Burmester 911 mk3
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Thanks Bob,
Hop on to my magic carpet. It's wonderful
Thank you Rocco. This gear is amazing.
That is exactly what my stereo 911 MK3 sounds like too!
Congrat's Joe, very happy for you.
CONGRATULATIONS, Joe! Have a great stay in Heaven. I hope your GAT works out fine for you.
Congrats Joe! Enjoy the ride! Are you already noticing any improvements over the DartZeel and CJ?
That is exactly what my stereo 911 MK3 sounds like too!
Congrat's Joe, very happy for you.
Thanks Jim,
If you like the stereo 911, get two factory mono 911mk3's and be amazed.
Thank you. The GAT works extremely well the the 911 monos. I am trying the 077 now as I write this and I am equally excited.
Thanks Joost,
I have to say I love the GAT/Dartzeel combination very much. The GAT works equally well with the 911 monos but has more balls and a more in the room presentation. More dynamic I think. I am warming up the 077/911 monos now and that's more of a quite competent performer. I will withhold ultimate judgement until it warms up fully but it seems more even across the board. Nothing seems accentuated with the 077/911 combo. The GAT/911 monos seem slightly more upfront. I need to digest what I hear.
Joe, I can imagine. Definitely take your time! In any case, the Burmester/TAD combo is world class and SOTA! You will hear clearly any changes you make with preamp, source and cabling!
Fun times!
Fun times!
Lloyd,
Thank you very much. I have fallen in love with my Burmester amps all over again. They are truly amazing instruments.
Let the 911s run continuously for a couple more days and you'll see an even greater transformation. Words just can't express what I experienced with my 808+911 mono and they are getting better and better. Even at low volume, the bass performance is fantastic.
Absolutely wonderful gear. I am glad you are happy. I am in awe how good the 077 and 911 monos sound.
garylkoh
WBF Technical Expert (Speakers & Audio Equipment)
Congrats, Joe.
I agree with Thf99 - the Burmester gear seem to improve slowly, and then at about the 1000hr mark, there seems to be a leap in improvement, and then they continue to keep on improving. Anyone who's bought any of the Burmester gear and didn't give them enough time to warm up........ well the next buyer got the benefit - and a great price!!
Did you try GAT -> single-ended -> 911 vs 077 -> balanced -> 911??
I agree with Thf99 - the Burmester gear seem to improve slowly, and then at about the 1000hr mark, there seems to be a leap in improvement, and then they continue to keep on improving. Anyone who's bought any of the Burmester gear and didn't give them enough time to warm up........ well the next buyer got the benefit - and a great price!!
Did you try GAT -> single-ended -> 911 vs 077 -> balanced -> 911??
Gary, if Joe run's his 911 mono's single ended (using the adapters) through the GAT preamp, is this still utilizing both channels in each of the 911's? The 911's are expecting to see live signals on both pin 2 and pin 3 (pin 1 is ground). It is expecting to see these signals in opposite phase, one of which will be reversed in the amp and then they are added together? With the adapter in case of the CJ GAT pin 2 carries a ground signal. How does this effect the amp? The manual states explicitly that the mono's can only be run in balanced mode.
Hi
While a huge Burmester fan .. I can't agree with the 1000 hours observation ... Out of the box the Burmester electronics are stupendous and remain so for years ... I have been listening to Burmester gears for several years ... Started around 1990 and they don't change much after a few hours of warm-up in my expereince ...
I have heard a GAT and liked it, yet there is however a purity and clarity and robustness ..in Burmester preamps that few (if any) other possess .. My money would be on the 077 and that with any amp ...
While a huge Burmester fan .. I can't agree with the 1000 hours observation ... Out of the box the Burmester electronics are stupendous and remain so for years ... I have been listening to Burmester gears for several years ... Started around 1990 and they don't change much after a few hours of warm-up in my expereince ...
I have heard a GAT and liked it, yet there is however a purity and clarity and robustness ..in Burmester preamps that few (if any) other possess .. My money would be on the 077 and that with any amp ...
Frantz,
As much as I love the GAT, I prefer the 077 on the 911mk3 monos. The GAT works much better on the Dartzeel 108 rather than the 911's.
Gary,
Thank you very much. The GAT works wonderfully on the 911mk3 monos, however I think I prefer the 077 with the 911mk3 monos. My GAT makes the Dartzeel 108 sound amazing. Both combos are different flavors of excellent, but if I had to choose, the 077 with the 911 monos is killer all around, especially on the TAD CR-1's. Just simply amazing and as the amps are breaking in and the 077 is waking up from a little hiatus, what I am hearing is nothing short of outstanding. I am a lucky man right now. Thank you for everything. I think the GAT with the CJ ART amps will also be a force to reckon with, IMO.
Joe,
Cangrats for your gear. BTW, do you count to keep all your stuff or are you going to end up with a single system?
If you decided to keep all your components, which criteria would you use to "rotate" them in use? Mood? Kind of music? Or just experiments?
Joe,
Cangrats for your gear. BTW, do you count to keep all your stuff or are you going to end up with a single system?
If you decided to keep all your components, which criteria would you use to "rotate" them in use? Mood? Kind of music? Or just experiments?
Thanks docvale,
I do plan on getting down to one system. I really do not have the room to keep everything. I am search mode for a killer source. Something like a music server or cd/sacd/dac. I hope to sell/trade in some gear towards the Burmester 111 if it turns out to sound like what they claim. It would simplify my setup tremendously. What's nice about the all Burmester system is no tube to worry about so leaving everything on and playing is easy. I play music 12-15 hours a day so tube life/safety is a concern. I thought about rotating gear around but since hooking up the 911 monos, I am blown away how nice they sound.
This post has made me reevaluate my cabling. I replaced my Burmester silver XLR with a Chord Chorus XLR interconnect last night and (to my ears) they both sound more different than I was expecting. The Burmester is perhaps a little more forward yet refined in the top end whereas the Chord is less forward but seems much more better at integrating the bass into the whole. I'm preferring the Chord now, which is funny as its been sitting here for months and months. Is it possible a limited gauge silver in the Burmester cable is restricting low frequency throughput?
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