The PCB is etched, the component soldered and bench test completed. All the specifications look good on paper. This is where the design process ends for most others. But, to the engineers at Burson Audio this is only the beginning.
Sure, each circuit design follows our philosophy, but it takes a passionate audio engineer with years of experience to realise the last 20 % of the circuitry¡¯s potential. It is this design optimisation process that sets us above the rest.
Each PCB is optimised trace by trace, which often involves manual adjustments to reduce any effect of parallel capacity, while improving signal separation. Each pair of capacitors, resistors or transistors will be tested and matched by value and brand, with the knowledge only years of experience can attain. The best results are not accomplished by simply using the most popular brands of the day. It is obtained by finding the right combination of components to achieve the sonic quality we pursue so passionately.
This process of design optimisation takes months. After each adjustment, even very slight ones, 100 hours of burn-in was conducted before its intonation could be meaningfully reassessed and adjusted accordingly.
Hundreds of hours and thousands of components are trialled; to obtain what our engineers believe is the ¡®right sound¡¯. Luckily our project accountants play no part in Burson¡¯s product development.
