Beresford Bushmaster DAC

[StanleyB]

Guys, that is not a picture of the inside of the Bushmaster DAC. So can I ask you not to confuse this thread. Potential customers might get the wrong impression.

[sq225917]

Dave, it was probably the New class D reg that fried itself, they tend to do that, not the most stable plug and play regulator design. I had two go in a Wadia ipod dock.

Replace the reg and the part behind it.

[MartinT]

I put some sticky plastic insulation on the inside of the lid because the Dexa is so tall.

However, as Stan says this is the Bushmaster thread so let's keep it on subject.

[StanleyB]

Hi Simon, did you see my post above yours?

[bostod]

Picture removed so not to confuse thread. sorry for that

[StanleyB]

Whilst going through my long list of suggestions from customers for features missing or hard to find on DACs, I came across one that cropped up a couple of times. One was for the ability to switch off the LEDs on front of a DAC even when the DAC is in operation. The reason for this appears to be that some people find the bright LEDs a bit of a distraction when they are playing music and the DAC is within their field of vision.

I was also asked by a beta tester with a SKY box if it is possible to bypass the DAC's input that has the SKY box connected to it. when the Bushmaster is in the Auto Search mode. The reason appears to be that the SKy box, and many cable boxes, put out a constant signal on their digital audio output. This constant signal prevents the auto search function from finding any other active input.

Any ideas if those features are reasonably important in general?

[Mr.Ian]

Hi Stan

I for one found the LEDS on the caiman way too bright, cured the problem with some black insulation tape so a dimmer or on off option would be great.

In terms of the sky box Personally I'm not overly bothered about auto switching I doubt if I would use it, indeed I tend to have several things on at the same time.

Mine you if the dac could auto block dd signals instantly ie no pass through what so ever if would be great. Manually switching the sky box to PCM is a pain and even the Mdac that was meant to mute didn't do it quickly enough to prevent nasty noises through the speaker.

[MartinT]

Not bothered about Sky auto-switching, I tend to switch manually anyway.

[Val33]

Personally, I would prefer to have no leds and only manual switching.

Val

[MartinT]

Manually switching the sky box to PCM is a pain

But you only have to do it once