Burmester 111 in the House
 

New Burmester 111 is in the house, stay tuned...

Some pics of the unboxing.

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Oh, gawd, that's gorgeous.....boy, they've got the fit and finish thing down.

Very nice!

+1

It sure is nice looking.

JIm

In person it really is Stunning.

Beautiful peace of equipment there...drool !

Beautiful looking component!

Now, I am not very knowledgeable about the product. Is that an iPad that came with it or instructions on how to use an iPad if you have one?

It includes the latest iPad as a remote controller. :)

That is a pretty cool feature. Designing a product which incorporates one from a different manufacturer.

iPad. That's what I thought I was seeing. That attention to detail and subtle bonus is what its all about!

This is a very solid Music Server weighing in at 70lbs.

Greg.......At $50K for the Burmester 111, I don't call a $500 iPad a subtle anything. :rolleyes:

Ivan.......The pinnacle of music servers. Beautiful.

Is it getting Ivanized too ? Full compliment of HRS goodies? And a host WW platinum for good measure? :thumbsup:

It is going to look absolutely incredible once installed. Congratulations. What a piece of
gear...! And then there is the sound driving the Aida's........ speechless.

First Impressions:

Very easy setup
CD Drive is silent while Playing or Ripping
First Ripped CD of 14 tracks took 8 minutes
Sound is Amazing!

Much more to follow, as well as Pics...

Congrats Ivan!

Looks very nice.

Joe... It is an Insanely cool, and terrific "Reference Grade one Box" CD player/Server/DAC/Pre-Amp.

Ivan.......Are you also using the Burmester 111 as a preamplifier, or as a music server only in addition to the 088 preamp?

:lala::lala::lala:

I can't hear you......

Dan,

The preamp in the 111 is equivalent to the 077, meaning a step above the 088.

The 088 is Top Line, the 077 and 111 preamp section are Reference Line.

What a beautiful piece of audio engineering. :yes:
You will need to use the white gloves so you don't get finger prints on it.

WOW!


~Mike

Had to take another look. That power cord is Killer too!

Dan... My 088 is out of the configuration at the moment.

Are there any CD sticking issues? :scratch2:

Ivan,
Give us an good review of how easy to use and how intuitive the user interface is. When I looked at the manual I was a bit concerned that is might not be as simple to get things going. It will be good to get your hands on review.

Jim

Very nice piece Ivan. I'm sure it's going to look and sound terrific in your Burmester-Aida room. :thumbsup:

Mike

The fact that there is a manual concerns me! The Sooloos has none that I recall...

I would really interested to know how intuitive a German designed server considering their idrive in BMW was a nightmare.:yes:

Zero, Flawless performance.

I'll be happy to do that Jim, just bear with me a bit; I've been doing Demo's all day here.

I have both Gary & Myles from AA visiting mr tomorrow. :)

Thanks Mike, it looks like it belongs here. I have ripped over a dozen CD's between other things going on.

It can Rip & Play at the same time.

I have yet to read the manual. :spy:

I find the GUI very easy, and intuitive. I would say otherwise if I found it to be true.

I'm listening to Boston right now; it sounds the best it ever has. I love the display, and the dimming capabilities of the backlighting.

Look for lots of pics over the next few days.

The 111 is instantly responsive to the iPad.

It feels a bit strange to control such a high-end component and powerful amps with the touch of an iPad, especially the volume.

Kind like controlling a Porsche with an iPad. :D

That is probably what it said, Ivan.:yes:

Congrats on a very top notch fine musicserver.:thumbsup:

Bob

This piece of gear is looking more and more interesting!
Especially at European prices... :scratch2:

Do tell :)

Ivan, have you already been able to compare the ripped version to the original CD playback?

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Yes, there are 2 ripping options:

Normal & High Quality; high quality takes twice as long since it provides the best error correction.

So far, I have only ripped in Normal mode and I can tell you once ripped the Redbook CD's do in fact sound better than the original playing. I know it sounds crazy; I will experiment and try the High Qualty option as well.