Beresford Bushmaster DAC Reviews

[Gazjam]

Not the mains in this case, as other dacs we tried including a Caiman sounded great.

Yeah..
was a level playing field for all the Dacs we tried, the BM, the Caiman and the Rega were all plugged into a Belkin PF30, which would have cleaned up the mains if there was any problem.
Ali's valve dac was plugged straight into the wall but that was the best sounding dac of the day!
Go figure.

The Brio amp is very transparent and not conspiciously bright tbh.
The rega dac was quite new though and theres been reports of it sounding bright until it burns in.
In our comparison it sounded smooth, rich yet very detailed.

So cant account for the BMs sound when we compared it, its just how it was on the day fella's.
Sorry!

[Gazjam]

There is no problem with the BM. The Rega Brio appears to have been set up for the Rega DAC. I have heard from several people with a Brio and a different amp who have checked the BM on both amps. They confirmed that BM and Brio don't like each other.

Rega's kit does seem to have that synergy thing going on.

[Martinh]

With so many mobile phones and laptops using them I would be a bit cautious. Maybe it is time to get rid of that laptop and phone...

If you check you laptop and phone, it will have a lithium ion battery in it.

[MartinT]

I think Stan may have had tongue firmly in cheek

[RoboCopper]

If you check you laptop and phone, it will have a lithium ion battery in it.

My mobile phone just exploded in my pocket

And my wristwatch started to smoke

[Martinh]

I think Stan may have had tongue firmly in cheek

I did realise that

[sondale]

add another to the list of duff battery chargers - after initial charging of the new battery I unplugged the charger from the wall and the live pin was left in the socket!! Oh well back to the SLA's.

[worrasf]

So I've had a chance to do some listening to the BM powered by both the Li-ion battery (as "recommended" by Stan) and AC power with the Sbooster. I was comparing using my headphone setup only (Grado GS1000 via Graham Slee Solo SRG II/PSU1) - a setup I reckoned would be able to resolve any minor differences between the 2 different power supply scenarios.

To my ears the battery is inferior. Sound is thinner, bass is less extended, dynamics (PRaT) are suppressed and there is a clouding of detail with voices lacking emotion. Don't get me wrong it's not huge but it's definitely there (or not).

I will continue to use the Mains + SBooster.

Steve

[Gazjam]

There is no problem with the BM. The Rega Brio appears to have been set up for the Rega DAC. I have heard from several people with a Brio and a different amp who have checked the BM on both amps. They confirmed that BM and Brio don't like each other.

Was it the new Brio Stan, the Brio-R?

This:
http://www.rega.co.uk/html/Brio-R.htm

This is the one we used.
I emailed Rega and they say that whilst listening tests were done with both components the amp was not specifically tuned to work with the Dac.


Just wondering.

[NRG]

So I've had a chance to do some listening to the BM powered by both the Li-ion battery (as "recommended" by Stan) and AC power with the Sbooster. I was comparing using my headphone setup only (Grado GS1000 via Graham Slee Solo SRG II/PSU1) - a setup I reckoned would be able to resolve any minor differences between the 2 different power supply scenarios.

To my ears the battery is inferior. Sound is thinner, bass is less extended, dynamics (PRaT) are suppressed and there is a clouding of detail with voices lacking emotion. Don't get me wrong it's not huge but it's definitely there (or not).

I will continue to use the Mains + SBooster.

Steve

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