Plinus vs. Burmester amps

I've owned the Plinius SA Reference amp for the past 4 years and it's the best amp I have ever owned. Regardless of running it in class A or A/B I've never had any heat build up issues to complain about running my Maggy's 3.7's but of course the amp in class A is hot to the touch.
Unfortunately I've never had the pleasure of hearing the Burmester line of products.
I think they are both very fine products and one could not go wrong with either.
Let us know which amp you end up purchasing ;-)

The difference in sound of a plinius running ab vs a is quite significant.

@ Falconquest

About the Burmester 911 Mk3 for "ME" is sonically
one of the best power amp (no matter tube or solid state)
ever made. A lot of experts (review from The Absolute
Sound/Tone Audio/Audiophilia/What HiFi and a lot of music
lovers worldwide have the same thinking.

I'd like to invite you in reading the following reviews:

http://www.tonepublications.com/review/burmester-911mk-3/

http://www.whathifi.com/burmester/911-mk-iii-
monoblocs/review

http://www.audiophilia.com/hardware/burmester911.htm

The Absolute Sound, Golden Ear Award, 2007
link

The Absolute Sound, Golden Ear Award, 2007

"Quite simply one of the best-sounding solid-state amps to
thus far lighten our doorstep. It is an advance over the
earlier Burmester electronics in that it is not only close
to completely neutral but it shows no trace of the normally
ubiquitous transistor texture and grain in the upper
octaves. More interesting yet, to these ears, is how happy
it is driving all sorts of speakers, from the ultra-
revealing Kings to the sweetly euphonic Coltranes. An amp
for all seasons, and virtually all setups."

For the money, it’s difficult to find something better than Plinius SA-Ref. This powerhouse produces real music, not hi-fi sound, and its dynamics and tone are terrific.
Plinius amps are famous for the tube like sound but adding to that real live dynamics and bass. Did not hear Burmester, so can’t comment on it.

Plus last couple years Plinius finally has great representation here in US.

Falconquest, if you from US, please contact me off line and I recommend you a great dealer to work on plinius.
I am not a dealer just very happy Plinius fan and customer. I had tried Krells (302e, 402e, 400 monos) ML 532H, BAT 255se, 600SE, Hegel H200, and Hegel 4HA latest and always come back to plinius amps for thier tone and dynamics and overall musical representation.

I have not heard the Plinius, but I know Burmester well. The strength of their gear is the immediacy and dynamics they produce. Imagaine a snare drum in real life. When it is hit hard, it kind of makes you jump a little. Burmester gear has that same speed and snap to it. Be prepared to run balanced if you want the best sound - the difference between RCAs and XLR is not small.