Beresford Bushmaster DAC Reviews

[webby]

Stan,

Hi Lee, you haven't been paying attention to how digital audio has been described over the last couple of decades or you are being a troll. So let's find out which one it is, shall we?

What specific accusation are you leveling against your Caiman, or have you never owned one?
Have you not read on my website or gathered from the feedback given by Bushmaster owners so far how it is possible to now buy a DAC at the affordable end of the market that doesn't have most if not all of the negative attributes so much associated with digital music in general, or its reproduction by the majority of DACs out there?

A troll? I've been around this forum long enough and enjoy it's discussions and reviews of music and all kinds of equipment, some of which I have no intention of buying, such as turntables and high end amps and such like, but I enjoy the chat nonetheless, so you can take that back if you don't mind.

Let me put my comment into context here;

Definitely, that's certainly the case Hamish. Still, the metallic sound one gets when hitting the bell or a chime made from a metal alloy is not the result of digital harsh sound, because it's happening in real life, in an 'analog' situation. My confusion is why am I not getting similar rendition from the Bushmaster, i.e., why is the Bushmaster reproducing these metal chimes as if they're bamboo chimes?

Magic's previous DAC is a Caiman. So, when you said this:

You have become accustomed to the typical bright metallic sound of digital audio and lost the ability to recognize a more analogue sound I reckon.

...I was a little surprised. No, I do not own a Caiman but have read many reviews on here about it, both out of the box and modded, and most owners speak very highly of it, hence my surprise at your suggestion that Magic had become accustomed to a harsh digital sound.

If that is the case and you have overcome this with the BM then great.

So the Caiman was guilty of that sound and the BM has fixed that, yes?

Again, I thought my comment was quite clear but maybe I should've put it into context, however, it is certainly not trolling.

[StanleyB]

Well please put it into context. Let nobody misunderstand you.

[webby]

I think mood has a big affect on your perception. How many times have you thought your car feels better to drive after its been washed? I know I have, and I guess it's just because I feel better about my car, and I don't clean it very often!

Also, the way we listen. We can try and listen to the whole spectrum but still, if you focus on the bass you will hear things you didn't hear before. I dabble with the bass guitar and to learn bass lines I have to listen very attentively to the bass and I definitely hear it better when I do so.

There you go again, not paying attention. As I was saying for more several years: I was busy designing a DAC that could do things far better than any other DAC that the average person could afford. Many accused me of making outrageous comments over the years whilst others pointed to the impossibility of the task at the sort of price level I had in mind. The years went by, but still no such DAC showed up. Then some of my beta testers started to mention what they had heard coming out of the prototypes. It sounded and read as if it was far too good to be true. But eventually about two weeks ago I started shipping the Bushmaster. And people could now finally compare my outrageous claims against a real product.
Of course, I can see that you are having difficulties with coming to terms with all of that. It's understandable. But as a bass player, if you have never heard Jimi Hendrix playing, then I suggest that you get some of his record to listen to. Even decades after his death the majority of guitar players have not been able to pay a guitar the way he did. But if you told that story to someone who has never heard one of his records they would accuse you of making it all up. Honestly.

I don't quite know what you're getting at but I think you've taken my post out of context. My post above is not referring to anybody's opinions on the BM, but was offered as a light hearted aside to the previous posts about burn in.

Jimi who?*








*I'm kidding!

[alan47]

Stan,you are right about Jimi Hendricks,one of the most natural flowing musicians i have ever heard,seems, if he can think it, he can play it,without thinking, if that makes sense.. Sorry about the thread-crap ,but had to put in my 2p worth

[webby]

Well please put it into context. Let nobody misunderstand you.

Quite. I think I was at the iPad where managing multi quotes can be tricky.

..and your troll retraction?

[Stratmangler]

Stan,you are right about Jimi Hendricks,one of the most natural flowing musicians i have ever heard,seems, if he can think it, he can play it,without thinking, if that makes sense.. Sorry about the thread-crap ,but had to put in my 2p worth

Who is this Jimi Hendricks of whom you speak?
Is he a Jimi Hendrix tribute player?

[alan47]

Depends if you believe in reincarnation...!!!

[Werner Berghofer]

Stanley,

What specific accusation are you leveling against your Caiman

I can’t recognize any accusation in Lee’s statement. Assuming that you are pretty aware that “magiccarpetride” has been using (and praising) a Caiman DAC for a long time, I was surprised to read this from you:

You have become accustomed to the typical bright metallic sound of digital audio and lost the ability to recognize a more analogue sound I reckon.

So the Caiman seems to produce a typical bright metallic sound, no?

As a sidenote: It’s quite interesting that suddenly it’s allowed to mention your previous flagship’s shortcomings in public. Not too long time ago this was considered heresy.

Werner.

[StanleyB]

So the Caiman seems to produce a typical bright metallic sound, no?

As a sidenote: It’s quite interesting that suddenly it’s allowed to mention your previous flagship’s shortcomings in public. Not too long time ago this was considered heresy.

Werner have you not understood what I wrote? I am not leveling any accusation against the Caiman. I am talking about the way digital audio has been perceived in general. The debate of how digital music sounds so clinical and cold versus how music from say a turntable sounds far more analogue has been going on since 1983. People have been writing about this subject for decades and solutions such as valve output stages or the use of parallel wired TDA1541 have been implemented to try to make digital sound less bright etc.
I have no idea what makes you think that I was talking about the Caiman. Did I mention it somewhere and then say that the Bushmaster was designed to overcome the deficiencies in the Caiman. No I didn't. These are fabrications that both Lee and you conjured up for whatever personal or commercial reasons you may have.
The Bushmaster was designed to solve a number of issues with digital music in general that has been affecting DACs from different manufacturers for years. It was not designed to solve a problem with the Caiman specifically. It was designed to solve a problem for most DAC owners of whatever make and brand. It is a new generation product that sets new standards in expectation for the whole DAC market, not just my own previous products.

[alan47]

Maybe you should have called your new dac Snake Shiit and then everyone would be happy..