Burmester 218.....

@zuesman again, dodge the question, why did you feel the need to drag your magnificent amp to a dealer and audition for hours, simple question, that amp is new to the market, legit question

Well if I have the amp already in my house why shouldn't I take it to the store to compare? and don't you think that's my choice to do what I want? and why would I put a deposit on something that I don't want to buy that doesn't even make sense so to me it made more sense to take the amp that I own which is the 861 and compare it to the Burmeister It's too bad that you overpaid for an amp that unfortunately is not as good and even if you compare them and you thought the 218 was better it's only going to be incrementally better in your eyes so it's not worth double the money to get that little improvement that you think you will have and again I will say this any $50,000 amplifier not one but two that buzzes during the review you can't say much on the quality control for that company can you? and the reviewer saying that it's still sounded good with that kind of an audible buzz everybody that read that on the forums was laughing at that reviewer, we know that stereophile has no credibility anymore, you get a great review based on how much money you spend on advertising with them.

@zuesman LOL, no intention to buy, you just wanted to compare, not much of a life there buddy and wasting a salesman time and energy, but again, we both know this is a fairytale, enjoy your amp and have a nice weekend, im off to my dealer, gonna compare my Burmester to there amps to convince myself I made the right decision

like I said phone every dealer in Canada and you'll hit the right one and you'll see that you're the one that's in the fairytale and what I do with my time is up to me and if I want to go compare my amp to another one that's up to me as well I just wanted to prove that a $29,000 Canadian amp is better than a $50,000 and a $70,000 amp made in Germany which I did, so you're the one that's a fool wasting $100,000 on 2 amps that aren't as good and like I said before even if you think they're better they're going to be so incrementally better that it's not worth double the money like the saying goes the law of diminishing returns. my system is no slouch It's worth $85,000, and if you bother to do any research you will find out that the rectangular OCC single crystal wire is far superior to anything OFC like companies like transparent charge $70,000 for you got to be an absolute idiot to spend that much money on a piece of wire lol.

Yes keep convincing yourself of that lol You're comparing them to the dealers amps what other amps are you comparing them to at least I told you what amps I compared, and if you think spending $50,000 on an amp is smart keep thinking that lol. but it's your money if you want to waste it go right ahead, like I said I didn't think the Burmester was bad it was very very good actually but technology moves ahead and the MDCA circuitry that SIM audio has developed is a game changer and this app will definitely go up against 50 and $70,000 amps and be better or as good and obviously you haven't heard the 861 so you can't make any comments can you? since I own it and have and have now taken the trouble to take it down to a Burmester dealer and compared them I can make an honest opinion and the Burmester is not worth twice the price of the 861.