Beresford Bushmaster DAC

I am looking at five ,with two finished.By Caimans i really mean Beresford dac's,by the way.Normally there are none.

Hi Stan, what is the output impedance of the DAC? Will it mate OK with a passive preamp measuring between 16K and 18.5K input impedance?

No further technical details will be released at this time for commercial reasons :).
But with regards to passive amps; I can try it out if you pass round with the preamp. I don't own one of those type of devices so do not know what they can or can't do with a DC coupled signal such as the Bushmaster provides.

Hey, it's April, Stan - is my Bushmaster in the post yet? :eyebrows:

... perhaps I can do a pucka review in the Hifi Pig webzine. :)

Is it launched yet?

A few delays right now. But let me not worry you with my problems :). They are not insurmountable and has nothing to do with the DAC itself. I am stil enjoying the two prototypes everyday and discovering a lot more about the way some tracks were recorded.Those drop-in corrections and track overlays were never so clear cut as they are now.

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Originally Posted by StanleyB

A few delays right now. But let me not worry you with my problems :). They are not insurmountable and has nothing to do with the DAC itself. I am stil enjoying the two prototypes everyday and discovering a lot more about the way some tracks were recorded.Those drop-in corrections and track overlays were never so clear cut as they are now.

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Hi Stan, do you have an update on the Bushmaster. due to my clumsy diy skills i appear to have fried my caiman trying to change a voltage regulator so i have a big hole where your new dac would fit nicely :)

I should have the all clear from the test house this week, which would then give us the authorization to start production based on the submitted samples of the PCB, case, and power supply :). So middle to end of May is the release date.

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Originally Posted by bostod

Hi Stan, do you have an update on the Bushmaster. due to my clumsy diy skills i appear to have fried my caiman trying to change a voltage regulator so i have a big hole where your new dac would fit nicely :)

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Have you got any pics of what has been fried? Where in the UK are you? Are you looking to fix it or bin it?

Rob.

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Originally Posted by Puffin

Have you got any pics of what has been fried? Where in the UK are you? Are you looking to fix it or bin it?

Rob.

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Here is a picture of what happened. i think the new voltage regulator touched the metal casing. if you look behind it, you will notice a fried diode( i think that is what it is). At the moment all that comes out of it is some cracking noise.
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what would i be looking at to ge tthis fixed?