Blue Moon Award for Burson Audio's new DAC/Preamp

It has a very similar sound to the W4S's DACs. The biggest differences I found were in the low end and overall dynamics. The Wyred unit has a more powerful low end, while the Burson's low end was a little thinner but slightly more articulate. I also found the Wyred unit more dynamic overall. Both are fantastic sounding units, but it's a little disappointing that the Burson unit doesn't have a remote and or balanced out either. There are other small technical differences, but you would have to study the literature on both units to compare.

Thanks, Face. Srajan from 6 moons said the Burson bested the Weiss which bested the W4S. Same DACs in different systems can sound different...

Thanks again.

Totally agree on Remote Control. Balanced might be a need for many, not for me right now but I do look if the DACs I look for are balanced or not in case I upgrade in the future.

Congrats for your ability to understand anything Srajan says in a review. I find his writing impenetrable. Idioms within idioms, and if you are not an audio engineer, there is no chance . . . .

Neal

Nglazer,
just goes to show different strokes for different folks, I find his review approach very informative,honest and always with substantial comparisons with competing components for perspective. I look forward to reading his reviews with anticipation.
Regards

Charles1 dad,

Indeed. If you can understand, so much the better. here is another example of Srabanese. See if you can divine what he is talking about:

"For that we need yet another example - auras. Rather than acrylics, auras act like water colors. They fluidly interpenetrate edges where acrylic brush strokes of different colors separate hard. Greater smoothness transcends instruments or voices that exist on their own as cut out and divorced from their surroundings on which they get subsequently superimposed like a shadow play. When those instrumental or vocal outlines blend into space, a softening happens. That reflects real life. Naturally, our water color example fails just as the prior examples. In this case it fails by suggesting, on the surface at least, a lessened articulation. On canvas after all, hard acrylic separation means sharper outlines, ergo superior articulation. Not so with sounds. Only when tones and their refractive actions into space are separated out are they articulated against space. Articulation per se is impossible. It would have to occur against a vacuum or nothingness for unnaturally dry lifeless sounds. While audible auras bleeding into surrounding space could suggest something diffuse, it's really a higher degree of realism. It's softer but not synonymous with less resolved. In audio, spatial resolution relies not on razor-edged silhouettes against jet-black backgrounds after all. But let's mute them metaphors. Flip the switch or hit the remote."

What component is he describing?

Neal