Beresford Bushmaster DAC

[StanleyB]

The switch maker doesn't make a silver knob unfortunately, and I didn't manage to find any local supplier who did make a suitable switch with a silver knob. I only made 10 of the silver ones for now just to trial. i'll worry about the silver knob and a silver mass production version later on. Right now I am trying to concentrate on the launch and follow up action.

[MartinT]

Show me the money

Much, MUCH nicer in that brushed silver finish

[MartinT]

Lads, hold the weddin' !!!, this is my v first post and i'm doing it in anger. This forum to my understanding is for discussion of hi fi and possibly related matters to help and aid members to learn of new/other things related to music. I don't know but gather that Werner and Stan have previous?? but to take the forum to the level Werner has is to my mind bordering on the rude and disrespectful.
I have booked my Bushmaster with Stan and look forward to testing/discovering it's worth. I'll take my chances based on the other products ive bought from him, and am extremely pissed that discussion of aesthetics has been brought to this level. My first and probably last post will ask Werner to absent himself in a manner not devoid of carnality.

To be honest, Tom, I think Marco has been pretty lenient on you. The barefaced cheek of posting the above as your first post, about two respected individuals here on AoS, when you clearly DON'T know the history, takes my breath away. This is a discussion and it implies different opinions, all of which are welcome. For your next post, try reeling it in a little.

[snapper]

Show me the money .

That, to me, looks so much classier than black. Looking good Stan.

[Tim]

Stan, not much to add here regarding the design, but I just wanted to say what a top bloke you are for keeping the members updated and being so receptive to ideas about the design of the Bushmaster.

Hats off to you sir.

(I do like the silver one though)

[Reid Malenfant]

The switch maker doesn't make a silver knob unfortunately, and I didn't manage to find any local supplier who did make a suitable switch with a silver knob. I only made 10 of the silver ones for now just to trial. i'll worry about the silver knob and a silver mass production version later on. Right now I am trying to concentrate on the launch and follow up action.

I agree wholeheartedly

But maybe when you get more time & things are going well you might alter the power switch colour

I'm with both Martin & David, the silver front panel looks better imo. Strangely I probably wouldn't normally say that, but in this case I feel it does

[StanleyB]

As a small fish in a big pond, it is extremely expensive to make two versions. But I am experimenting with a removable front fascia. I am not sure if anyone else has tried that option in manufacturing of this type of procedure in large sized audio equipment. But it has been a common process with mp3 players and the like for many years. I felt that there is no harm in giving it a go with the Bushmaster.

I am even thinking of making the control software opensource, or at least publish the function of the pins on the microcontroller. So those far smarter than me can come up with some alternative coding and added functionality.

[The Grand Wazoo]

But I am experimenting with a removable front fascia

Excellent! - hi-fi with a double A-side. Black c/w Silver?!

[StanleyB]

It isn't possible to make the actual fascia reversible. But it can be unscrewed for real, unlike many other front plates that look removable but aren't that you normally see on various products. Some of them are molded plastic that look like removable whilst others have some parts glued to them, thus making it difficult to produce an aftermarket fascia.

[Alp]

I like Werner's more minimalist approach, with no gold and the aligned buttons (same as the Caiman). I prefer black simply because the rest of my system is black. The alternate fascia is a great idea for those who want something different but what about the case?