Bushmaster DAC burn-in

[magiccarpetride]

Is it possible that this young man may be slightly exaggerating do you think?

I know it sounds like I'm exaggerating, but in reality, here is what I'm hearing: I play Amy Winehouse "Me and Mr. Jones" through the Caiman, and I get this glassy, blaring sound. I play the same tune through the Bushmaster, and the glassiness is gone and there are no blaring sounds. Furthermore, with the Caiman, I hear all the instruments occupying the same plane as Amy's voice, only spread out from left to right, while with the Bushmaster the instruments are placed way back behind Amy, and are positioned in their proper places, so that it gets very easy to 'see' them.

Big, big difference, if you ask me. Plus, not to mention the silky highs which I'm fully enjoying now that the Bushmaster had finally settled in and is performing in a very consistent fashion. Amazing DAC, amazing sound!

[Yomanze]

I play the same tune through the Bushmaster, and the glassiness is gone and there are no blaring sounds. Furthermore, with the Caiman, I hear all the instruments occupying the same plane as Amy's voice, only spread out from left to right, while with the Bushmaster the instruments are placed way back behind Amy, and are positioned in their proper places, so that it gets very easy to 'see' them.

Hey what you've said about the Caiman is very similar to my experiences of the TC-7510. Interesting that you're hearing such a big upgrade.

[DSJR]

It's a bit disconcerting when you first hear this sense of layering in music mixes for the first time using "digital" isn't it?

[magiccarpetride]

Hey what you've said about the Caiman is very similar to my experiences of the TC-7510. Interesting that you're hearing such a big upgrade.

Yeah, I've always thought that my less than optimal speaker positioning is the reason I'm not getting the much coveted 'deep, deep, deep' soundstage (my speakers are only two and a half feet away from the wall behind them). Turns out it was more due to the source and the accompanying digital noise (or lack of it). Obviously, once you upgrade to the more resolving source (such as the Bushmaster), voila! -- your soundstage opens up and deepens! What some people call 'blackness between the instruments' (which, quite frankly, always sounded like bullshit to me) suddenly becomes perceivable, and that lack of digital noise helps create the illusion that you are indeed looking at certain instruments playing way in the back, deep into the soundstage.

It's an amazing revelation.

[Martinh]

Yeah, I've always thought that my less than optimal speaker positioning is the reason I'm not getting the much coveted 'deep, deep, deep' soundstage (my speakers are only two and a half feet away from the wall behind them). Turns out it was more due to the source and the accompanying digital noise (or lack of it). Obviously, once you upgrade to the more resolving source (such as the Bushmaster), voila! -- your soundstage opens up and deepens! What some people call 'blackness between the instruments' (which, quite frankly, always sounded like bullshit to me) suddenly becomes perceivable, and that lack of digital noise helps create the illusion that you are indeed looking at certain instruments playing way in the back, deep into the soundstage.

It's an amazing revelation.

+1

That's exactly my experience with the BM too

[maxrob200]

+1 this layering and inky blackness of space between instruments is something more akin to analog presentations. I posted my first impressions in the BM review thread and the vocals is what got me hooked to the BM. The way voices are rendered with depth and defined punctuations in the way the singer delivers them is captivating

[maxrob200]

Just a thought if Caiman is a crocodile, then the Bushmaster is either the Australian designed military vehicle or a chain-fed auto-cannon. So which is it Stan?

[Ali Tait]

It's a snake.

[magiccarpetride]

+1 this layering and inky blackness of space between instruments is something more akin to analog presentations. I posted my first impressions in the BM review thread and the vocals is what got me hooked to the BM. The way voices are rendered with depth and defined punctuations in the way the singer delivers them is captivating

++1. Voices are simply amazing. I never knew James Brown had so much vulnerability in his voice, until I've heard him through a properly burned-in Bushmaster. Switch back to the Caiman, and James is merely screeching and shouting.

[roob]

Switch back to the Caiman, and James is merely screeching and shouting.

12 months ago you were saying the Caiman was the best thing since sliced bread