Hi Jeff,
I am not familiar with the B&K, but I do own the Sunfire TG II. I am very happy with this preamp.
The two things I do miss with the TG II are:
1) You can't listen to one source while recording another.
2) The analog inputs are not 5.1, making this difficult to use with an external DVD-Audio or SACD player. The TG III (the current model) remedies this problem. This one really hurts since I have a ModWright modified Pioneer 38a player which has better sound quality than the DAC in the Sunfire and can't use it for multichannel.
Good things about the sunfire.
1) Easy to use with good WAF.
2) Support has been very good the one time I have needed them (Not an equipment malfunction, it was a problem with the original order).
3) They appear to be adopting a model of allowing upgrades from model to model for less than full sticker price. The TG I - TG II upgrade was around 1000, the TG II to TG III will be around 1800. I don't know if they will be doing this in the future, but I'm betting on it. Since I have seen a lot of good AV preamps which became obsolete since they didn't support the latest formats and features, this was a very attractive feature to me.
I apologize for not being able to answer the exact question you asked and hope that this was of some help!
Regards,
Greg
I am not familiar with the B&K, but I do own the Sunfire TG II. I am very happy with this preamp.
The two things I do miss with the TG II are:
1) You can't listen to one source while recording another.
2) The analog inputs are not 5.1, making this difficult to use with an external DVD-Audio or SACD player. The TG III (the current model) remedies this problem. This one really hurts since I have a ModWright modified Pioneer 38a player which has better sound quality than the DAC in the Sunfire and can't use it for multichannel.
Good things about the sunfire.
1) Easy to use with good WAF.
2) Support has been very good the one time I have needed them (Not an equipment malfunction, it was a problem with the original order).
3) They appear to be adopting a model of allowing upgrades from model to model for less than full sticker price. The TG I - TG II upgrade was around 1000, the TG II to TG III will be around 1800. I don't know if they will be doing this in the future, but I'm betting on it. Since I have seen a lot of good AV preamps which became obsolete since they didn't support the latest formats and features, this was a very attractive feature to me.
I apologize for not being able to answer the exact question you asked and hope that this was of some help!
Regards,
Greg