Beresford, BUSHMASTER dac ... Parte 1

Hi guys, sorry that I don't speak or cannot read Italian so I have to use IM Translator. But I am Stanley the designer of the Bushmaster. If any of you have a question for me and can type it in Engliish I shall try to answer the question whenever I log in again.

Stan

Welcome Stan!

StanleyB ha scritto:Hi guys, sorry that I don't speak or cannot read Italian so I have to use IM Translator. But I am Stanley the designer of the Bushmaster. If any of you have a question for me and can type it in Engliish I shall try to answer the question whenever I log in again.

Stan

Hi Stan,
sorry for my maccaroni-english

what dac chip is inside the Bushmaster and how it works?

Thanks for the welcome guys.

I have always believed that to get the results you have to ignore component sepecifications. Why? Becuase a lot of components use excesive overengineering so that they measure superior in a laboratory. What I needed was a new generation DAC chip that could give me a clear and harmonious sound. After building several prototypes I found the WM8524 to be a fantastic performer. I asked Wofson about this and they said that it was a new generation chip and was better in design from their work with the WM874X series. Of course, it is also very cheap, which was very useful.

StanleyB ha scritto:Hi guys, sorry that I don't speak or cannot read Italian so I have to use IM Translator. But I am Stanley the designer of the Bushmaster. If any of you have a question for me and can type it in Engliish I shall try to answer the question whenever I log in again.

Stan

i Stan , i have the beresford tc 7520 and it sounds very well ; can you tell me the difference between the new model Bushmaster and the tc 7520 ?
many thanks

The Bushmaster is TOSLINK and SPDIF only, so no USB. It also hs no variable output.
But that aside, I developed the Bushmaster in order to solve som every worrying problems that people with PC files and media players suffer from. They are harsh treble, sibilance, and poor bass. Plus on the headphone side most DACs do not have enough current to drive big headphones. The Bushmaster is not a replecement for the TC-7520, but an alternative in sound quality to far more expensive DACs. I wanted to design a DAC that can solve technical problems with audio files, especially the ones downloaded from the internet.

StanleyB ha scritto:The Bushmaster is TOSLINK and SPDIF only, so no USB. It also hs no variable output.
But that aside, I developed the Bushmaster in order to solve som every worrying problems that people with PC files and media players suffer from. They are harsh treble, sibilance, and poor bass. Plus on the headphone side most DACs do not have enough current to drive big headphones. The Bushmaster is not a replecement for the TC-7520, but an alternative in sound quality to far more expensive DACs. I wanted to design a DAC that can solve technical problems with audio files, especially the ones downloaded from the internet.

So i suppose the Bushmaster has a better headphone output than the tc7520 , am i right ? What about with the Grado headphones and the Alessandro's for example ??

I am afraid I don't have any Grado headphone. I use the Denon D7000 and Sennheiser HD800. But I also have the K701, HD650, and Sony SA5000.

So i suppose the Bushmaster has a better headphone output than the tc7520 , am i right ?

The Bushmaster has a better headphone output than the TC-7520. It has been designed to compete with stand alone headphone amps. Once you hear how it sounds you'll have a big smile on your face. Or you can send it back and I give you a refund without any question.

StanleyB ha scritto:The Bushmaster has a better headphone output than the TC-7520. It has been designed to compete with stand alone headphone amps. Once you hear how it sounds you'll have a big smile on your face. Or you can send it back and I give you a refund without any question.

wow !

Hi Stan, welcome to the forum!

I can't help but quote you in this one:

StanleyB ha scritto:I have always believed that to get the results you have to ignore component sepecifications. Why? Becuase a lot of components use excesive overengineering so that they measure superior in a laboratory.

I always try to get my hands on something new aside from the well known names and as an ex-owner of a TC7510 I can't wait to hear your new creation!

By the way, are you planning on releasing an USB version of the bushmaster sometime in the future?

That will be the Caiman MKII. But that is still being fine tuned in the design.

it's possible to buy online the bushmaster ? where ?

rferrinid ha scritto:it's possible to buy online the bushmaster ? where ?

http://www.homehifi.co.uk/PP/Digital_Audio_1.html

schwantz34 ha scritto:

rferrinid ha scritto:it's possible to buy online the bushmaster ? where ?

http://www.homehifi.co.uk/PP/Digital_Audio_1.html

grazie schwantz , mentre lo chiedevo ho visto il link all'inizio del thread.

non ci sono foto del retro del bushmaster per vedere i collegamenti ?

It is available on my website.
And as I said if you don't have a big smile on your face after you have burned it in for a day and then listened to it I give a full refund. My word is my bond and so is my reputation that it is a giant killer DAC.

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schwantz34 ha scritto:

non ci sono foto del retro del bushmaster per vedere i collegamenti ?

I suppose that the backside of the bm is the same of the caiman , correct me if I'm wrong Mr.Beresford.

Not quite the same. I shall try to put up a picture of the back on my site. Give me a few minutes.

thanks,

cheers
s

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=18401


"So my Bushmaster arrived yesterday - I left it running for about 20
hours fed from my Wadia 170i on repeat to get things burned in a tad
before doing any listening.

I just used a single digital source namely Cyrus CD XT SE2/Cyrus PSxR
connected with Mark Grant G1000HD digital coax and Mark Grant HD1000HD
phono leads into the Croft. Comparison was with my REGA DAC - this
involved physically swapping the above cables rather than "switching"
between the 2 units.

