Jonathan’s Burson Conductor 3X GT with HiFiMAN Arya

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January 23, 2023

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Burson Conductor 3X GT, Burson Super Charger 5A, HiFiMAN Arya

The Conductor 3X GT has been a great addition to my sound system and the Super Charger 5A added a nice boost to the overall sound quality of it. It’s small but definitely noticeable. The entire system was a massive jump from my Topping D90SE/A90D combo. More detail, better dynamics and driver control (more slam and better overall treble and bass clarity) while being less fatiguing than the Topping stack.

The System

Listening with

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

Impedance: 35 Ω
Sensitivity: 90 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 404 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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Burson Super Charger 5A · Power supply (24 V DC)

Other: 24 V / 5 A; noise floor <1 µV; 2.5 mm barrel plug, centre positive

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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.