Beresford Bushmaster DAC

[Peter Galbavy]

Stan,

Please continue to design, build and sell products for normal people and as previously please do not take too much notice of those who seem to appear to just trying to make it harder to get *products* to market by constantly asking for an extra wibble or wobble widget.

Peter

[seoirse2002]

And all I was asking was if it was possible to have the bushmaster without a headphone board,as,
A: I never,ever,use headphones and
B: Having limited funds I thought it would be cheaper,without the board and extra work involved,and if not cheaper,maybe using better other components instead. Sorry for my ignorance,but if Im buying my first DAC,and never use headphones,I see it as a waste of money to have a headphone board and would rather see the money spent elsewhere,where I would benefit from it.
All the facts and figures and graphs and tests etc. are all meaningless to me.
Ive been constantly told that a dac will make a great difference to what I like to do....listen to music...and having spent over 30years wearing headphones(I was a radio presenter) The last thing I want to do is wear them at home as well....so Im truly sorry Stan for opening this can of worms,but you see I didnt read any posts about headphone amps or the like as I couldent care less about them....
Based on what I can afford now to put my toe in the water with the DAC(S)
Stans DAC seems to be what I need and after a certain age there are frequencies that the human ear can no longer hear,so Im hoping the dac will make my music sound better.
Im not too much into wearing the emperors new clothes,but if it makes the improvement that everyones talking about Ill be very happy.Im already enjoying my music as I write this,so STAN,please hurry with the Bushmaster.
I cant wait to try it.

[Werner Berghofer]

George,

Im hoping the dac will make my music sound better

be assured: it will make your music sound better, even much better. Be prepared to discover fine details, layers and textures of sound you might have never heard before.

Kind regards,

Werner.

[chrism]

So can I have a Bushie without a headphone but with a preamp bit?

= =

Only joking Stan as it is Christmas.

Regards

Chris

[wee tee cee]

From what I can gather the Bushmaster will suit me very well.
A head phone output that exceeds the ability of the caiman.....
A straight forward co-ax/optical input dac with no filters/displays/pre-amp.
Priced very reasonably.
I have on order a FIIO E10 that can be utilised as a spdif convertor, I dare say when the bushmaster becomes available I will treat myself to one.
It strikes me that Stan is very generous with help and information to the less technically minded like myself.
I look forward to trying one in my set up and posting my findings.
Tony.

[Labarum]

I have not been paying attention recently, and have just tried to catch up.

Fascinating but for me disappointing. The lack of a variable output is for me a deal-breaker. I have no pre-amp I use my Caiman as a Dac-Pre, and it drives my Quad power amp very well.

I will continue to watch.

[AndrewR]

Where's my USB!



Andrew

[Labarum]

Where's my USB!

No USB either?

Mind you, what will the price be?

[Mark Grant]

Price is not yet certain until I have an actual idea of the cost of production. But £125 excluding VAT and shipping is the aiming point.

looks a good price

[Val33]

I have not been paying attention recently, and have just tried to catch up.

Fascinating but for me disappointing. The lack of a variable output is for me a deal-breaker. I have no pre-amp I use my Caiman as a Dac-Pre, and it drives my Quad power amp very well.

I will continue to watch.

You can build a passive pre using an Alps Blue and top quality resistors, in a nice box, for £20-£40 depending on choice of parts. If the Bushmaster is that good, the lack of a variable output isn't really a problem.

I too use a Caiman as a pre for my Leaks.

Val