Wesam’s Burson Conductor 3X Reference with beyerdynamic T1 and PSI Audio A21-M

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Burson Audio Conductor Reference 3XR with Supercharger 3A connected to BeyerDynamic T1 (1st Gen) & PSI Audio A21-M Studio Monitors.

The System

Listening with

beyerdynamic T1
PSI Audio A21-M

Burson

Burson Conductor 3X Reference · DAC / headphone amplifier / preamp · discontinued
  • Output power (XLR / SE): 16 Ω 7.5 W / 3.75 W · 32 Ω 5 W / 2.5 W · 100 Ω 1.75 W / 0.88 W · 150 Ω 1.16 W / 0.58 W · 300 Ω 0.58 W / 0.3 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; USB (XMOS; PCM to 768 kHz/32-bit, native DSD512); Toslink; coaxial; Bluetooth 5.0 aptX HD; microphone
  • Input impedance: 40 kΩ
  • Input sensitivity: line level
  • Outputs: XLR pre out; line-level DAC out; 6.35 mm + 4-pin XLR headphone
  • DAC / chipset: 2x ESS ES9038Q2M
  • Other: Model R180X (3XR); THD <0.0015%; FR ±1 dB 0-58 kHz

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Burson Super Charger 3A · Power supply (24 V DC)
  • Other: 24 V / 3 A; noise floor <1 µV; 2.5 mm barrel plug, centre positive; 100-240 V AC in

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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.

  1. Burson Conductor 3X Reference product page (conductor-3x page, archived 2019)
  2. Burson Conductor 3X Reference product page (conductor-3-performance page, archived 2020)
  3. Burson Conductor 3X References User Manual V1.6 (Burson downloads)
  4. Burson Super Charger 3A product page (super-charger-3a page)
  5. Burson Super Charger 3A product page (super-charger-3a page, archived 2021)