Burmester and MBL

This is a great thread Russell......one that I eagerly await responses for, as these are the two I am very interested in as well!! CAN ANYONE INPUT THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THESE TWO AWESOME PREAMPS??

Thank very much Cappuccino, have you ever heard the Burmester 011? Was it the 6010 reference MBL that you auditioned or the 5011?

Can't say anything about the MBL 6010, but I just auditioned the MBL 5011, and compared it to the Nagra PLL. I bought the Nagra!! IMHO the Nagra was soooo much better. Much more information (detail) sound stage was bigger, imaging, and mid range was in a different league I thought. If fact after auditioning I was in the show room and could hear some of the music I was auditioning, still playing with the Nagra as the pre, and the detail was obvious from the show room, outside the listening room.

Thanks to the last two entries.....obviously system compatability is key to these two excellent preamps.