This is a review of the Conductor 3 Reference, Burson Audio's newest 7.5W PC Class A, dual mono headphone amp / pre-amp / dac featuring dual ESS Sabre latest ES9038Q2M dac chips. The unit has been borrowed to me by a courtesy of a fellow HeadFier in exchange for an honest review. BUILD QUALITY: Hefty space-grey brushed aluminum case is indeed a looker and has a high-end feel to it. The Cool Case is used for smart cooling, necessary for such a powerful unit. The Conductor 3 delivers 7.5W on 16Ohms and 0.58W on 300Ohms, an absolutely stunning...

This is a review of the Burson Swing, a Pre-Amp/Dac featuring the ESS Sabre's latest dac chip. The unit is a loaner in exchange for an honest review. The Burson Swing is a full blooded dac, capable of high resolution for the PCM 32bit/768khz and DSD512, with latest XMOS usb receiver. The Swing features two USB inputs, one on the back and one ubs-c on the front, plus a Toslink and a coaxial input. It shares absolutely the same casing as the whole latest Burson line, including the Play, the Fun, the Bang and the Playmate. There is a possibility to use...

This is a review of the Playmate, Burson Audio's newest 2W PC Class A headphone amp / pre-amp / dac featuring ESS Sabre latest ES9038Q2M dac chip. The unit has been borrowed to me by a courtesy of a fellow HeadFier in exchange for an honest review. Some eighth months ago, I have reviewed the Play headphone amp/dac/pre-amp combo and was impressed by the Play's powerful and clean current delivery, punchy and well articulated bass and smooth mids. IMO the Play played particularly well with all the Senns I paired it with. While I liked the sound, I...

This is a review of Burson Audio high end V6 op-amps. After reading a lot about different op-amps, I was very curious to try and test V6 Vivids and V6 Classics by Australian company Burson Audio. The Vivids are red and the Classics orange - with white kangaroo jumping! This takes away the tech or industrial look, and make them looking like candies. You can purchase the op-amps directly through the Burson website. It is easy and very friendly experience. As double-bass and sub-bass fan, I have chosen a wide set of music containing deepest notes of...

This is a review of Burson's mini desktop amplifier called the BANG, aka Honey, I Shrunk the Amp. After reviewing two other Burson's products, the PLAY and the FUN, I got yet another chance of reviewing the last piece of the stack. The BANG makes a complete statement on your desktop, combined either with the PLAY or the FUN as preamps, or any other preamp of your choice. BANG's power ratings and other specs can be found on Burson's informative website: https://www.bursonaudio.com/products/bang/ Looking at the size of the case, you would expect...

This is a review of Burson FUN, latest headphone amp and a preamp from the house of Melbourne's Burson Audio. I am a double bass, triple bass and sub-bass aficionado listening mainly to classical and jazz. As I have previously stated in my review of the Burson PLAY Dac/Headphone amp/preamp combo (https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/burson-play.22702/reviews#review-20430), I am looking and listening for well articulated double bass, bowed and plucked upright bass reproduction. There are plenty of high praised units featuring sparkling treble, euphonic...

This is a review of Burson Play Basic. Long time lurker here, I’ve learned quite a lot from reading on HeadFi and comparing reviews with my personal impressions. Therefore I was quite delighted when the fellow HeadFier @DjBobby lent me the Play for 2 weeks to test it. I wouldn’t like to repeat the specs and technicalities which are stated and reprinted in almost every review, but focus more on my personal observances. Trivia The Burson Play doesn’t have serial number. It can be used in the PC case or on the desktop with 4 adhesive silicone rubber...