[vegan]

Fuses
The Create Audio/Synergy Hifi fuse made a significant improvement in resolution and verve over stock fuse. (Not the knock-off on eBay.) I have not compared it to any other after-market fuse.

Great bang for the buck. No clue as to which is the best fuse, but suggest everyone give one of them a go (silver tuses can be bad for $5, me thinks)

 

[boirefish]

Just paid for the Conductor. Hopefully it will arrive early next week

 

[MIKELAP]

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Just paid for the Conductor. Hopefully it will arrive early next week

Welcome to the club

 

[Andrew_WOT]

What would be the next step up, not stratospherically priced, DAC after Conductor?
Curios what other DACs Conductor owners used and found noticeably superior.

 

[philo50]

Metrum Octave mk2

 

[negura]

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What would be the next step up, not stratospherically priced, DAC after Conductor?
Curios what other DACs Conductor owners used and found noticeably superior.

 
NAD M51
PWD2 - not retail priced, that's exaggerated. $2500 or less on Audiogon all day long.

 

[driver 8]

Seconding the NAD M51 recommendation. 

 

[preproman]

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NAD M51
PWD2 - not retail priced, that's exagerrated. $2500 or less on Audiogon all day long.

Yup, 
 
At the price on the Gon, that makes this DAC a great valued DAC.  Also the W4S DAC-2se

 

[germay0653]

Would love to listen to the AURALiC Vega!

 

[boirefish]

Welcome to the club

Thanks! I'll be frequenting this home thread for a while since I don't plan on upgrading anytime soon.

Curiously, with the dacs mentioned that outperform the conductor, do any much-appriased giant killers like the anedio d1/2, yulong da08 or matrix x-sabre hold their own or even better the conductor?

 

[citraian]

Would love to listen to the AURALiC Vega!

Dreaming about the Vega too.

 

[Andrew_WOT]

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NAD M51
PWD2 - not retail priced, that's exaggerated. $2500 or less on Audiogon all day long.

Really, NAD M51 beats Conductor, did I make the wrong purchase?

 
What about this?
http://bursonaudioblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/burson-conductor-with-hanss-acoustic.html

 

[driver 8]

Huh, I can't say that's been my experience.  The NAD M51's bass is a bit softer, but it sounds cleaner and faster to me, more expansive as well.  Although, that said, the NAD is more expensive than the entire Conductor, whose DAC section, and rather flawed USB -> SPDIF, come secondary with the amp.
 
IDK if Burson's own website is the best place to get comparisons from.

 

[kskwerl]

how is the DAC in the conductor? I mean if its not good what is the point

 

[dan.gheorghe]

Guys, the DAC in Conductor is very good . You have to pay a lot more to get something better.