Wow - I've never heard any of the high end Rega stuff. I await your thoughts with interest! :)
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Wow - I've never heard any of the high end Rega stuff. I await your thoughts with interest! :)
MikeMusic has an Isis CD player and very fine it sounds, too. That will be an interesting comparison.
The Bushmaster didn't beat the Rega Dac when three of us compared it at mine, I'm assuming the Isis is better.
Funny old hobby this...
I'd have loved to have been at that comparison, Gaz!
IIRC the BM came last, after Ali's valve home brew, the Rega and the Beresford Caiman. I don't think anyone else here who has compared the BM to the fully tricked-out Caiman has come to the same conclusion.
.... :scratch:
A funny hobby, indeed.
I've heard the Rega DAC and I agree that it is indeed a good'un. But for me, the BM is very special indeed.
Yeah..its odd innit? :)
Just how it was on the day.
What matters is everyones happy with what they have and there's a lot of happy punters :)
Still remember how much of an improvement the TQ cable made, it made the dac differences seem insignificant..
The isis valve CD player hifi dave has is like the Rega DAC in overall flavour, but just more of everything. I have no idea if it's a subtle colouration - one would think so if reading between the lines on their website about it - but it's one of those select players that enable one to completely forget about the "mechanics" of "digital replay," the music taking total control. Years ago, I found the Naim CDS2/XPS did similar things in almost ANY system, the magic coming through with ease. All Naim's cheaper player combinations sounded mechanical rather false in comparison.
Mind you, for a retail price of several thousand quid, the Isis in both versions should be a bloody good player, and for the £500 Rega DAC and the £200 Bushmaster to be spoken of in the same breath is an achievement IMO...
P.S. I understand Rega are trimming their "Reference Dealers" down and a few Isis/Osiris combinations are being flogged off below trade price to ease some dealers' cash flow. The amp is good too, although a six grand integrated doesn't really fit well in the UK unless it comes imported by Absolute Sounds and is foo'd up accordingly ;)
The BM sounds great through my headphones - Audio Technica ATH M50 and Superlux. The problem is that I am not too keen in listening for long hours through those cans to begin with.
But, when connected to the Brio-R and Epos M12.2 it seems that the amp + speakers combo fails to replicate the thunderous bass thump and overall dynamics of the 'phones.
Am I missing something here.
Is there anything else that I could change or include to spice things up ?
A different speaker cables perhaps?
I remember demoing a £500 rega cd player when I bought my naim cd5i and I thought the naim was far better. I'm hoping my beresford when it arrives is more naimlike!
You are not the first Brio-R owner to mention something similar between the Brio and the BM, and I mentioned the feedback comments of a couple of Brio owners a while back.Quote:
Originally Posted by aBe
But that suggestion has been dismissed as incorrect. Obviously as an engineer I have to accept that there are people out there who are even smarter than audio engineers when it comes to the detecting a pattern of possible issues between audio equipment. So hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me will be along soon to make some suitable suggestions.