Nov 1, 2019 | Reviews
As BURL’s Mothership B80 [Tape Op #84] has gained popularity with serious recordists as a flexible system to build your own AD/DA converter interface, there’s been need for more daughter card modules in order to add flexibility. I’ve had my BURL...
Jun 18, 2019 | Reviews
This “daughter card” works with the BURL B80 Mothership [Tape Op #84] and B16 Mothership configurable audio I/O systems. When the B80 Mothership was introduced, the BDA8 was the choice for D-to-A output conversion, but it was not transformer-balanced like...
Nov 18, 2017 | Reviews
We recently did a session here at Panoramic House with Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads, Live) producing a great band called Le Butcherettes. Jerry has a studio near us with a mix/edit room and a separate tracking room; and both rooms have Burl Mothership converters...
Jan 12, 2017 | Reviews
Early in 2016, Burl Audio announced its new B16 Mothership, the little brother to their flagship B80 interface. The original B80 Mothership—an enormous, upscale, transformer-based AD & DA converter—was very well received, and I read nothing but good reviews about...
Jul 1, 2016 | Reviews
Burl Audio is a company with a unique approach, one that embeds personality into the design. Based in Santa Cruz, Calif., the company makes a range of gear including two 500-Series preamps, a monitor controller, and a 32×2 summing-mixer, but when somebody says “Burl,”...
Jan 18, 2016 | Reviews
Burl Audio is already well known and loved for its two-channel B2 Bomber AD/DA converter [Tape Op #79] and multi-channel B80 Mothership [#84], but maybe less so for its boutique all-analog audio gear. A while back, I bought a pair of Burl Audio B1D 500-series mic...