Beresford Bushmaster DAC Reviews

[loonytunes]

You can't win (not on the cheap, at least).

Of course you can - you've got the Bushmaster have you not? And your cheap alternative transport could be the QA550 seen here http://www.chevronaudio.co.uk/html/untitled24.htm on Chevron Audio's website. In fact Colin from Chevron replied saying that as a transport it sounds better than a substantially upgraded Teac VRDS25X! So there you have it, a cheap transport albeit severly restricted to WAV file playback only and no streaming. But at least its something that promises to sound excellent on the cheap.

[loonytunes]

The difference is actually enormous. You see, even though the brain can be trained to read the original gobbledegook, it tires easily, because it's constantly straining to replace the numbers interspersed in the text with the appropriate letters. What the Bushmaster does is it spells out, in full (in clear text), the content it is converting from the bit-perfect digital signal.

This feat produces such clarity, such enjoyable listening experience, that it can indeed rightly be compared to a good analog reproduction. It is, to my mind, a major breakthrough, because what I've discovered is that now I can literally listen for hours on end, and continue enjoying music, while not getting tired or fatigued even one bit.

Perhaps this is what we have all been waiting for all along (or does new kit always get stirred up into a new box frenzy like this?). Perhaps this is why I need a valve amp to make things sound fantastic (in my case a Consonance Cyber 10 Signature) - maybe valves calm down the transient state of digital. I'm getting excited at the prospect of getting rid of my bulky valve amp (I love it really) in order to save space in the lounge, now that digital has evolved to this level and we no longer need valves to help voice digital

[edmondwolfman]

Can anone please tell me the cost on this Beresford Bushmaster DAC???
I cannot find it listed anywhere or if it is it does not state the price.
Also where is Beresford made? GB?
Sorry for the stupid questions I did not go through all the posts but my curiosity is up.

Both of Stan's link sites need better info.

Thanks!

D

If you go to the Beresford site and click on the Shopping (or similar) link it takes you to the homehifi page. The cost in US with shipping is around $179.00

[magiccarpetride]

Not good mate.
I know you liked your Touch as well.

Bushmaster revealed certain slight issues with the Touch that I wasn't aware of while I was using the Caiman. Tweaking the Touch certainly helps, but there is a fine line somewhere in there and if I cross it, the Touch starts with hiccups and breakages (which is, as you might imagine, very disturbing to the listeners).

[MartinT]

All I've done with my Touch is setup the EDO (Enhanced Digital Output) and disable any unnecessary add-ins. Everything else is standard. I have no problems with sound quality whatsoever.

Methinks you need to go back to square one.

[icehockeyboy]

Just got home, wife out, so volume at normal and got Larry Carlton live in Paris on.

Wow! This is one hell of an improvement with only 24 hours on it!

As you may recall, I sold on my Theta, which I loved as I could not detect any difference to the SQ when I compared it to the Touch's dac, not so with the BM!

I had thought maybe a newer dac would act differently, and it seems I am not wrong!

This is one fine piece of kit that I would not hesitate to recommend to anyone looking for a big up in SQ!

[edmondwolfman]

Just got home, wife out, so volume at normal and got Larry Carlton live in Paris on.

Wow! This is one hell of an improvement with only 24 hours on it!

As you may recall, I sold on my Theta, which I loved as I could not detect any difference to the SQ when I compared it to the Touch's dac, not so with the BM!

I had thought maybe a newer dac would act differently, and it seems I am not wrong!

This is one fine piece of kit that I would not hesitate to recommend to anyone looking for a big up in SQ!

I use an older DACMagic and Touch and I compared each for DAC and I can say that if you compare a standalone DAC to the internal DAC in the Touch and you can't tell the difference then you should definately move on. The DACMagic was far better than the internal Touch DAC. If I didn't have them side by side I may not have seen such a stark difference but being able to switch and listen within a few minutes proved that while the Touch DAC works fairly well the external DACMagic just sounded a lot better.

[loonytunes]

As you may recall, I sold on my Theta, which I loved as I could not detect any difference to the SQ when I compared it to the Touch's dac, not so with the BM!

The Theta and the SBT in the same league, who would have guessed?

[magiccarpetride]

All I've done with my Touch is setup the EDO (Enhamced Digital Output) and disable any unnecessary add-ins. Everything else is standard. I have no problems with sound quality whatsoever.

Methinks you need to go back to square one.

So you're not hearing your Touch delivering any hardness in the upper mids and highs (I'm assuming you're using the Bushmaster)? If that's the case, I think I'll have to indeed try going back to square one...

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Heard it through these today

It wasn't quite as good as the linn klimax ds unfortunately, but that is a £13000 source so I wasn't expecting it to... Certainly didn't shame its self in that company though