Beresford Bushmaster DAC

[bobbasrah]

A binaural grin?

from one side of the ear to the other would be the other side of the ear therefor a monaural grin....
What I believe in old navy parlance was a mixed semaphore...

[DSJR]

A binaural grin?

I look forward to your new product, Stan.

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[StanleyB]

Thanks guys . Sorry about the lack of 'purchase decision making' information. I am putting the finishing touches to a hot item that could set a new benchmark in terms of what customers would expect from the performance of a DAC even when playing (properly ripped) mp3 files. My skin is hurting from all that pinching of myself that I have been doing.

[DaveK]

Thanks guys . Sorry about the lack of 'purchase decision making' information. I am putting the finishing touches to a hot item that could set a new benchmark in terms of what customers would expect from the performance of a DAC even when playing (properly ripped) mp3 files. My skin is hurting from all that pinching of myself that I have been doing.

Stan, you are a bugger (in the nicest possible way ) at whetting the appetite and leaving us with all sorts of questions hanging in the air. Please don't keep us in suspenders for too long .
Dave.

[selfaddict]

I look forward to your new product, Stan.

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[jonnyd]

Hi stan and all,

Really looking forward to this. I've been waiting to upgrade my system for a while, and think that getting the Bushmaster may be the most cost effective upgrade, as really I'm quite happy with it overall.
What differences do you think I'll hear coming from the 7510 given that most of my listening is done from Spotify premium? It's the standard 6/4 as I'm not a tweaker like many here seem to be! I was/still am happy with it as is, so left it like that.

Can't wait for more news,

Cheers

Jon

[StanleyB]

What differences do you think I'll hear coming from the 7510 given that most of my listening is done from Spotify premium?

Sorry to be a bit vague about the audio performance of the Bushmaster, but rest assured that I have spent an awful long time on making sure that it will be another value for money purchase. Having had a chance to try it out against some of the heavy hitters below £1000, you can rest assured that people will soon be telling me that I am selling it far too cheap. If the Caiman was about detail, then the Bushmaster is about added definition. There is so much more venom in the way the Bushmaster takes care of each digital bit. I almost felt sorry for some of the speakers that I tested it on.

[jonnyd]

Thanks for the message Stanley, looking forward to hearing about availability. I'll be keeping an eye on here as ever.

Cheers,

[Colin151]

Just dropping in here (I registered on this forum a few years ago but never got around to posting more than one message!).

I bought a used Caiman DAC (with Gator and Caiman boards) earlier in the year. I was always blown away with the sound from the moment I heard it, - from both the headphone out and the line out into my Hifi system.
Stan kindly helped supply me with some opamps over the past few months (when I inserted a few the wrong way!) and we kept in touch. On Saturday he kindly dropped by place and brought his latest DAC invention (the Bushmaster) along with him so we could try it in my Hifi system. This was his uncased pre production version of the Bushmaster (that is exactly the same technical spec as the one coming out). We played it through my rather transparent Magnepan 3.3R planar speakers and compared it to my Caiman.

I was blown away, - seriously, - I've never heard a sound so detailed and transparent. The Bushmaster is just amazing. I thought the Caiman with Gator was good but this is something else, - the jump in performance in terms of the clarity and transparency is not small. After Stan left I felt my system sounded totally inadequate without the Bushmaster in place. I 'll be buying one as soon as it comes out!

Stan tells me the sound improvement is down to the simplicity of the design, - there is so much less is in the output stage than the Caiman, - no relays, no coupling caps etc.

I modified my Gator board a while back with all film and foil coupling caps, but it still does not come anywhere near to the performance of the Bushmaster. One of the albums we put on was the 1980s original Tracey Chapman album. It was amazing, - I could hear instruments and other details in the background that I had never ever heard before and just simply never knew were there.

The bass is more punchy and solid than even the Caiman, the treble more extended, and there is loads of pace and rhythm. Somehow Stan has managed to achieve all this without the sound being cold and unmusical. There is also no hint of digital hardness/harshness whatsoever (which is very important to me).
The biggest thing that got me though (and which was obvious from the very first second of listening) was the incredible transparency and sheer resolving power of this device. It is simply jaw dropping. The release date will not come soon enough for me. It's incredible to think this DAC will be priced lower than the Caiman was! Just wait till you hear this one guys and you will see what I mean!

I can tend to be critical of hifi components, but I have to say that I simply can't pick any holes in Stan's products!

[aBe]

Isn't it too early for Christmas and Boxing Day this time of the year?
Put me in the Q too please