Burson Audio - The Conductor - Reference Class DAC / Headphone Amp / Pre-Amp

The DAC The ESS SABRE32 Reference DAC chip. 32-bit Hyper-stream DAC architecture and Time Domain Jitter Eliminator technologyvthe SABRE32 is one of the best and most expensive DAC chips in the world and is truly reference class . Features the well regarded Soloist Headphone Amplifier. Burson had to deploy another 35W customised transformer to ensure that the Soloist circuitry is independent and optimised at all times. Burson didn't simply solder a piece of wire from the headphone output jack to create an unrefined preamp. The preamp output has been extracted from the voltage gain stage before the current gain section, to create a preamp that reflects the full potential of the FET output stage, and the less is more philosophy. 24bit/192khz Tenor TE8802 USB receiver working in Asynchronous Transfer Mode. Accepts coaxial and Toslink inputs supporting 32bit/192khz audio files. Accepts analogue input via RCA and outputs in 6.35mm headphone jack, line-level output (DAC) and variable output (preamp). Features a new Variable Output Stage (VOS), enabling the Conductor to match well with any type of headphone. Low Noise Power Supply An athlete needs clean air to perform at an optimum standard - audio equipment needs clean power to reproduce transparent and natural music. The new Conductor has taken the already fanatical IC free power supply of their first generation HA-160 to the next level. The result is even cleaner even more energetic music reproduction. Resonance Free Aluminum Enclosure The Conductor is housed in a 6mm case, constructed from high precision machined aluminum. This enclosure allows the Conductor, to achieve a very high mechanical damping factor, which reduces any microphonic effects, that may degrade the clarity of sonic performance. The enclosure was also constructed to act as a giant heat-sink, which allows the Class-A headamp to run cooler, and remain optimized at all times.