Beresford Bushmaster DAC

[sergio]

Dear Stan:
Thank you very much for your reply, in conduct my order a few days before a price increase.
kindly,
* Sergio.

[sergio]

Dear Sr. Stan

I am interested in working with a company in Spain that has more than 11 years working HIFI Sound* and would like to show them your DAC Beresford competitive, which is why I have made ​​some questions about possible comparisons with other dac today, as PS Nuwave and Shiit Bifrost, but if you have not been able to make no problems in any case seems to have magnified your DAC price and quality.

Kindly, Sergio.

[nightyy]

However, I shall think about how to make it possible to switch the auto function ON/OFF in an alternative manner.

I totally support to introduce a way to deactivate "auto mode". Switching from input 4 to 3 requires several fast pushes to stop the auto scan feature from starting its auto switching.

[MartinT]

Agreed, I'd rather have manual enabled at all times.

[Ammonite Audio]

Agreed, I'd rather have manual enabled at all times.

I am probably imagining things, but to my ears manual selection on input on the Bushmaster does seem to result in a more satisfying listen.

[synsei]

Stan has performed a hack to the firmware which keeps the BM in manual mode as I found auto to be a complete PITA...

[MartinT]

Stan has just sent me revised firmware which sorted a no-lock issue I had with my Sky HD box. Ah well, it's not that important.

[Yomanze]

This is mainly due to the direct coupled audio output (i.e no opamps and capacitors in the signal path), which retains signal purity and tonal balance of the audio signal. So there is no phase shift or filters in the audio path either.

Hi Stan, the DAC used in the Bushmaster has filters & output stages built into the chip surely?

[tadatin]

Stan, somwhere you said, that in the fall of 2012 or in the beginning of 2013 will be the new reincarnation of Bushmaster with USB input. Any news to expect?

[synsei]

Have other BM owners had issues with the DAC not locking onto signals coming into the coaxial inputs or perhaps not working correctly on any input? The last issue presents as no output from the DAC despite active data being fed to the inputs. When the DAC is in this state, turning the volume up beyond the 12 o'clock position on the amp reveals a gentle hum and soft digital hash which isn't present when it is operating normally. The last time this happened the BM failed to recover from it and I had to return it to Stan so that he could sort it out. It happened again last night however this time I was able to recover from the situation by turning the unit off and back on again, a procedure that did not work on the previous occasion. I'd just like to know whether anyone else has experienced this issue?