Burmester 232 vs mono blocks in the same price range ange

@ckr1969 Have you owned other brands? How would you say the 159s stack up against Goldmund or CH Precisions in the same price range?

I haven’t owned those. No experience at all with Goldmund. have heard CH precision components but I’ve never had them in my system so You should always take opinions about equipment with a grain of salt if the person has never actually owned that component. Have heard CH precision at shows, far from the best way to assess equipment

With that caveat, I think CH precision is a great brand. Obviously well designed and well built. I think Burmester sometimes gets lumped in with other German/swiss electronic brands but I think Burmester is a little more musical and natural while still providing detail. My perception of CH precision is that it is dead neutral, completely transparent and it’s really good at what it does. I would put it a little closer to Boulder. Just depends on what you like, but might be a little much with focal speakers.

i’m sure there are others that have more experience with those brands than me who could give a better opinion.

@mramaswamy11 not a fan of the Swiss amps at all, the only amp/preamps I would consider over the burmester gear is fm acoustics, as far as amps tho the signature 159's are in a class alone IMO.

@ckr1969 Glad you hear it. How do you think th3 Gryphon Diablo 333 and Vitus Audio compare to my 232?

@mramaswamy11 the gryphon is very nice, not a fan of Vitus.  the weakest part of the 232 is the amplifier section, not that its bad but it does not compare to the 956/216/218/etc.  the preamp section is very good, at my shop we compared the 232 and than used the above using the precuts on 232 and it was a major difference/upgrade.  I sell the 232 with an amp several times