The verdict - Burmester 232 is worth MUCH MUCH MUCH more than its price!!!


My system:

Burmester 232  + Focal Kanta 3s + LTA Aero DAC with upgraded Ray Reserve 6SN tubes+ Wireworld Eclipse 8 cables + Axxess Interconnects

 

Spent in excess of $50,000 and the sound I am getting is priceless! And my system has not even broken in yet. Thanks to all folks on this forum for their invaluable input.

madhusudan_ramaswamy

Some valid points that have nothing to do with audio:

  • I think I grew up with one of those Sunbeam toasters. I guess the toaster "oven" was the technological advance that displaced them. Oh, how we grieve over the things that made this country great. 
  • Facebook is a cesspool. And for those that read the Facebook "News feed": you have been compromised.
  • The Great Wealth Transfer is the largest wealth transfer in history and is the here and now, although in this case it may be simply because this young gentleman exceeded his own expectations.
  • For the record, I asked A.I. ... Older people may dislike younger people due to perceptions of entitlement, a perceived lack of work ethic, and disrespect. Other reasons include value differences between generations (Women are important. Kinda. Not really), a disconnect created by social skills lacking in young people (Usually cannot follow simple directions!), and an unconscious bias from older individuals who romanticize their own past (Sunbeam toasters) and view the present through a lens of comparison. Psychological factors like flawed memory (Wait, what?), authoritarian tendencies (Fake! Hoax!), and even jealousy of opportunities (When do we all get Burmester's?) can contribute to this negative generational outlook. (Doesn't that sum it up? Great job A.I.!)
  • Lying on social media has been trending up since the MySpace days.

For the record, I am the one that advised this young man on what to buy. And I did not get offered a bottle of wine for it. Rather would just have a stray cable he may have laying around though. I have a home AND an address!

I have been diligently researching streamers so I can be there for him when he needs me, so I am on call! You go Ramaswamy!

I gave him some advice too. Maybe not good advice, but I was fully prepared to put in an order for a bottle of Van Winkle

Nothing to do with the OP's equipment that is owned, but is relating to a Streamer Experience as a Source.

On a System minus the Source Equipment, I was able to be demo'd Valve Amp's > Speakers and Wiring Loom that exceeded £100K on retail value, which was being used by a work from home audio dealer.

I was demonstrated at the dealers home, not too far from my own home, a TT and Tonearm, that was eventually agreed on as a sale price that I was crazy to not to commit to. From recollection I was close to 70% saving on the Newest Model to be made available, and because of the design, the differences in models was more akin to the Colour of the Corian Plinth, more than anything to do with the TT's mechanics / electrics.

The auditions took place over a few occasions, and I would suggest, I got a very good handle of the system, and a few owned Phonostages were introduced as  well to enable a better grasp of the system capabilities with the TT in use.

The Dealer was to become an intensely focused purveyor of Digital Sources and was moving on to handling a large range of products that support the Digital Source to be used in system.

To show me where my future was laid, following the last of the Analogue Source demo's, I was introduced to a Flag Ship Streamer Source, that was quite an expensive product in comparison to the TT that was just agreed on as a sale.

I could refer to the new arrangement as a Analogue / Digital Comparison, as a few Albums used on the TT, were used as tracks for the Digital Source demo'.

Firstly, I should say the system was presenting a rich tone, which for myself was easily noticeable, but that was solely resulting from the resident Valve Amp's and Horn Speakers, the Analogue Source and loaned Phonostages were not the cause of the rich tone being so noticeable. 

I was also aware the System was not as revealing as my own system and systems I was familiar with that are based at other residences, I was confident in my assessment the Horn Loudspeakers were with too much Upper Bass that was migrating into the Midrange and Upper Frequencies, diminishing the presence of these frequencies, hence my suspicion the system was not being optimised at being able to be revealing as a result of the Speakers in use and the management of the Space the Speakers were used in.

Then the Digital Source was presented, I was agog to be given the demo' of thr Streaming Device, this was alien to me. CD was my main experience of a Digital Source across the years of my interest in audio.

To be given a chance to be demo'd Streamed Music in a very expensive system was a real treat to be had. As the first sounds were heard, it was apparent something was amiss with the End Sound. After a few tracks in and a few familiar track now heard, the assessment was that this Source was extremely Poor.

I was dying a slow death and was needing to make excuses to leave.

I was left very impressed with the user Interface of the Digital Source, and since have always expressed a interest in creating a set up that has this convenience of usage.

I have also extended my experiences of hearing Steamed Music as a Source, an know today, there is better at a much much cheaper cost.

In my limited experiences of Streamed Music as the Source Material, I would not be suggesting to anybody the Streamer Device is the most advantageous way to get the best Source Material to be replayed in a system.

I would be at the front of the queue to suggest, the convenience of the Streamer Device comes with a real attraction as a user interface.

There is also the possibility in the world of using the Streamer Device, the tech on offer has an appeal in conjunction with the End Sound able to be created.

Certain tech' and the user interface, rings in accordance with another's wants for a tech interface. Where the user interface is being prioritised and favoured as an  interaction, to the point where it takes precedence over the quality of the End Sound that is being created.

I strongly recall much of the talk about the Streamer in use was to do with the simplicity of use and the ease of accessing a massive music library.  

This was most likely something that occurred with CD at the time it was prime as the Source.

Some of the advocates of CD as a Source, would have favoured a Multi Play CDP over the Single Play CDP, solely for the user Interface and not their perception of the quality of the End Sound.