Plinus vs. Burmester amps

@ Apdoc2004

I've heard Burmester for very long time with a lot of
speakers and the sound result was always excellent, but with
own Burmester speakers you achieve one of best natural
absolute sound quality with an higher sense of reality
difficult to achieve at any level.

I really appreciate the feedback guys, and look forward to more. I thought I would summarize comments made so far.

Burmester
Pro:
Best amp ever owned.
Best qualities of SS and tubes.
More dynamic slam than Pass.
Outstanding, very refined sound.
Easier on electricity
Bass quality and ability to control the woofers are specialties.
With Burmester speakers, best natural sound and a higher sense of reality.

Con:
A tendency to brightness.

Plinius
Pro:
No one hour warm up time for class A.
Non-fatiguing sound.
Effortless power.
Great bass control.
No "fizz" in treble.
Very strong bass and dynamics.

Con:
(SB-301) slightly rolled off on top and not the last word in transparency.

By the way, very nice system P59! I use the same Ayre.

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.