Steven’s Burson Conductor 3X with Shure 535 and Theopany 5

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Sales Burson
January 7, 2020

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Feedbacks - Conductor 3R | 3XR
1 x Plinius Kiokio amp one more coming with new speakers currently with Garth for tuning speakers, Plinius Inspire 880, Plinius Kaitaki, Shure 535, Swamp processor

Excellent far surpassed my expectations. Await answers to questions raised in previous correspondence today 31.12.2019.

The System

Listening with

Shure 535

Theopany 5

Burson

Burson Conductor 3X · DAC / headphone amplifier / preamp family (Conductor 3X Performance / 3X Reference / 3X GT) · discontinued

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: USB (XMOS; PCM to 768 kHz/32-bit, native DSD512); Toslink; Bluetooth 5.0 aptX HD; microphone (3XR / 3XGT add analogue and coaxial inputs)
Outputs: XLR pre / DAC out; 6.35 mm + 4-pin XLR headphone
DAC / chipset: ESS ES9038Q2M / ES9038 (1x in 3XP, 2x in 3XR / 3XGT)
Other: 3XP (M180X): 6/3 W @16 Ω, 3/1.5 W @32 (bal/SE), 1x ES9038Q2M. 3XR (R180X): 7.5/3.75 W @16, 5/2.5 W @32, 2x ES9038Q2M. 3XGT (R-181X): 10/5 W @16, 8/4 W @32, 2x ES9038. All THD <0.0015%, FR ±1 dB 0-58 kHz.

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Also in the system

Plinius Inspire 880

1 x Plinius Kiokio amp one more coming with new speakers currently with Garth for tuning speakers

Plinius Kaitaki

Swamp processor

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.