First listening was with Antonio Forcione's "Acoustic Revenge" and Otis
Taylor "Recapturing the Banjo". Straight off the BM sounded stunning -
indeed it sounded very similar to the REGA in it's sonic characteristics
(tone, PRaT). Perhaps a little less bass weight and a tad "leaner"
(maybe the REGA was a bit flabby in the low mid-range?). I was detecting
perhaps a little more subtle detail. What was different was that the
stereo imagery was more focussed. I was getting more acoustic clues
about where various instruments/musicians were placed/standing both from
to back and top to bottom. The cymbals on the Otis Taylor track 10
million slaves were most definitely above and to the right and the drum
kit was behind the banjo players - this was not evident with the REGA.

There was perhaps a little less "bite" to plucked strings on both albums
with the BM but conversely the BM conveyed more detail about the decay
of notes - you could hear a few times where Forcione is fading the notes
on the fret work to get some decay/delay - this is not obvious with the
REGA.

So straight out the box and after a little warm up the BM more than
holds it's own against the REGA and it is doing some things I like more
than the REGA (like the imaging and stereo projection) while the overall
"tone" of the presentation is very similar - it's all the things I like
in the REGA - musical in a vinyl replay sort of way.

Then I connected in the SBooster - Switch Mode Upgrade I'd purchased
from Mark Grant into the DC input and the SQ instantly went up another
notch or 2! The midrange just got cleaned up - any hint of "smear" at
the start and end of notes had gone. It was like a blast of fresh air -
music just seemed to ebb and flow effortlessly. Imagery was even better
and things just sounded more "real" and it wasn't half bad before. All
further listing was/is with the SBooster in circuit.

Einaudi tends to use a lot of sustain in his pieces that is oft to run
into "overhang" both in the bass notes but more irritatingly with the
higher frequencies through the system in comparison to the live playing -
the REGA displayed this and could sometimes sound harsh/hard or muddy
with lots of low notes. The BM is much cleaner and doesn't do this
anywhere near as much. On Eden Roc the style of playing with "stroking"
or "hitting" the keys is much better conveyed with the BM and so there
is more emotion and pathos as appropriate. From memory the tone of his
piano is more faithfully reproduced with the BM - the REGA tended to
make it sound a bit more resonant than I remember.

Quick food break and back to the BM - rest of the system has been up and
running for about 5 hours now so good and warm. Time for a different
genre.

On the Nils Petter Molvaer album Khemer - track 4 has a phenomenal over
breathed trumpet solo which just makes the neck hairs tingle - I love
this track on the REGA. It's just as "good" on the BM but there is if
anything more atmosphere - the breathy quality is just sublime - more
like being in the jazz club next to the stage than in the cheap seats.

Female vocals - one of my favourite listening pleasures (Thea Gilmore,
Marianne Faithfull, Eliza Carthy) I think can be particularly difficult
to "get right" so that the emotion and expression of the voice is
conveyed - another reason I like the REGA - well the BM does it to, no
better and no worse, to my ears I can't hear the difference which is
fine by me.

Finally, for now, totally different hard punchy rock. On Springsteen's
"Wrecking Ball" the first track as well as having hard driving drums
also has some delicate shaken tambourine in the backing - these are much
better defined with the BM than the REGA, again the overall tone and
character is similar but the BM seems to extract a bit more detail and
doesn't "bleed notes" as much in complex mixes.

So, after just a few short hours I can say I am totally impressed with
the BM. It sounds every bit as "good" as my favourite REGA DAC with the
same tone and underlying character but has better grip and control of
the music with more precise timing and imagery. I think the addition of
the SBooster at only £29 delivers a very cost-effective enhancement in
SQ. Bodes well for linear PSU's in the future I guess. I have a 12V DC
battery pack on order so it will be interesting to see how that fares.

I promised a report on my thoughts in comparison to the REGA DAC and
these are they. I suspect that with little more than than 24 hours of
"up-time" the BM is likely to improve still further.

Steve"

I can arrange a test sample price for someone on the forum who is highly trusted to be truthful with his own report, and who has other DACs and good amp and speakers. I can't be on this forum all the time since I have lots of work to do. But if you guys can decide between you who is a honest person and technically capable of such a test and write up on the forum, then let me know who it is. I know Schwantz is a trustworthy guy, but he knows me already. So he is like a friend and that could be seen as a problem if he says the Bushmster is fantastic and better than anything else.

StanleyB ha scritto:I can arrange a test sample price for someone on the forum who is highly trusted to be truthful with his own report, and who has other DACs and good amp and speakers. I can't be on this forum all the time since I have lots of work to do. But if you guys can decide between you who is a honest person and technically capable of such a test and write up on the forum, then let me know who it is. I know Schwantz is a trustworthy guy, but he knows me already. So he is like a friend and that could be seen as a problem if he says the Bushmster is fantastic and better than anything else.

moderatori avete sentito ? qualcuno si fa avanti ? Stentor ?

Prima di prendere il v-dac ho valutato l'acquisto del Caiman. ma in rete ho letto (per quel che può valere) che aveva un carattere abbastanza analitico e asciutto.
Secondo il tizio della recensione il nuovo Beresford Bushmaster sembra un deciso cambio di rotta, spostandosi verso "l'umanità" del Rega senza tuttavia l'esaltazione nel medio-basso. Interessante... Il prezzo poi dovrebbe essere inferiore al Rega, per non parlare dei quattro ingressi...

osservatore ha scritto:Prima di prendere il v-dac ho valutato l'acquisto del Caiman. ma in rete ho letto (per quel che può valere) che aveva un carattere abbastanza analitico e asciutto.
Secondo il tizio della recensione il nuovo Beresford Bushmaster sembra un deciso cambio di rotta, spostandosi verso "l'umanità" del Rega senza tuttavia l'esaltazione nel medio-basso. Interessante... Il prezzo poi dovrebbe essere inferiore al Rega, per non parlare dei quattro ingressi...

poichè stanleyb ha scritto che sarebbe disposto a fornirne uno ad uno degli esperti del forum per una recensione ,perchè no ?Sempre che io abbia tradotto bene ...