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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
immatthewj
2,502 posts
 

If zuesman really did compare them, then he can’t help it he has bad hearing.

All of the Sim dealers whom I spoke to when I was up in Canada last week did tell me that the Sim gear is mostly popular with the audiophile crowd that is suffering from tinnitus.

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yyzsantabarbara
4,986 posts
 

I heard the SimAudio 761 this summer when I visited Toronto. A superb amp which reminded me of a more refined Benchmark AHB2 with much more power. I would definitely like to own either a 761 or 861. The 761 had great detail but also a KRELL XD-like smoothness. 

I have also heard a few of the German amp at local shows and dealers in Los Angeles.

 

zuesman
207 posts
 

ckr1969,

because I wanted to and I can. and I think you better reread the review again because he said it times the buzzing was quite loud I guess you didn't read that part, $50,000 amps that are buzzing should not be reviewed The proper thing to have done and everybody agrees would have been to send the amps back and get two different ones to see if the same thing would happen and if it did then obviously the quality control is not very good is it? Stereophile and that reviewer have lost all credibility and everybody on all of the different forums said the same thing. so if you want to excuse poor manufacturing and quality control and spend $50,000 on amps that can't be easily serviced because there's very few dealers in North America go right ahead lol

ckr1969 OP
111 posts
 

@zuesman sorry, but you are full of crap, your story never happened,

I do agree tho, if there was a buzz than the review should have been cancelled until they got replacements,

also, they have a service center in Atlanta if there was to be issues, so not very difficult, Burmester is one hell of a company to do business with unlike many others

enjoy the Sim, im sure its a nice amp

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