Burson Audio Conductor 3 Performance – Headphone Amp, Pre-amp & USB DAC

Burson Audio Conductor 3 Performance

Some DAC/Amps claim to give you the front row experience in exchange for less soundstage. Others promise a 3D soundstage in trade for fewer details. Burson Audio Conductor 3 Performance simply gives you everything in the recording, without sugar-coating, the good and sometimes the ugly. You can locate a tapping foot on the stage while enjoying that lingering vibration of air after a keystroke.



Advanced Digital
The Conductor uses the SABRE32/ESS9038Q2M DAC and XMOS USB receiver chips, the most advanced and expensive in the industry. Its Customised USB driver by Thesycon Germany ensures low latency bit-perfect audio playback. The result is incredible processing power, accurately playing back DSD512 and 38bit/786khz audio.

Bluetooth 5.0
It also features a Qualcomm/CSR8675 Bluetooth 5.0 receiver. Playing back at 24bit/96khz with aptX HD audio codec. , it pushes sound quality and ease of use to the highest level.

The Power Supply
A technology developed, owned and used exclusively by Burson Audio, the MCPS raises voltage frequency from 50Hz to 170kHz, pushing noise beyond human hearing. It completely overcomings the disadvantages of both linear power supplies and conventional switching power supplies, resulting in incredible dynamic and micro-details.

The Cool Case
Burson Audio like to turn Class-A amplifiers from monsters with heat-fins into elegant, desktop-friendly machines, and they do it through the Cool Case. Made from high-density aluminium and electroplated to space-grey, the Cool Case is a unified heat-sink keeping the Class-A Conductor cool and optimised.

Opamp Rolling Fun
The Conductor encourages opamp rolling with gold plated DIP8 sockets along its signal path. With hundreds of audio opamps out there, you have the freedom to tailor your listening experience to your preference.  

The Sound
Power and total control of that power will be the overwhelming first impression. It energises every note and space in between, bringing accuracy and micro-details. The C3 performance is for the perfectionist who works hard and plays harder.

Technical Specifications

General

• Input Impedance: 38kΩ
• Frequency Response: +-1dB 0-58kHz
• THD: <0.0017%
• Output Impedance (Headphone Amp): 0.6Ω
• Output Impedance (Pre Out/DAC Out): 1Ω/25Ω
• Inputs: USB, Optical Toslink, BlueTooth 5.0, microphone
• Outputs: 1 x RCA Pre Amp, 1 X RCA Line Level DAC, 1 x 6.3mm Headphone
• Weight: Approx. 3kg
• Dimensions: 200mm x 250mm x 60mm
  

DAC Specifications

• Channel Separation: 142 dB @ 1KHz, 135 dB @ 20KHz
• THD+N: 0.0005% @ 1KHz, 0dBFS
• COAX & Toslink / SPDIF: up to 24bit 192K
  

USB Specifications

• Desktop OS: Windows XP, 7, 8, 10 Mac OSX
• Desktop OS: iOS, Android (OTG support)
• PCM Support: PCM to 768kHz @ 16, 24 or 32bits
• Native DSD: Native DSD 64 / 128 / 256 / 512
• DSD over PCM: DoP64 / DoP128 / DoP256 / DoP512

Features

• SABRE32/ESS9038Q2M DAC and XMOS USB receiver chips
• Comes with V6 Vivid discrete opamp rolling kit
• Bluetooth 5.0 receiver Qualcomm/CSR8675 with aptX HD audio codec
• Max Current Power Supply (MCPS) raises voltage frequency from 50Hz to 170kHz
• Cool Case has only 4 visible screws and unified heat-sink
• OLED screen and interface program deliver intuitive user experience

Package Includes

• Burson Audio Conductor 3 Performance
• USB cable
• OTG Adapter
• Remote control
• Warranty card
• 24V power unit