Great, but more transparency into roadmap would be good. For example, Conductor 3x should have been announced at the same time as the Conductor 3 even if it was going to take longer to deliver. Also, will there be a new power amp to replace the timekeeper in the new style?
The System
Listening with
Audeze LCD-3 · Headphones: open-back, planar magnetic, circumaural
- Impedance: 110 Ω
- Sensitivity: 101 dB/1mW (at Drum Reference Point) ≈ 110.6 dB/V (calc.)
- Frequency response: 10 Hz – 50 kHz
- Plugs / cables supplied: 4-pin XLR cable; 4-pin XLR to 6.35 mm adapter cable; 6.35 to 3.5 mm adapter
- Other: recommended power >250 mW;
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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
Conductor 3 is for bedroom but could replace main setup in the future
Burson Timekeeper · Power amplifier (stereo / bridgeable) · discontinued
- Power: 8 Ω: 80 (stereo); 240 (bridged) · 4 Ω: not published
- Output impedance: not published
- Gain: not published
- Inputs: 2x RCA; RCA + XLR for bridge mode
- Input impedance: 20 kΩ
- Input sensitivity: 0.24 V
- Outputs: 2x stereo speaker binding posts
- Other: Class AB; THD 0.03% (1 kHz @ 8 Ω); FR 0-50 kHz (±3 dB); S/N >98 dB
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