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Saw a reference to this in the Soloist thread - figure it deserves its own thread.
http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2012/09/burson-audio-prep-successor-to-ha-160d-the-conductor/
Melbourne’s Burson Audio are about to launch the next generation of their very popular HA-160D. Like its predecessor, The Conductor is a headphone amplifier, DAC and pre-amplifier. Dimensions and casework remain unchanged but inside you’ll find an ESS Sabre32 9018 chip. The USB implementation has seen some love – it’s now an 24/192 asynchronous Tenor TE8802 (drivers for OS X and Windows only) – and the head-amp under the hood is the 4wpc Soloist. Lastly, the pre-amplifier end of this three-way unit has been improved.
Burson will begin shipping The Conductor in November for an US$1850 price tag.
http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2012/09/burson-audio-prep-successor-to-ha-160d-the-conductor/
Melbourne’s Burson Audio are about to launch the next generation of their very popular HA-160D. Like its predecessor, The Conductor is a headphone amplifier, DAC and pre-amplifier. Dimensions and casework remain unchanged but inside you’ll find an ESS Sabre32 9018 chip. The USB implementation has seen some love – it’s now an 24/192 asynchronous Tenor TE8802 (drivers for OS X and Windows only) – and the head-amp under the hood is the 4wpc Soloist. Lastly, the pre-amplifier end of this three-way unit has been improved.
Burson will begin shipping The Conductor in November for an US$1850 price tag.