Alexandr’s Burson Conductor 3

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November 7, 2021

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Burson

Burson Conductor 3 · DAC / headphone amplifier / preamp family (Conductor 3 Performance / 3 Reference) · discontinued

Output impedance: 1 Ω (pre out); 25 Ω (DAC out); headphone 0.5 Ω (3R) / 0.6 Ω (3P)
Output voltage: RCA 2 V (DAC out)
Gain: High / Low (3P); High / Medium / Low (3R); dB not published
Inputs: USB (XMOS; PCM to 768 kHz/32-bit, native DSD512); Toslink; Bluetooth 5.0 aptX HD; microphone (3R adds 2x RCA analogue in + coaxial)
Outputs: RCA pre out; RCA DAC out; 6.35 mm headphone (SE only)
DAC / chipset: ESS ES9038Q2M (1x in 3P, 2x in 3R)
Other: 3P (M180): 4 W @16 Ω, 2 W @32, 0.64 W @100, 0.16 W @300; 1x ES9038Q2M; THD <0.0017%. 3R (R180): 7.5 W @16, 5 W @32, 1.75 W @100, 0.58 W @300; 2x ES9038Q2M; THD <0.0015%. Both FR ±1 dB 0-58 kHz.

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Also in the system

xDuoo XD-05 · DAC / headphone amp: portable DAC / headphone amp (battery) · discontinued

Frequency response: amp 10 Hz – 100 kHz (±0.5 dB); USB/SPDIF 20 Hz – 20 kHz (±0.5 dB)
Output power (headphone): 32 Ω 0.5 W
Output impedance: not published
Gain: +3 / +6 / +15 dB; bass boost 0 / +6 dB
Inputs: USB (PCM 384 kHz/32-bit, DSD256); optical; coaxial; aux
Outputs: 3.5 mm headphone
DAC / chipset: AKM AK4490; XMOS XS1-U8A-64; Cirrus CS8422
Other: S/N 112 dB; distortion 0.0025% (1 kHz); headphone range 8-300 Ω; OPA + dual BUF634 output

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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.