Beresford Bushmaster DAC Reviews

[NRG]

It's extremely impressive, that's for certain!

I've not tried the battery option ... I'm not sure I'll bother now!

I'm sticking to the supplied PSU for now, although I will try the 15v Caimen supply...the battery hasn't worked out for me...

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Not dampened at all Stan ... Just added further to my excitement about it all!

Hopefully I can get my non specific oone upgraded then .. Teach me to moan at David to let me try one before it was ready
If this is what I get from a non specific psu then god knows what I'll get from one specifically designed for the thing...

Stan, I really can't see how I could be any happier ... But if your saying it could get even better than this ... Well, very happy days!!!

Can I get mine upgraded when the time is right David?

[MCRU]

Not dampened at all Stan ... Just added further to my excitement about it all!

Hopefully I can get my non specific oone upgraded then .. Teach me to moan at David to let me try one before it was ready
If this is what I get from a non specific psu then god knows what I'll get from one specifically designed for the thing...

Stan, I really can't see how I could be any happier ... But if your saying it could get even better than this ... Well, very happy days!!!

Can I get mine upgraded when the time is right David?

Hamish,
Myself and Nick work as a team on the PSU front and other projects, for instance we are developing a PSU for a Naim UnitiQute at the moment and have done PSU's for 2 Wadia units, most recently the Zodiac Antelope DAC received Nick's charms and the dealer who asked for the PSU is highly delighted.

Any PSU's ordered from me for the Bushmaster will be to the latest spec. so no one need worry.

All power supply's ordered from MCRU are branded LDA (Longdog Audio) which is Nick's own company as he deserves the recognition for his skills and expertise so I branded the product as his not my own. I do all the sales and marketing, packaging, dispatch and after sales, Nick builds them to order. It works for both of us and hopefully for the customers too as we have sold a fair few Squeezebox PSU's after Hi-Fi Choice gave it 5 stars and they will hopefully do the same with the next PSU I have sent to David for evaluation which is for a famous DAC which I won't name as this thread is about Stan's excellent DAC. I will be putting the bushmaster through it's paces when I get my squeezebox back any day now. Hope that clears things up and congratulations to Stan for another excellent product.

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Can I get supped up then

[MCRU]

Can I get supped up then

yes cos while I typed the last message I sold a psu for the cambridge dacmagic plus which is 12V so need yours back pronto...

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Haha ... I'll get it back in the post tomorrow!

[lurcher]

Yep, just to clear up any remaining confusion, the supply David sent was a standard 12v two box supply, the one I have been tinkering with with the invaluable help of Stan, is basically the same thing, but the transformer voltage is different to handle the higher voltage that the BM can handle, and a separate earth connection (just like a tonearm earth) that can be optional used with the earth point Stan has designed into the Bushmaster. Its only the Bushmaster supplies that have the additional earth, as its only this DAC than can take advantage of it.

[SteveW]

Order placed !
The BM has truly got me back exploring music again. If there is more to come then I'd say an upgraded power supply is well worth a punt.

[magiccarpetride]

Great job Stan, top value product!

I'm in agreement, and would like to add that I've also managed to test drive the Bushmaster with headphones (finally). Now, I'm not a headphones guy, I positively detest listening to music through headphones, but I must say that this is the first time in my life that I was compelled to keep the headphones on, as the Bushmaster was playing. Holly sh!t, that bass! How's that even possible??? All that power at barely 5% of the volume?

[ZincAlloy]

Hi Nick - would be keen to try this also. Have SB Touch into Busmaster, and then £13k of Linn electronics - and it sounds great.

Treble still a little harsh, so would love to try your power supply. PM me if you're interested

Thanks, Ken