Beresford Bushmaster DAC Reviews

[nat8808]

Righto, need to investigate some way of raising some cash then I suppose ... You got any in stock still?

Work from home in the living room and sell the office rig.. simple!

[Werner Berghofer]

Nat,

surely not many British can pass that one over without laughing out loud

I'm glad to read that at least this time I managed to write a message which is understood exactly the way I intended it :-)

Three audio chains in my home and a cat with an excellent instinct in guessing what comfortable chair I plan to use next — so I need at least two alternative listening locations.

Werner.

[nat8808]

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

You're a top dude Stan!

Mr Lampizator seemed to be of that vibe once a long ago - then his true lust for boutique gear got the best of him in a sense. Edit: I certainly don't mean that Fikus is tricking anyone! Not at all! Just talking cost only.

Jerry - could you tell me that the Bushmaster is just as good as the Lampizator 4 please? I keep getting interested in the Lampizator from so many good reviews over the last couple of years but don't think I could justify the cost - I keep promising myself I'll just make one but I doubt that will occur in reality (current idea is to go non-oversampling, non-filtered with an UltraAnalog D20400 unit, making a 20bit/384kHz DAC).

So please tell me that this £200 wonder machine is just as good..

[nat8808]

Nat,



I'm glad to read that at least this time I managed to write a message which is understood exactly the way I intended it :-)

Werner.

Hehe - start off aiming low and slowly build it up. Don't be dismayed by a few stalls and steps backward along the way..

[Barry]

I know you think it's purile Werner but surely not many British can pass that one over without laughing out loud ..

Ahhhh... stop it, you're killing me.. The imagery of some farcical hifi situation getting out of hand... the mind boggles

ahhh.... I've stopped now

Taken from their website:

"Is that really your name?
In case you didn’t get it from typing in the URL, reading the home page, reading the About Us section, and, like, every page of this site, YES, that is our name. And yes, it’s pronounced exactly how you think.

Are you guys for real?
Absolutely. Yeah, our name is a fun attention-getter, ...."

Whilst I applaude their mischievousness, I would have thought the name would actually put some people off.

[barry-potter]

Taken from their website:

Whilst I applaude their mischievousness, I would have thought the name would actually put some people off.

actually i would doubt that schiit give a piss about that

[webby]

Apparently, Schiit has just gone out of business. Yep, no Schiit.

Just kidding of course!

[jandl100]

Jerry - could you tell me that the Bushmaster is just as good as the Lampizator 4 please? I keep getting interested in the Lampizator from so many good reviews over the last couple of years but don't think I could justify the cost - I keep promising myself I'll just make one but I doubt that will occur in reality (current idea is to go non-oversampling, non-filtered with an UltraAnalog D20400 unit, making a 20bit/384kHz DAC).

So please tell me that this £200 wonder machine is just as good..

Umm.

That Level 4 Lampi-DAC I reviewed was a stunning sounding piece of kit.
In my review I said it was the best digital I had heard up to then, and I would miss it when it was returned.

Is Stan's little masterpiece as good?
I would say it is different but in the same sonic league.

There's a (valve-induced?) richness to the LampiDACs tonality that the Bushmaster doesn't (quite) attain.

There's a depth to the 3D image that the Bushmaster doesn't quite reach into.

The lateral imaging is just as good, though (i.e. superb) - in fact, I'd give the Bushmaster the nod on this.
I find the lateral image thing quite difficult to describe - it's not just things laid out precisely left to right. There's a wholeness, a 3D integrity, to an orchestral violin section, say, that just makes it look/sound to be there in front of you as a real-seeming entity. Hmm - you have to hear this level of kit to understand what I am on about, I think! It just sounds real, you can literally see it in your mind's eye there in front of you, and you realise that other good sounding kit just doesn't approach this kind of realism once you've heard it.

You can hear more clearly into the recording acoustic space with the Bushmaster. The only digital kit to rival the Bushmaster in this respect that I've heard are the Krell KPS-25c and Opera Droplet. The LampiDAC is good, very good, but still isn't quite as transparently revealing.

The Lampi-bass is just a little slack, in comparison, it seems a bit less taut and tuneful and powerful than the Bushmaster.

The Bushmaster locks onto rhythms better. It's just wonderful in this respect. I suspect it's the hear-thru transpency - the micro-detail that makes live music special is well portrayed by the Bushmaster - you can hear the subtle inflections of beat and pace that makes music come alive.

The Bushmaster is better made and looks superior.

The Level 4 Lampizator DAC that I was lucky enough to play with starts at 4,200 Euros, for the simplest I/O options.
Stan's bag of tricks should set you back a bit less than that.

[StanleyB]

The Level 4 Lampizator DAC that I was lucky enough to play with starts at 4,200 Euros, for the simplest I/O options.
Stan's bag of tricks should set you back a bit less than that.

You can buy 20 Bushmasters or one Lampizator for the money .

[icehockeyboy]

I wish everyone would stop waxing lyrical about Stans dac!

I have just been fined by the taxman for lateness in my return, and could have bought a Bushmaster and had £60 left over!.....Oh...as well as the £100 they stole off me a month back too!!!!!