Beresford Bushmaster DAC Reviews

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Tell em bolocks! It's not your fault they are enjoying thier youth

It seems to make musical sense of most things ...
I've had goldfrapp (funnily enough) 'head first'
Days of the new 'days of the new'
Daft punk 'discovery'
Leftfield 'leftism'
And now smashing pumpkins 'siamese dream'
Ive not thought anything other than happy thoughts about any of it so far
'today' by the smashing pumpkins is currently blasting out the speaks with aparent ease ... It's actualy a good test of good hifi IMO - how much of the emotion you can hear Billy Corgan's voice on this album... My set up is now doing an admirable job of it I think!
Of cours nothing has yet beaten the Naim CD555 nac52 and nap500's with all the relevent psus actively powering Naim dbl's ... But then I don't have c'£150,000 to spend on hifi or c,£500,000 for a house to put it in ... So I'll just have to be happy with the remarkable job this little £200 dac is doing of getting me closer to that stupidly out of reach (wouldn't even happen even if I did have the money) dream

[Russell Turner]

The final version of the MCRU / LDA power supply has now been finished and is ready for ordering, all existing orders will be sent the latest spec. which has been fine tuned by Nick with Stan's input for optimum sound quality. I will be listening myself as soon as I get time to go to Nick's den as he has the Bushmaster set up in his own system.

Here is a quick picture of the final design. Any existing users of our power supply's will know there are plenty of additional tweaks that can be performed to improve the performance even more, the up-grades are available at time of ordering on my website or there are simple ones you can do yourself such as fitting a better fuse or mains lead.

Just busy listening to the prototype Nick kindly sent me try out for him, will post my honest thoughts and review when I have finalised my opinion on the unit...

[SteveW]

I've been warned the "terrible teens" actually last for ten to fifteen years....

As my wife put it... It's nature's way of helping you to let go. Insert friggin smiley face.

[NRG]

If anybody has the 15v improved Caimen PSU it's worth getting a new 2.1mm plug fitted to it and then using it with the BM. I don't know if its the increased voltage or a better quality PSU but it makes a very worthwhile improvement to SQ across the board...

[Canetoad]

Well... I'm getting more pissed off by the second. Was just enjoying a bit of Goldfrapps Seventh Tree. The BM really makes musical sense of this album, the bass lines just drive some tracks along. So why pissed off? Cos I've been asked to turn the volume down because my 23 and 20 year old 'kids' didn't get to bed until 4 this morning.
Mumble mumble... Grumpy old man mode.. Making life too bloody comfortable for 'em.

My old man used to mow the lawn on a Saturday morning outside my window after a Friday night out! If they don't like it they can always go live somewhere else!

I did a comparison between the BM with standard PSU (good), added Mark's SBooster (better), which definitely makes a difference to me. The higher frequencies especially seem to be a lot smoother sounding to my ears. I then tried my home built 15v Caiman PSU (with a Paul Hynes regulator board fitted) and this sounded better again. Music seemed to just have a bit more impact, if that makes sense. Sorry, hifi speak is only my 2nd language.

I also have the battery pack but I haven't given that a lot of comparison. It does sound pretty good though on it's own but I haven't done any direct comparisons.

One think is for sure with the BM. Power supply definitely makes a difference to the sound produced.

[RoboCopper]

Anybody tried SBooster with Battery if that makes sense?

[sq225917]

It doesn't make any sense, a battery will be lower noise and impedance if chosen correctly. use one or the other, but using battery to power a psu is just throwing away stored energy in un-required stages of further regulation. Been there, done that, measured it, moved back to a good regulated supply.

[Canetoad]

I was wondering if the SBooster would make an improvement to the Hynes regulated PSU. I haven't tried that one yet. I'll have to check with Mark Grant to make sure it can take 16v first.

[audionewbi]

Just a question about the Sbooster, can use the Bushmaster sBooster switch with my Caiman DAC?

Thanks

[Stratmangler]

I'll have to check with Mark Grant to make sure it can take 16v first.

It can.