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RE: Diablo vs Pass vs Bermester

Looks like you have a winner... But you should make sure you'll be able to enjoy the Gryphon with your speakers. I didn't listen to the Diablo but reading an Italian forum it was described as very neutral, dynamic, controls very well the loudspeaker, but the voices sound cold, unnatural and harmonically poor; many think that at its MSRP (10K Euro) you can do better.

I'm also curios why you didn't like the Gamut DI-150 as this is an integrated I was considering before I bought the Burmester but I never had the chance to listen to it.

The 805S are not that big so you should try to go with them to your dealer and listen to the Diablo through them; or borrow the Diablo if the dealer is more accommodating. Also, you shouldn't discard the Burmester integrateds after this audition; pay a visit to Richcoln in HK (the Burmester importer) with the 805S and listen to the 051 which is a much newer model than the 032 but not so powerful and cheaper (5K vs 11K Euro)

At this price level I'd also look at Accuphase separates since you stay in HK because the prices are the same with those in Japan. With a little discount you could go for the top Accuphase pre, the C-2810 + the A-45 Class A stereo amp; if the C-2810 pre is too expensive the C-2410 will also be very good.

http://www.accuphase.com/model/c-2810.html
http://www.accuphase.com/model/c-2410.html
http://www.accuphase.com/model/a-45.html


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