Musical Fidelity V-DAC Vs. Beresford TC-7510 Mk6/latest

[StanleyB]

The staff in HiFi Corner were doubtful that my current top-of-the-list item, the 7510, was capable of standing up to the V-DAC, given:
1) its apparent lack of distinguished heritage
2) the greater number of features offered compared to the V-DAC (single-input, no variable output) for £10 less (including P&P)

It's a sad fact that snobbery has allowed 'distinguished heritage' names to source products cheaply in China and stick their label on it. After that, it gets sold at several times the true market value.
Worse still is the fact that British consumers expect to pay a lot more for extra features. In places like the US you can't get away with that.

[Alex_UK]

Nah then thee!!, 'as tha forgott'n that some of us lesser and older mortals depend on these pension funds benefitting from sales to keep bread on t' table? Wash thi mucky marth art?
Trust ya soft southerner can understand a bit o' northern vernacular, eh?
Cheers, (you ugly bull !! ).

How very dare you! What a f...... liberty!

Oh all right then, pension funds are allowed to make money, as long as it keeps Dave in Techie upgrades!

[DaveK]

How very dare you! What a f...... liberty!

Oh all right then, pension funds are allowed to make money, as long as it keeps Dave in Techie upgrades!

Hi Alex,
Thanks for that then - everything's all right I take it - good of you to relax your 'rules' on pension funds .
Cheers,

[DSJR]

The 600 series 1 B&W's had a prominant splashy treble when they were new around fifteen years ago, but I particularly remember several years later a client brought some in and the years of good use had mellowed them superbly, the treble being pleasant and refined. Whether the spitty mk3 versions mellow with the passing of years I don't know..

To end on B&W 600's, the latest ones sound like they could do with a little acoustic wadding inside. give them this and they'll be almost as good and bigger hearted than the vastly more expensive CM models - IMO.

[Covenant]

In never fails to amaze me how easy it is to improve nearly all low and mid fi products at little cost. Why dont they spend that extra £5 in the production if all it takes is some extra wadding?

[DSJR]

In Linn/Naim (at least) terms, £5 in production means £50 on the retail price.

Remainder edited to save me possibly dropping in huge doo-doo

[DSJR]

PM sent...

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[sburrell]

Just an addendum for the sake of completeness, regarding the reference system used in the review:

The power amp was a Sugden Masterclass L40A Stereo Power Amp.
The pre amp was the Sugden Masterclass Pre Amp.
The speakers were the Harbeth Monitor 40.1.