at 12.58pm - door knocks..."special delivery here for you"Quote:
Originally Posted by StanleyB
new sigur ros album playing through the Bushmaster to accompany my working from home afternoon.
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at 12.58pm - door knocks..."special delivery here for you"Quote:
Originally Posted by StanleyB
new sigur ros album playing through the Bushmaster to accompany my working from home afternoon.
Yes indeed, Gary. I'm expecting to leave it playing MTV HD from the Sky HD box for a couple of days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gazjam
That's what it says on the can: better and lower bass :).Quote:
Originally Posted by Russell Turner
Just as I highlighted on my website as one of the benefits of the Bushmaster over many others.Quote:
With the track Among Angels which isn't complex at all there is an air of competency to the overall delivery, the middle frequencies don't "ring" as much and it all fits together a lot more completely, also that sibilance or digital harshness seems to have all but disappeared from the sound
Be cautious. The 3D stereo imaging of the recording environment is not injected with artificial bloom by an opamp or feedback circuit. The Bushmaster will place the different microphones position during the recording of the track in the same position that it was mixed into the complete composition.Quote:
One thing I have noticed tho... And it may be me, the vocals and the overall area around that middle part of the sound spectrum sound slightly "boxed in" and not floating out of the speakers, I will let the unit break in more before making a final call on that observation though.
Even the Bushmaster can't correct badly remastered discs. I listened to the original and remastered discs from the likes of The Eagles, Sade, etc. and was shocked how much remastered music is increased in volume level and once dynamic sections were then slammed against the maximum CD bit level because of the overall increase in audio level loudness. If you use an audio editing program like Audition you should be able to compare the audio file top end compression against the playback.Quote:
I tried the 16bit 44.1KHz track Good Man in a Storm of the remastered Level 42 World Machine album and it sounded dreadful, don't know what was going on there, I will try the original unmastered CD I think using the optical out of a cheap CD player I have hanging about to see if it is the usual brick wall approach I am hearing, but it was quite unlistenable.
Given the most folk agree that this needs some time to burn in. I'm very impressed straight out of the box.
Comparing it to the 7510 6/4 (which I'll soon be selling), the Bushmaster is certainly an improvement. Using both Spotify and lossless on iTunes, my impression is that there is much more clarity in songs than I'm used to; deeper and better defined bass, crisper hi hats and snare drums. If its going to get better with time too, then I'm a very happy man!
Well done stan, a great product.
(I also really like the LED sleep mode - they are very bright when on!)
Russ,Quote:
Originally Posted by Russell Turner
Surely you must have plenty more 16/44 tracks that you can try, no?
Could well be, have a look at this site.Quote:
Originally Posted by Russell Turner
That's a good database, David. Makes for sobering reading.
My opinion: all engineers who scored red across the three criteria should be taken outside and shot.
Indeed. Of all the audio components I've ever owned, Caiman took the longest to properly burn in. But once it all settled in, the sound was fantastic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gazjam
Got my Bushmaster today, and I’ve been doing AB comparison with my Gatorised Caiman, using their fixed RCA outputs. Speakers are Magnepan 3.3Rs driven by valve preamp and MOSEFT power amplification.
The Bushmaster is miles ahead of my Gatorised Caiman in my opnion. For a start, there’s much more extension at both ends with the Bushmaster. The bass in particular is improved markedly and goes down forever, but that’s not the full story. There is a huge veil over the sound when hearing the camain which is completely removed when switching to the Bushmaster. This is far more than little layer of hash removed, it’s like an open window. (Stan is also right on another issue, - you can hear the technicalities of the recording far more easily). Clarity/transparency etc is in a different league.
Astonishingly, the Bushmatser also wins on Musicality. This really is a special DAC in my opnion. It has such amazing resolution and is still musical at the same time. Not sure how he's done it but many thanks Stan. :D
P.S The Bushmaster also has a tad more output level than the Gatorised Caiman, - it's at least on par with the original Caiman.
Webby - Aye something in the order of around twenty odd thousand or so, the rest being high resolution files...
(Over 1.2TB of FLAC here)
Snapper -That's a great Website, so it looks like the Bushmaster reveals the Devil's work!
Update: Plugged my crap LG DNX190UH DVD / CD Player into the Bushmaster via the TOSLink 2 connector using some no name Jimmy optical cable hanging about and played the Hybrid Soundsystem 01 CD 01 compilation and compared it to the Squeezebox Touch.
The Squeezebox Touch has a more controlled bass compared to the CDP, in my mind the CDP though might have a slight edge on the Squeezebox in the detail, but it's hardly discernible, thing is tho what I am getting at is that the DAC can make even a shitty CD Player like the LG sound great, I am sure once my external Mains Cable Guy PSU comes for the Squeezebox things will be a whole lot different.
Russ