Beresford Bushmaster DAC Reviews

[Søren]

Yes, i got it, the white one, and it is very well made. Very nice metal connectors. I don`t think you will be disappointed.

Clean, clear, detailed sound.

[perbra]

Yes, i got it, the white one, and it is very well made. Very nice metal connectors. I don`t think you will be disappointed.

Clean, clear, detailed sound.

Hi, I ordered the same white cable after reading Søren's post. I don't know what kicked in, the placebo effect whatever, it now sounds better that with the coax. Thanks Søren for advise.

[franz159]

.... Once I manage to add a variable output on the BM I shall be able to retire my analogue preamp for good.

My decision is already taken, I'm going to buy the BM.
However, in an attempt to gather as much info as possible in advance, I'm going through all the 80+ pages of this thread.

Since I'm planning to go "active" sometime this year (the idea being of buying a pair of Event Opal if budget will allow) I was immediately intrigued by the idea of a BM with variable output.

However, I'm also counting on what Mr. Stanley said some posts ahead of this one, in this very same thread: that it will be a couple of years at least before an updated BM version will be released.
Am I understanding correctly?

Thanks
franz

[franz159]

I use an older DACMagic and Touch and I compared each for DAC and I can say that if you compare a standalone DAC to the internal DAC in the Touch and you can't tell the difference then you should definately move on. The DACMagic was far better than the internal Touch DAC. If I didn't have them side by side I may not have seen such a stark difference but being able to switch and listen within a few minutes proved that while the Touch DAC works fairly well the external DACMagic just sounded a lot better.

My experience was toatlly different doing an A/B comparaison between the SBT internal DAC and a CA Dac Magic Plus, the "plain" SBT was just more musical and less harsh in treble and not "metallic" as the CA sometime was.

However I'm pretty sure this was dependent on the rest of my chain, namely a Kingrex Pre and Kingrex T20U.
I'm saying this because I still use (and very happy in term of SQ) when using the very same Dac Magic Plus in a different system (old Denon DR365 AMP + B&W CM5).
So my small experience is that audio systems should be listened to "holistically"!

Best
franz

[franz159]

Ordered my BM yesterday.
Now I'm impatient to start burning it in.

In the menatime I spent a good part of last night to finish reading the 99 pages of this thread.

Thanks guys for all info and suggestions.

[franz159]

I received my BM today.

http://www.francescomoretta.com/foto...ster/index.php

The first impression is very good, definitely a good step forward compared to the internal dac of my Squeezebox Touch!

I will add some more meaningful comment once "burn-in" operations will be completed....

franz

[attilio7]

Great photos, the Bushmaster looks like a quality product, with very professional packaging. It looks great with the rest of your gear

Looking forward to your comment about SQ.

[Biagio De Simone]

Hello Francesco he will not be disappointed, I'm glad you came the Bushmaster, Stan is always very fast. Beautiful photos.

[MartinT]

Nice photos. It's odd seeing black ones as mine is silver.

[glenann]

The first impression is very good, definitely a good step forward compared to the internal dac of my Squeezebox Touch!

I will add some more meaningful comment once "burn-in" operations will be completed....

franz

I too have a BM with an SBT. It really is very good. I have had mine since November and have run it more or less continuously. I would say that there have been gradual improvements right up until the last couple of weeks! I think after 2 months its finally run in... Of course your experience might be different, but bear with it...