Bushmaster Mk. II (TC-7533)

[John]

Playing Schoolyard Ghosts Seems to have even more depth and detail

[Xaval]

There is a Venom3 mod that I am experimenting with, but that needs a 15V power supply as well. It is for my HD800 and HD650, which are 300 Ohms headphones and need a bit more juice for best performance. But that's for another thread.

Bring it!

[icehockeyboy]

Inter-track capacitance and reactance, audio signatures of electronic components in the signal path, and power line noises are are the enemies of good sound. The BM1 was an attempt to sideline those problems, but the power line noises were a limiting factor. The MKII takes care of that last remaining obstacle.

I don't do cuddly bass, heart warming vocals, or silky smooth treble. It's not my intention to mess about with the work and efforts from the original artist(s) and production team. The job of the Bushmaster is to concentrate on converting the digital signal into an analogue one, and leave what you hear to the content of the musical piece that you listen to.

So prospective DAC owners now have a clear and unambiguous selection choice: The Bushmaster MKII with its straight wire presentation, or the alternatives with artificially enhanced flavouring.
The BM2 won't gel with everyone, but they say that the sign of a good sound signature is the lack of one. The MKII is a follower of that ideal. And I hope you guys and girls like it.

The old ad in the 70's....wasn't it for Quad, that said..." For the closest approach to the original sound "

Sounds like that is what Stan has achieved.

Anyway, I combined a vist to 2 of my offsprings today to swing by chez Stan, and collect my BM 2, unfortunately only just got home, so despite unboxing it, I have to wait until later to plumb it in!

Feels meatier in as much as the unit feels a bit heavier, ( edit point here as I made a comment based on memory, which was not factual!)
But that's all I can say so far....cant wait until the wife goes out tomorrow to get it sorted! It's actually quite amazing how many of us here are sneaky like that isn't it?!!!!!!,

[icehockeyboy]

Well, up at dawns crack, no smutty innuendos here!
Pulled out the mk1, stuck in the mk 2........... And..........nothing!
I hadn't selected the correct input!

First thoughts even only after playing a few tracks was more detail than I was aware of on certain well known ( to me) songs, and an improvement in bass.

Probably far too early in its little life to say too much at this stage, but what I will say is that once again, Stan has upped the ante yet again with the latest of his dacs!

I genuinely believed the mk1 to be a bit of a giant killer, well, a good deal more than a bit of one, but with the mk2, well, as an earlier poster said, just get one, assuming he hasn't sold out!!!

[icehockeyboy]

Bloody hell.......just playing Larry Carlton Live In Paris....sounds like he's here in the room!

The bass is amazing, and you can feel the " thwack" of the snare drum!

[Stratmangler]

Bloody hell.......just playing Larry Carlton Live In Paris....sounds like he's here in the room!

The bass is amazing, and you can feel the " thwack" of the snare drum!

You playing a rip of the CD or is it streamed?
Streaming it myself ATM, and I'd agree with your comments.
Don't have a Bushmaster though

[CSM]

This amp/dac must be scarily good.

Performance on the old bushmaster is epic and to take that up a level would be stunning.

[icehockeyboy]

You playing a rip of the CD or is it streamed?
Streaming it myself ATM, and I'd agree with your comments.
Don't have a Bushmaster though

No longer have a cd in the equation, so streaming through the S B T.

[Stratmangler]

No longer have a cd in the equation, so streaming through the S B T.

OK, did you rip it from a CD or is it from Deezer?

[icehockeyboy]

OK, did you rip it from a CD or is it from Deezer?

Deezer.