Burmester 218.....
I am glad to see Burmester is being talked about on these forums, they are superb gear in my opinion.
if you haven't had the chance to hear the 218 do yourself a favor and take a listen, I started my Burmester journey with a 956mk2, upgraded to a 911mk3, upgraded to the 216 and have now settled on the 218
going up a level with each amp they all got better, more dynamics, deeper/wider soundstage better control, you name it, drastically better. the speed and dynamics of the 218 is as good as I have heard in quite some time
just wanted to share some of my journey and joy of owning Burmester, highly recommend.
ckr1969, what is BS? The fact that you can't handle the truth? like I said I've compared them both stereo amp to stereo amp obviously you have not that's why I can tell you that the 861 is better so until you go listen to the both side by side you can't say BS to anything because you haven't done the comparison have you? but if you like overpaying for inferior product that's totally up to you. |
just wanted to let everyone know who's interested I just bought the new SIM audio 861 amplifier and compared it to the Burmester 218 which costs $70,000 in Canada, the new SIM audio amplifier at $29,000 Canadian sounds better than the Burmeister 218 at $70,000, the new MDCA circuitry that SIM audio developed is a real game changer it's the first A/AB amp on the market that I know of that uses no local or global feedback all the other amplifiers that use no global feedback still have local feedback in them which affects the sound, so if you want to overpay and pay $50 or $70,000 for a German amp that will be bested by a $29,000 amp from sim audio go right ahead but you've got to give yourself the opportunity to go listen to the 861, I think after you listen to it you won't be spending 50 or $70,000 for an amplifier. It's that good. |
@zuesman Thanks for your comments. You say sounds better. Could you compare and contrast the differences? That would be interesting to know. |
ghdprentice, The differences I heard were in the background details The background was blacker you could hear fine little details in the music way in the background that I was missing with the Burmester, The b a s s was also better with the 861, don't get me wrong it wasn't huge differences but for a $22,000 US amplifier to go up against the $50,000 US amplifier and be better is saying something about the new MDCA technology that SIM audio has developed. |
