Curtis’s Burson Conductor 3 with Monitor Audio Bronze 2 and Audeze LCD-2

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October 23, 2019

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Atoll IN50se, Audeze LCD-2, Cambridge Audio DacMagic Plus, Monitor Audio Bronze 2

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The System

Listening with

Monitor Audio Bronze 2 · Speakers: passive 2-way standmount, bass reflex (25 mm C-CAM gold dome, 6.5 in C-CAM bass/mid, HiVe II port) · discontinued

Impedance: 8 Ω
Sensitivity: 90 dB (1 W / 1 m)
Frequency response: 42 Hz – 30 kHz
Recommended amplifier power: 30 – 100 W
Other: max SPL 113 dBA (pair); power handling 100 W RMS; crossover 3.1 kHz; 350 x 185 x 255 mm; 5.3 kg

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Audeze LCD-2 · Headphones: open-back, planar magnetic, circumaural

Impedance: 70 Ω
Sensitivity: 101 dB/1mW (at Drum Reference Point) ≈ 112.5 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

Atoll IN50se

Cambridge Audio DacMagic Plus · DAC / digital preamp with headphone amp (dual WM8740, 384 kHz upsampling) · discontinued

Frequency response: 20 Hz – 20 kHz (±0.1 dB, steep filter off)
Output voltage: RCA 2.1 V · XLR 4.2 V
Inputs: 2x digital (coaxial or optical each, to 24/192); USB (24/96, UAC1); BT100 Bluetooth input
Outputs: RCA; XLR; coaxial + optical pass-through; 6.35 mm headphone
DAC / chipset: 2x Wolfson WM8740 (dual differential); ADI ADSP21261 DSP (ATF2 upsampling to 24/384)
Other: 52 x 215 x 191 mm; 1.2 kg

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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.