Kelly Burson Conductor 3X GT with Meze Empyrean 2S

Kelly’s Burson Conductor 3X GT with Meze Empyrean 2S

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Excellent so far.

The System

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Meze Empyrean 2S

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 Vidar

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.

  1. Burson Conductor 3X GT product page (conductor-3x-gt page, archived 2022)
  2. Burson Conductor 3X GT User Manual (Burson downloads)
  3. Burson Conductor 3X GT product page (conductor-gt4 page)