Beresford Bushmaster DAC Reviews

[jandl100]

Not sure it would be much fun having to faff around keep unplugging and recharging!

Stan told me (I think) that the battery should last a month or so between charges.
It's not much of a pain, anyway.

[Martinh]

Stan told me (I think) that the battery should last a month or so between charges.
It's not much of a pain, anyway.

I did some testing and the recommended battery pack should give around 50-60 ish hours of playing time between charges (100mA per hour).

I think MartinT was doing a test on his with 6 hours a night usage to see how long it lasts. Not sure how he's getting on with that.

Cheers,

[jandl100]

I did some testing and the recommended battery pack should give around 50-60 ish hours of playing time between charges (100mA per hour).

I think MartinT was doing a test on his with 6 hours a night usage to see how long it lasts. Not sure how he's getting on with that.

Cheers,

Ah, thanks for that!

So 60 hours is a month at 2 hours a day.

Nonetheless, I suspect that I am (and probably most of us are ) sufficiently OCD to keep the thing charged up every couple of days.

[bronzeage]

Unfortunately, I am blocked from posting during the day

Still, here is my update on how I'm getting on with the Bushmaster.

After widdling around with cables (b.t.w., the direction of the Van Damme was correct), I found a spare Fisual interconnect, as sold on Amazon for about £5. The Bushmaster liked that one, bass was more contolled, and a bit smoother.

After reading about power cables on AOS, I noticed that my Arcam amp has a fancy looking shielded power cable, so I switched it over with the CD player.

When I turned everything back on, I could barely believe what I was hearing - like some kind of freaky upgrade. The sound direct from the CD player was distinctly improved, much tighter bass and wider soundstage, less harsh treble.

However, the sound from the Bushmaster was terrible ! Puzzled, I wondered quite this would be so, and reset all the amp attenuation settings. Viola ! The Bushmaster came back to life, with a vengeance, just pipping the CD player.

Now I am super curious about what effect having 'proper' power cables on both amp & cd player is going to have, and items like an SBooster / linear power supply.

Methinks I will have to give those chaps at Mains Cables R Us a bell...

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Just bought a battery ...
Be interesting to see how £200 of psu compares to less than £15 of battery!

Psu gone back to nick for upgrade today (thank in advance Nick and David)

Waiting game now

[jandl100]

Just bought a battery ...
Be interesting to see how £200 of psu compares to less than £15 of battery!

Psu gone back to nick for upgrade today (thank in advance Nick and David)

Waiting game now

I await your conclusions with interest!

My bank balance knows which way I want the result to go!

... 2 weeks away, is it?

[StanleyB]

I noticed that when I first bought that battery pack it started to perform better after a couple of charge and discharge cycles. I am no battery expert so hopefully someone else in the know might be able to throw some light on whether that could have been possible or not.

[Martinh]

I noticed that when I first bought that battery pack it started to perform better after a couple of charge and discharge cycles. I am no battery expert so hopefully someone else in the know might be able to throw some light on whether that could have been possible or not.

Yes, Lithium cells improve over the first couple of cycles and then it's downhill after that. The capacity reduces with the number of cycles and the amount of abuse they've had.

[jandl100]

.... The capacity reduces with the number of cycles and the amount of abuse they've had.

Define "abuse".

Not sure how you can abuse a battery .... the mind boggles!

[myles]

Define "abuse".

Not sure how you can abuse a battery .... the mind boggles!

Discharge and recharge in an incorrect fashion could be regarded as abuse. I see and have seen poor performance on handheld radios issued from my workplace, where the user does not carry out the correct discharge and recharge protocol.

God, I just realised how boring that was! Sorry!