Beresford Bushmaster DAC Reviews

[Jamtoast]

Imagine sitting in the garden with your laptop and Bushmaster listening to headphones.

[StanleyB]

I'm really very happy with the sound of the Bushmaster, but over on the other BM thread, a few folk have mentioned improving things still more with the addition of mains conditioners, the sBooster or Stan's own battery pack recommendation.

Which of these three do you think would make a bigger difference initially?

It's horses for courses. If you don't intend to be dragging the Bushmaster about then the Mark Grant filter would be the better bet.
If you do intend to lug your DAC about then the battery option should be high on your list. Mind you, I tend to use the battery option with my laptop and headphone, but the mains with my CDP and amp.

[Werner Berghofer]

Martin,

I've just given my HD668Bs a blast through the Bushmaster and I'm very impressed. The difference here with the Caiman is huge: they sound vivid, dynamic and involving with cracking bass whereas I could never get enough gain from the Caiman without it becoming busy and harsh.

glad to read that Stan’s new DAC has improved in this area. It was the not exactly overwhelming performance of the Caiman’s integrated headphone amplifier which made me look for more. Eventually that search ended with three stacks of Schiit in my home. I’m relieved that now it’s possible to claim that better performance actually is existing without having to worry to become summarily executed by the AoS public. ;-)

Werner.

[webby]

The headphone output is great, bass is on a par with the Custom Hifi Cable HA10SE with the top DC2 PSU. And the bass on that is superb. Excellent clarity and dynamics, too, from the Bushmaster -- and without harshness or treble emphasis.

On the line-outs, the clarity from the Bushmaster is fantastic, genuinely world class imho in the way that you can see/hear into the recording acoustic. I've heard a few good'uns in my time and the closest I have heard in this respect is from the Krell KPS-25c (rrp £25k) and Opera Droplet 3.1 (£2.5k-ish, I think), those are superb imagers and the Bushmaster is defo in the same league. The Krell and Droplet had a bit more 3D depth to the image, but the Bushmaster is still burning in and audibly improving in that regard ....

Hi Jerry,

Given your findings so far, what do you think would be a more realistic price for the bushmaster, or what would you be prepared to pay for it?

It appears that, based on its performance, it could sell for over a grand, or at least £699. Is Stan missing a trick?

[StanleyB]

It appears that, based on its performance, it could sell for over a grand, or at least £699. Is Stan missing a trick?

I am not missing a trick. I am demonstrating how some are tricking you into forking out a lot more than is strictly necessary.

[jandl100]

Hi Jerry,

Given your findings so far, what do you think would be a more realistic price for the bushmaster, or what would you be prepared to pay for it?

It appears that, based on its performance, it could sell for over a grand, or at least £699. Is Stan missing a trick?

IMHO it sounds better than many multi-£100 and multi-£k DACs and CDPs that I know well, as previously listed (post #17).

My limit on spending for individual components is generally £1000-1500 or so, used, so I would happily pay that for the sound quality on offer.

Is Stan missing a trick? Well, he does what he always does well, and shows up the competition.

Trouble is, as you head upwards in RRP, so folks generally expect more in the way of fit & finish, trendy design, and fancy casework ... so Stan's mission to give the best sound per £ gets hijacked.

[The Vinyl Adventure]

I'm gonna have to give one of these things a go I think ...
Stan, bar the front plate are the any other planned changes to future runs of the bushmaster ... Ie, is now as good a time as any to get one?
Not sure that now is a good time for me really ... Just enquiring for now

[Jabberwocky]

I'm stuck in work but my wife has just texted me to tell me that my 'package' has arrived - that wasn't supposed to happen. Hope she doesn't open it before I've had chance to install it all and 'loose' it in the visual camouflage of the rest of my system

[DaveK]

Yep, I tend to operate on that principal too . I wonder how many others are honest enough to admit it ?
Dave.

[icehockeyboy]

Yep, I tend to operate on that principal too . I wonder how many others are honest enough to admit it ?
Dave.

Hands up.

And did you know that I only paid £5 a metre for my TQ Black?.........Well, that's what I told her!