Intro
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 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.
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
Having a footprint that is 30% less than the Conductor Reference and a volume similar to a lunch box, it is beautiful but unobstructive. Take it to work, and no one will raise an eyebrow.
Opamp Rolling Fun
The Conductor Performance comes with Burson V6 Vivid discrete opamps. But don’t let us or anyone dictate your listening experience. 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
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Package Content | ||
| Input impedance: | 38 KOhms | Conductor 3 Performance. Model # M180 |
USB Cable |
| Frequency response: | ± 1 dB 0 – 58Khz | Remote Control | OTG Adoptor |
| THD: | <0.0017% | RCA Cable | 24V Power Unit |
| Output impedance (Headphone Amp): | 0.6 Ohm | Power Cable | |
| Output impedance (Pre Out / DAC Out): | 1 Ohm / 25 Ohm | ||
| General | |||
| Inputs: | USB, Optical Toslink, BlueTooth 5.0, microphone | Weight: | app. 3 kg |
| Outputs: | 1 x RCA Pre Amp 1 X RCA Line Level DAC 1 x 6.3mm Headphone |
Dimensions: | 200 X 250 X 60(mm) |
| Impedance (Headphone Jack) | Power | Signal to Noise Ratio | Separation |
| 16 Ohm | 4W | 95db | 99% |
| 32 Ohm | 2W | 97db | 99% |
| 100 Ohm | 640mW | 94db | 99% |
| 150 Ohm | 420mW | 95db | 99% |
| 300 Ohm | 160mW | 95db | 99.5% |
| DAC Spec | Asynchronous Isochronous USB Spec | ||
| Channel Separation: | 142 dB @ 1KHz, 135 dB @ 20KHz | Desktop OS: | Windows XP, 7, 8, 10 Mac OSX |
| THD+N: | 0.0005% @ 1KHz, 0dBFS | Desktop OS: | iOS* , Android (OTG support) |
| COAX & Toslink / SPDIF : | up to 24bit 192K | PCM Support: | PCM ? 768kHz @ 16, 24 or 32bits |
| Native DSD: | Native DSD 64 / 128 / 256 / 512 | ||
| Bluetooth Input | Bluetooth 5.0 aptX HD (Qualcomm CSR8675) | DSD over PCM: | DoP64 / DoP128 / DoP256/Dop512 |
