Beresford Bushmaster DAC Reviews

[Jabberwocky]

Pics?

Sorry - too late - it's back together now.

[James_Woods]

Hi,

I'm having troubles too with my AirPort Express..

I am also interested in an EEPROM update.

Kind regards,
Tobi

Hi Malcolm,

I'm having Source selection issues with my apple tv too.

Let us know how it works please.

Cheers,

[Val33]

Try contacting Stanley Beresford directly rather than posting on a forum!

Val

[James_Woods]

Try contacting Stanley Beresford directly rather than posting on a forum!

Val

Sorry, you were right. The update comes with an updated chip, just like as if you change your BIOS chip on your computer main board. Anyone having similar problems should just get in touch with Stan directly.

By the way: First class support. I am deeply impressed Stan!

Cheers,
Tobi

[audionewbi]

If anyone has Er-4s, can they be kind enough to let me know how the bushmaster pairs with it. Many thanks.

[Mr.Ian]

been running one of these for a while now and I am mighty impressed BUT this is the first and possibly the only component that I have ever noticed significant differences between output cables.

The cables connecting the dac to my pre make a huge difference, for example old kimber PJB have great clarity but at a huge loss of bass, I even thought my subs had stopped working it was so noticeable,

Blue Jeans Belden 2m gave the opposite effect flat and boring distinct quietening of treble,

I have some old 1.5m Belden component cable in place at present and it seems a good balance -

Might try some Canare tomorrow or maybe some solids silver I made years ago if I can be bothered to re-solcer a loose connection

[DSJR]

There's summat on the AVI forum about the latest ADM9's doing this.Apparently, Apple have software and model changes which are causing this apparently and there's a lengthy thread there about it.

[Ali Tait]

been running one of these for a while now and I am mighty impressed BUT this is the first and possibly the only component that I have ever noticed significant differences between output cables.

The cables connecting the dac to my pre make a huge difference, for example old kimber PJB have great clarity but at a huge loss of bass, I even thought my subs had stopped working it was so noticeable,

Blue Jeans Belden 2m gave the opposite effect flat and boring distinct quietening of treble,

I have some old 1.5m Belden component cable in place at present and it seems a good balance -

Might try some Canare tomorrow or maybe some solids silver I made years ago if I can be bothered to re-solcer a loose connection

I'd venture to suggest that the BM will indeed be more sensitive to cable changes because it has a passive output stage I believe, so changes in impedance matching due to use of different cables will have a greater impact on sound.

[Gazjam]

not to muddy the waters, but at the recent dac comparison chez Gaz, swapping out my Mogami for Ali's TQ Black improved things across the board, not just with the BM but with Ali's valve Dac too.

In this case the effect was pretty astonishing even with an "insensitive" valve dac!

Go figure...I've stopped trying to work it out

[StanleyB]

In other words: using the Bushmaster to test different leads makes it a lot easier to differentiate the performance characteristics of the various leads.