impedance: 75 Ω
Output voltage: RCA 2.0 V
Inputs: coaxial; optical; USB (optional card) – up to 24/192
Outputs: RCA
DAC / chipset: AKM AK4399; CS8416 S/PDIF receiver; C-Media CM6631A USB
Other: THD 0.005% (0.002% with Uber Analog); S/N >106 dB (>110 dB Uber) ref 2 V; 12 W; 2.3 kg

Matching notes: Burson lists the Conductor 3X GT’s analogue inputs as line level (40 kΩ input impedance). The Schiit Bifrost is rated at 2.0 V (RCA) output. ^{[5] [6] [2] [3] [4]}

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.