Was invited last night by my uncle who has the Eggleston-based system, new toys for the big boys, as the case may be. The Halcro pre-amp is now resting on the side, replaced by the elegant looking Burmester 011 pre-amp, and the ML top of the line CD transport and DAC replaced by the one piece Burmester 001 CD player. Beautiful looking player, I was able to slide the top loading 'door' and wow, never felt a door that glides so smoothly, almost like it has rollers underneath. German craftsmanship.
And, the latest top dog of Shanling made it to the den, the T-300 model that looks like a bluish Martian rover. For the heck of it, Shanling added a top-cover pad that turns on its neon blue light when you place the cover on it, that is while you need to load a disc and have no place to put the top CD cover/damper; as if the table is not good enough.
Oh, well, and a bonus of sorts, the owner gets a free aluminum carrying case, in case you want to bring the CD player over to a friend or anything. Gives
the term 'Made in China' another meaning...
THE BURMESTER CD001
THE BURMESTER PRE-AMP MODEL011
THE SHANLING T 300 CD PLAYER
The bluish round thing on the lower left is the 'cover stand', the blue light turns on by itself when the cover is placed in the cover stand. Amazing.
THE CARRYING CASE OF SHANLING
ALL IN THE FAMILY
BIGGER 'FAMILY' PIC
COMING SOON....THE 911 BURMESTER POWER AMP ....(FOR AUDITION ONLY)
Nice model name, either call 911 after seeing your bill for the amp, or 9-11 type of crash you will hear from your speakers...take your pill.
And oh, they have a power line conditioner that costs, *cough* $2,500. (Do we have an emoticon for *faint* ? )