Adam’s Burson Conductor 3 Reference with Sony MDR-Z1R

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February 15, 2024

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Conductor 3R | 3XR
Burson Conductor 3 Reference, Burson super charger and Sony NW-ZX507, Sony MDR-Z1R

It was a big outlay but the sound quality is worth it.

The System

Listening with

Sony MDR-Z1R · Headphones: closed-back, dynamic (70 mm), circumaural · discontinued

Impedance: 64 Ω
Sensitivity: not published (archived Sony US spec page lists none)
Frequency response: 4 Hz – 120 kHz
Plugs / cables supplied: detachable Y-type; 3 m 3.5 mm cable; 1.2 m 4.4 mm balanced cable
Other: impedance 64 Ω at 1 kHz; 385 g without cable; CCAW voice coil, neodymium

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Burson

Burson Conductor 3 Reference · DAC / headphone amplifier / preamp · discontinued

Output power (headphone): 16 Ω 7.5 W · 32 Ω 5 W · 100 Ω 1.75 W · 150 Ω 1.16 W · 300 Ω 0.58 W
Output impedance: 0.5 Ω (headphone); 1 Ω (pre out); 25 Ω (DAC out)
Output voltage: RCA 2 V (DAC out)
Gain: High / Medium / Low; dB not published
Inputs: 2x RCA; 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: RCA pre out; RCA DAC out; 2x 6.35 mm headphone
DAC / chipset: 2x ESS ES9038Q2M
Other: Model R180 (3R); SE only; THD <0.0015%; FR ±1 dB 0-58 kHz

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Burson super charger and Sony NW-ZX507

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.