Bushmaster DAC burn-in

[Gazjam]

Well call me crazy, but this burn-in business is driving me nuts. After I got all excited about the palpable improvement with the burn-in, I'm now experiencing some degradation in the sound quality with prolonged burn-in. I know I sound like a spoiled brat, but my only criterion is what I'm hearing, and right now, after about a week of burn-in time, my Bushmaster has again mellowed out and is sounding wimpy compared to the Caiman. Switching back and forth, I'm now hearing the Caiman kicking ass on the Bushman. That wasn't the case only two days ago!

So what's going on here? Why does the Bushman keep changing and morphing and flipping between being all authoritative sounding only to later on fizzle and mellow out? How much longer before it stabilizes?

Steve (Worrasf) in his earlier Bushmaster review thread said his BM was sounding great after 20 hours or so?

[magiccarpetride]

mcr,
I experienced exactly the same change after about a week. It turned soft and mushy, my BM went south from there and eventually shat itself.....are you getting any crackles yet or difficulty finding sources automatically.

Yes, holly crap! Very soft and mushy, like it lost all its balls. Last night it was running through all its blue lights like a headless chicken, back and forth, back and forth, not being able to latch onto a source that was playing! And yes, crackles in the right speaker! Is that it? What did you do, return it?

[magiccarpetride]

Have you been taking your medication MCR?

No, I've been only taking your medication.

[maxrob200]

Maybe a batch of faulty components in the BM production? Any ideas from the techie guys?

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Yes, holly crap! Very soft and mushy, like it lost all its balls. Last night it was running through all its blue lights like a headless chicken, back and forth, back and forth, not being able to latch onto a source that was playing! And yes, crackles in the right speaker! Is that it? What did you do, return it?

Have you contacted Stan directly Alex?
if you have a problem that would probably be the best way to get it sorted ... Especially concidering the quality of service he is well known to provide!

Mine has worked faultlessly since day one and after about 3 or 4 days of burn in/me adjusting to it, it doesn't seem to sound any different

[StanleyB]

Have you contacted Stan directly Alex?
if you have a problem that would probably be the best way to get it sorted ... Especially concidering the quality of service he is well known to provide!

I don't quite understand why the majority of the people who have experienced one or other problem have not done so. Instead they post their query on one or other forum and wait for advice from a forum member. You would have thought that they would have contacted the manufacturer as well.

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Common sence and an (even rudimentary) understanding of logic are seemingly elusive virtues Stan

[icehockeyboy]

I don't quite understand why the majority of the people who have experienced one or other problem have not done so. Instead they post their query on one or other forum and wait for advice from a forum member. You would have thought that they would have contacted the manufacturer as well.

It seems that they suffer from "forumitis"

I have had mine on almost continuously since around 4 pm last Monday, and, fingers crossed nothing happens, no downturn in quality, quite the opposite.

Whilst listening to The jazz groove.com I was amazed at the detail I was hearing, the breathyness of the sax, and the shimmer of cymbals, and the brush strokes on the snare drum, Fabulous!

Still early days, but I would echo Jerrys sentiments of its ability to see off many other, even hi end dacs.

One happy listener!

[chrism]

I don't quite understand why the majority of the people who have experienced one or other problem have not done so. Instead they post their query on one or other forum and wait for advice from a forum member. You would have thought that they would have contacted the manufacturer as well.

Possibly one of the downsides of the AoS appearing to be a marketing facility? I have seen this happen before to another manufacturer and it really becomes a double edge sword in the end.

Stick with it and I am sure that once resolved positive comments will flow again.

Regards

Chris

[StanleyB]

It's of very little use when several people post different questions that require individual answers. At least when you email a manufacturer for support, the different questions can be filtered and attended to on a case by case basis. On top of that even I have very limited time to surf the net or hang about on AoS all day reading each and every post.