It's always fun to visit the Burmester Audio suite at the annual Consumer Electronic Show...The design goals for the B25 were a less expensive, lighter speaker that was easier to set up, while retaining Burmester products' high-quality sound and good looks.

Burmester is one of those brands that sells complete systems. You don’t necessarily buy a piece of Burmester, you buy into the Burmester idea. Every single component, from mains plug to loudspeaker, can have a Burmester logo on it, and in most cases there seems to be no overarching reason to break rank.

I'll never forget the very first time I heard a Burmester amplifier. It was 20-something years ago, and the Burmester Model 878 was bieng compared with a muscle brand, high end American amp. The American amp sounded like a really good hi-fi...but the Burmester sounded more musical.