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The Burson Audio HA-160 Headphone Amplifier
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Listening to music is a very personal and life long adventure. We know! The HA-160 is an uncompromising reference class headphone amplifier packed with Burson technologies, Burson refinement and Burson passion.  It will cleanse your soul from the daily   racket of life and make you fall in love with your collections all over again.   No ICs. Most headphone amps are built with ICs (integrated circuitry). Listening to an IC based head amp is like trying to listen to a grand concert through a key-hole!  With ICs you are missing out on the micro detail that makes music musical and the macro dynamic that makes our hearts beat with excitement.  There is only one reason for an IC to appear in audio gear, and that is cost saving at the expense of music! The HA-160 has been designed with no ICs within its circuitry. Our discrete (IC free) approach allows us to optimise our design and tune our machines to achieve the best in audio reproduction. The elimination of ICs has made the HA-160 far more superior to its IC based competitors -  on all front  High Definition The function of Opamps at the output stage is as important as the lens on a cinema projector.  Regardless of the analytical capability of the audio gear, an inferior opamp will halve a machine’s performance, and distort every dB of sonic imagery.   Just like our acclaimed P-160 amplifiers, the HA-160 features our Burson HD audio opamp.  It enables the HA-160 to reproduce music in superior resolution and accuracy. A performance focused volume control At the time when an audio signal is passing through the volume control, it is still at its weakest.  At this stage, the audio signal is very vulnerable to noise pollution and interference.  A major source of such distortion is the commonly used remote volume control adopted by most manufactures. Burson Audio recognized the drawbacks associated with remote volume controls and deemed them unacceptable.  Instead, we developed a 24 stepped attenuator, constructed with the best quality components available.  Our Burson stepped attenuator ensures preservation of even the weakest audio signal;  The air between instruments, the decay after an attack and all micro details that makes music enjoyable.        Low Noise Power Supply (LNPS)  Just like an athlete needs clean air to perform at an optimum standard – audio equipment needs clean power to  reproduce transparent and natural music. Utilising the Burson Audio discrete (IC free) low noise regulator technology we have ensured that only the cleanest power is running through every component of our HA-160.   Resonance Free Aluminium (RFA) Enclosure The HA-160 is housed in a 6mm case, constructed from high precision machined aluminium. This enclosure allows the AB-160, 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 optimised at all times. The Save: Sometimes called “the save” by our customers, the Burson RFA enclosure is constructed from precision machined aluminum panels.  Only 8 stainless steel bolts were required to join the enclosure, which then became virtually indestructible. Resonance Free: Resonance produced by nearby speakers, vibrating components and transformers can all pollute audio signals.  We took great care during the design process to ensure the thickness of each wall varied from each other to increase the mechanical damping factor. The RFA enclosure displayed superior mechanical noise rejection (internal and external) compared to the conventionally folded steal enclosure used by most audio manufacturers.   Optimizing the Idle Current:    The geometry of the case and the precision of the enclosure allow the entire case to disperse heat evenly, and act as a giant heat sink. A steel folded or thinly built aluminum case could never achieve this. The AF enclosure removes the need for those ugly heat sink fins and allows our machines to be set to a high idle current, which results in lower distortion, higher output and better overall dynamics.