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Burson Audio Conductor 3X Performance - Balanced Headphone Amp, Pre-amp & USB DAC - Refurbished

  • Fully balanced with one DAC chip per channel
  • Comes with Burson V6 Vivid discrete opamps
  • Pure Class-A and fully discrete with top quality components
  • Balanced headphone output delivers 7.5W per channel
  • SABRE32/ESS9038Q2M DAC and XMOS USB receiver chips
  • Bluetooth 5.0 receiver Qualcomm/CSR8675 with aptX HD audio codec
  • Refurbished item warranty: 12 months

Optional available accessories:

  • Burson Audio Conductor 3X Performance

    Refurbished unit in excellent condition repackaged with original accessories or accessories from compatible models and brands. All refurbished products are certified by authorized technicians.

    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. The Burson Audio Conductor 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.

    It 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 Conductor Performance features the same Max Current Power Supply (MCPS) that has made the Conductor Reference legendary.

    Perfect balance of soul, love and heart.



    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.

    Max Current 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 overcomes 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 we 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 Performance comes with Burson V6 Vivid discrete opamps. 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: 39kΩ
    • Frequency Response: +-1dB 0-58kHz
    • THD: <0.0015%
    • Output Impedance (Headphone Amp): 0.5Ω
    • Output Impedance (Pre Out/DAC Out): 1Ω/25Ω
    • Inputs: USB, Optical Toslink, BlueTooth 5.0, microphone
    • Outputs: 1 x XLR Preamp/DAC, 1 x RCA Preamp/DAC, 1 x 6.3mm Headphone, 1 x XLR 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

    • Fully balanced with one DAC chip per channel
    • Comes with Burson V6 Vivid discrete opamps
    • Pure Class-A and fully discrete with top quality components
    • Achieves ultra-low output impedance
    • Balanced headphone output delivers 7.5W per channel
    • SABRE32/ESS9038Q2M DAC and XMOS USB receiver chips
    • Bluetooth 5.0 receiver Qualcomm/CSR8675 with aptX HD audio codec
    • Al-new OLED screen and interface program

    Package Includes

    • Burson Audio Conductor 3X Performance
    • USB cable
    • Remote control
    • OTG adapter
    • Power cable
    • 24V power unit
    1. OPTIONAL AVAILABLE ACCESSORIES