Burmester 911 mk3

[Thf99]

My beloved Extrema speakers

 

[Thf99]

A closer look

 

[MylesBAstor]

Sweet! Have to say there's a lot of eye candy there!

Always loved the look of the SFs!

 

[AudioExplorations]

WOW! If that is not SOTA, I don't know what is!

p.s. The Genesis might be slightly large for the room?

 

[joeinid]

Sweet! Have to say there's a lot of eye candy there!

Always loved the look of the SFs!

+1

Absolutely beautiful. What a stunning setup.

 

[Thf99]

Many thanks, Myles, AudioExplorations and Joe for your kind words. Yes, the G1s are certainly too large for my room. I will have to look for a bigger room for them. It will be SOTA only with the addition of the G1s and the Davinci Gabriel TT .

 

[microstrip]

Stunning system!
My best experience with Extrema was listening to a VTL recording - Louis Verdieu "Louis" . They managed to fill a room with music in a way I could not expect.
"La Fiesta" was a memorable experience - even the CD version is great.

 

[Thf99]

Stunning system!
My best experience with Extrema was listening to a VTL recording - Louis Verdieu "Louis" . They managed to fill a room with music in a way I could not expect.
"La Fiesta" was a memorable experience - even the CD version is great.

Thanks, microstrip. Yep, the 911s really bring out the best from the Extremas.

 

[Rocco I.]

Thf99,

sincere congrats.

I'd like to suggest trying to position below your fantastic 808's (both preamp and power supply unit) a sound create board TAOC SCB-CS50D. The Taoc SCD-CS50D shall be suspended (for each components) by no. 3 insulators Taoc Tite-35s. An overall and nice improvement in sound quality will be granted.

I use Taoc insulators and sound creation boards in my Burmester Reference Gears and the sound quality improvement is huge at my ears.

 

[Thf99]

Thf99,

sincere congrats.

I'd like to suggest trying to position below your fantastic 808's (both preamp and power supply unit) a sound create board TAOC SCB-CS50D. The Taoc SCD-CS50D shall be suspended (for each components) by no. 3 insulators Taoc Tite-35s. An overall and nice improvement in sound quality will be granted.

I use Taoc insulators and sound creation boards in my Burmester Reference Gears and the sound quality improvement is huge at my ears.

Thanks, Rocco, for your suggestion. I'll see if I can get those boards and insulators.

 

[Rocco I.]

Thanks, Rocco, for your suggestion. I'll see if I can get those boards and insulators.

In Singapore there is a Taoc delear:

http://www.xaudio.com.sg/

In Italy, my country, Taoc is not imported anymore. I bought them in Japan.

 

[Thf99]

In Singapore there is a Taoc delear:

http://www.xaudio.com.sg/

In Italy, my country, Taoc is not imported anymore. I bought them in Japan.

Thanks for the info, Rocco.

 

[Rocco I.]

Thanks for the info, Rocco.

welcome

 

[garylkoh]

That's a beautiful set up, Thf99. Did you make those racks in KL? Acrylic works very well under the Burmesters. At the Newport Show, we also used an acrylic rack for the whole Burmester stack. I much, much preferred it to Burmester's own rack.

What's the 8kVA transformer for?

 

[Thf99]

That's a beautiful set up, Thf99. Did you make those racks in KL? Acrylic works very well under the Burmesters. At the Newport Show, we also used an acrylic rack for the whole Burmester stack. I much, much preferred it to Burmester's own rack.

What's the 8kVA transformer for?

Thanks, Gary. Yes, I designed the racks to have them custom-made (in KL). The acrylic top softens the look of the racks and provides a very inert support as well. The 8kva transformer (recommended by the dealer) apparently prevents any wild voltage swings (very common in KL) as well as to provide a big enough supply of power to all the components. Does that make sense?

 

[garylkoh]

Thanks, Gary. Yes, I designed the racks to have them custom-made (in KL). The acrylic top softens the look of the racks and provides a very inert support as well. The 8kva transformer (recommended by the dealer) apparently prevents any wild voltage swings (very common in KL) as well as to provide a big enough supply of power to all the components. Does that make sense?

Well done. The acrylic is not only an inert support (less chance of ringing than metal, glass or wood) is also absorbs at the small wavelengths needed for electrical components!

Used that way, you have an "Isolation transformer". 8kVA is way too small for all your components. I know that theoretically 32A at 250V = 8kVA, but the isolation transformer should be at least 5X to 10X the total of all the transformers in your system. For example, in the 911, (I think) there is a 2kVA transformer. You have two 911's - so as a minimum you need 20kVA.

 

[Thf99]

Well done. The acrylic is not only an inert support (less chance of ringing than metal, glass or wood) is also absorbs at the small wavelengths needed for electrical components!

Used that way, you have an "Isolation transformer". 8kVA is way too small for all your components. I know that theoretically 32A at 250V = 8kVA, but the isolation transformer should be at least 5X to 10X the total of all the transformers in your system. For example, in the 911, (I think) there is a 2kVA transformer. You have two 911's - so as a minimum you need 20kVA.

That's interesting. I will bring this up with the dealer then.

 

[sujay]

Hi thf99, that's one hell of a gorgeous system! Looks stunning, especially the SF speakers. Way to go !

Cheers

 

[NorthStar]

---Tan, your setup is gorgeous! ...I can hear very sweet music just by looking at it. :b

...And those Sonus Fabers, WoW! ...Two veritable beauties!

 

[Thf99]

The Extremas do look stunning, don't they, Sujay?
Thanks, Bob, for your compliments. The system is still work in progress.