Beresford Bushmaster DAC Reviews

[Russell Turner]

I don't mean to thread cr@p here, but if you're getting such vast differences in sonics, it could well be your ears changing from day to day (they do you know ) and possibly humidity and temperature differences in the room affecting the speaker cone surrounds (10 degrees of difference makes a heck of a lot of difference to bass damping) and also humidity affects transmission of the sound itself to a degree. These things in themselves are much larger, you may find, to any change on the DAC..

As I said, sorry to cr@p on the thread, but I feel I should make these comments above before you all disappear into hyperspace on this..

^ This!

[Gazjam]

I don't mean to thread cr@p here, but if you're getting such vast differences in sonics, it could well be your ears changing from day to day (they do you know ) and possibly humidity and temperature differences in the room affecting the speaker cone surrounds (10 degrees of difference makes a heck of a lot of difference to bass damping) and also humidity affects transmission of the sound itself to a degree. These things in themselves are much larger, you may find, to any change on the DAC..

As I said, sorry to cr@p on the thread, but I feel I should make these comments above before you all disappear into hyperspace on this..

wot he said.

[Martinh]

I don't mean to thread cr@p here, but if you're getting such vast differences in sonics, it could well be your ears changing from day to day (they do you know ) and possibly humidity and temperature differences in the room affecting the speaker cone surrounds (10 degrees of difference makes a heck of a lot of difference to bass damping) and also humidity affects transmission of the sound itself to a degree. These things in themselves are much larger, you may find, to any change on the DAC..

As I said, sorry to cr@p on the thread, but I feel I should make these comments above before you all disappear into hyperspace on this..

+1 from me - I have a bit of a cold at the mo and everything sounds different. Even the wife sounds less screechy than before

Sniff...

[DaveK]

I don't mean to thread cr@p here, but if you're getting such vast differences in sonics, it could well be your ears changing from day to day (they do you know ) and possibly humidity and temperature differences in the room affecting the speaker cone surrounds (10 degrees of difference makes a heck of a lot of difference to bass damping) and also humidity affects transmission of the sound itself to a degree. These things in themselves are much larger, you may find, to any change on the DAC..

As I said, sorry to cr@p on the thread, but I feel I should make these comments above before you all disappear into hyperspace on this..

Oh sh1t!! - that means everyone in Scotland is b*ggered before they start .
Bit damp darn 'ere in God's county ATM as well .
Cheers,
Dave.

[Gazjam]

Bit overcast but nice n sunny here north of the Wall..

*EDIT*
Thunder and rain now, bugger.

[magiccarpetride]

I don't mean to thread cr@p here, but if you're getting such vast differences in sonics, it could well be your ears changing from day to day (they do you know ) and possibly humidity and temperature differences in the room affecting the speaker cone surrounds (10 degrees of difference makes a heck of a lot of difference to bass damping) and also humidity affects transmission of the sound itself to a degree. These things in themselves are much larger, you may find, to any change on the DAC..

As I said, sorry to cr@p on the thread, but I feel I should make these comments above before you all disappear into hyperspace on this..

That's a valid argument, however if it were to hold true, it would also hold true for the Caiman, wouldn't it? So how come with the Bushmaster I keep getting different performances as the DAC keeps burning-in, while when I switch to Caiman, its performance remains steady?

Riddle me that!

[magiccarpetride]

Someone reported great sound after 20 hours or so so not sure about burn in..but you never know.

good luck!

I did get great sound from the Bushmaster at around the 40+ hours milestone. However, later on it started morphing again, so now it appears to be back to the more mellow persona.

I remember experiencing a very similar roller coaster ride with the Caiman two years ago. It took its sweet time before it settled into its normal persona, and now it's as sturdy as a rock. Very reliable, very predictable.

I'm not jumpy at this point, as I still believe that additional burn-in may help things settle down. I'm just discussing these symptoms with my fellow Bushmasterians, to see if it's something that would be typical (or not).

Is it deemed wrong/unfair to share one's listening impressions here? If yes, why is it unfair?

[SteveW]

Well...mine is here.
It sounds outstanding right out of the box.
If there is more to come, then whoop de doo.
Where on earth has all that detail and bass come from?

..oh, and by the way I really like that even the packaging has stepped up a gear. Might help to carry it round as a portable system.

Actually, I may even get another one eventually as part of a new portable system.

Very very nice.

[The Vinyl Adventure]

How does it compare to your other thingamajiga Steve?

[DSJR]

That's a valid argument, however if it were to hold true, it would also hold true for the Caiman, wouldn't it? So how come with the Bushmaster I keep getting different performances as the DAC keeps burning-in, while when I switch to Caiman, its performance remains steady?

Riddle me that!

Apologies, I must have done it again and mis-understood you. Are you saying that the Caiman remains constant throughout all this in direct comparison, yet the Bushmaster changes in comparison by the day?