Eugene’s Burson Conductor 3X Performance with Shure SE215

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November 21, 2021

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Burson Conductor 3X Performance

My Conductor 3XP (powered by Super Charger 3A) is connected to MacBook Pro, everything works as expected. I like the resulting sound.

The System

Listening with

Shure SE215

Burson

Burson Conductor 3X Performance · DAC / headphone amplifier / preamp · discontinued

Output power (XLR / SE): 16 Ω 6 W / 3 W · 32 Ω 3 W / 1.5 W · 100 Ω 1 W / 0.5 W · 150 Ω 0.66 W / 0.33 W · 300 Ω 0.33 W / 0.115 W
Output impedance: 0.5 Ω (headphone); 1 Ω (pre out); 25 Ω (DAC out)
Output voltage: RCA 2 V (DAC out) · XLR not published
Gain: High / Low; dB not published
Inputs: USB (XMOS; PCM to 768 kHz/32-bit, native DSD512); Toslink; Bluetooth 5.0 aptX HD; microphone
Input impedance: 39 kΩ
Outputs: XLR + RCA pre/DAC out; 6.35 mm + 4-pin XLR headphone
DAC / chipset: ESS ES9038Q2M (x1)
Other: Model M180X (3XP); 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.