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Burmester · B-Series
$27,000 per pair
Not currently in our rooms. For a serious buyer we will often bring a piece in from the manufacturer for a private session — tell us about your system and what you are weighing it against, and we will advise.
Burmester · B-Series
The B28 is a three-way B-Series floorstander with every driver on the front: an Air Motion Transformer, a 17 cm fiberglass midrange and two 17 cm woofers, each in its own sealed chamber inside a 45-inch cabinet.
Price is for a pair in a standard finish. Custom special paint for the B-Series adds $6,000 per pair.
Authorized Burmester dealer · Delivery and installation by Pearl Audio · Trade-ins welcome
The story
The B28 shares the B38's three-way principle but arranges all four drivers on the front baffle, which makes it the easier of the two to place and the one with the more coherent radiation pattern. Each driver works in its own enclosure chamber so none interacts with another, and the crossover sits in a separate chamber to keep microphonic effects out of the signal. Systematically placed stiffening elements stabilize the enclosure walls and reduce cabinet vibration, and two flow-optimized bass reflex tubes with smooth, rigid surfaces let the two 17 cm woofers reach 39 Hz with little loss.
The treble comes from an Air Motion Transformer with a flexible but stable foil diaphragm and good internal damping; its narrow width, like the B38's, gives low horizontal dispersion with a wide sweet spot. The midrange is a 17 cm driver with a stiff glass-fiber cone. Internal wiring is Burmester cable with fine strands and large cross-sections. Burmester rates the B28 at 87 dB sensitivity, 4 Ω impedance, 39 Hz to 31 kHz within 3 dB and 180 W power handling, and at 82 lb per speaker it is a manageable size for a normal living room.
Holger Biermann of LowBeats called the B28 the best all-round loudspeaker he knew below 20,000 euros, praising its build and its undemanding electrical load, and gave it the magazine's top rating. The 232 or 032 integrated amplifiers and the 036 or 956 MK2 power amplifiers are its natural partners, and the step up to the B38 is worth hearing for a larger room. We can set them up side by side in our Portland showroom.
The B28 is finished in white, middle-grey, black or American walnut, all matt, with a screwless silver or black front. Custom colors are available at a surcharge through Burmester's BESPOKE program.
All four standard finishes are the same price. Custom special paint adds $6,000 per pair.
| Type | 3-way bass reflex floorstanding loudspeaker, front-firing |
| Tweeter | Air Motion Transformer |
| Midrange | 6.7 in (17 cm) fiberglass cone |
| Bass | 2 × 6.7 in (17 cm) fiberglass cone |
| Crossover frequencies | 150 Hz / 2.4 kHz (LowBeats); not published by Burmester |
| Frequency response (±3 dB) | 39 Hz – 31 kHz |
| Sensitivity (2.83 V / 1 m) | 87 dB |
| Impedance | 4 Ω |
| Power rating (DIN EN 60268-5) | 180 W |
| Dimensions (H × W × D) | 45 × 8.8 × 18.3 in (1,145 × 223 × 465 mm) |
| Weight | 82 lb (37 kg) each |
| Finish | White, middle-grey, black or American walnut, all matt; silver or black front |
| Sold as | Pair |
Burmester B28 product page and specifications (Burmester Home Audio)
Burmester's loudspeakers, from the B-Series to the Signature Line; all are priced per pair.
Partner the B28 with the 101, 232 or 032 integrated, or with the 036 or 956 MK2 power amplifiers.
Plan your Burmester system with Pearl Audio
Pearl Audio is an authorized Burmester dealer. Contact us to arrange an audition of the B28 in our Portland showroom alongside the B18 and B38. Call (503) 222-2599 or email sales@pearlaudio.com.
The Pearl Audio experience
A system at this level should be heard, thoughtfully matched, and properly set up. From the first audition to long-term ownership, you work with the same people, in person.
The B28 Loudspeaker is not in our rooms at present. When it is the right piece for a client we arrange a demonstration unit from the manufacturer and set it up for a private session.
We deliver and install throughout the Portland area, taking care of placement, connections, ventilation and system configuration ourselves.
We support everything we sell for as long as you own it, whether the answer comes by phone, in your home, or through factory service.
Trade-in assistance and qualifying 100% Trade-Up options give you flexibility when your listening priorities or your system change.
