Burmester 036 Classic Power Amplifier

The 036 offers balanced circuitry and it is entirely DC-coupled. There are no distorting capacitors in the signal path. An intelligent protection circuit outside the signal path monitors during operation for overheating, DC offset and overloading. A special feature of the 036 is its extremely high damping factor. This high damping factor coupled with the ability to quickly deliver large amounts of current (rise time at 4Ω is only 1.5 μS) enables the amp to effortlessly drive virtually any loudspeaker over its wide frequency response. With its mighty power supply the 036 is able to deliver high currents continuously and thus easily control speakers with low impedance values and complex loads. Very good spatial resolution, natural musical warmth and negligible distortion characterize the sound of the 036. The transistors of the output stages are placed on the oversized heat sinks that form the sides of the housing. The driver stages, however, are located on a separate internal heat sink. This keeps the wide temperature fluctuations of the heat sinks from shifting the working points of the amplification section. Internal wiring of the 036 is done with 10 mm² high-purity copper cable. This ensures that the high currents of the power amplifier reach the massive bindings posts without loss.  For the internal connections that carry music signals use electrically and magnetically shielded “Burmester SILVER” cable.

Features:

• Bridgeable into mono operation by external mono adapters;
• Bi-amping with the use of external bi-amping adapters;
• Input stages in proprietary X-Amp technology (Class A);
• Low overall negative feedback;
• Signal path completely DC-coupled, no distorting capacitors;
• Stable at any load over the entire frequency range;
• Massive binding posts for connection of speaker cables (use only spade plugs);
• Remote on/off switching in connection with Burmester pre-amps and D/A converters with variable output (remote control current: 10V DC);
• Input sensitivity: 730 mV for full gain, 320 mV for 100W at 4 Ω load;
• Oversized power supply with 88.000 μF filter capacity and 450 VA toroidal transformer. Additional local filtering close to the output stages of 12.000 μF per channel.