The products :


- Bushmaster mkII (DAC) http://www.homehifi.co.uk/S2/tc-7533.htm



- Caïman mkII (DAC) http://www.homehifi.co.uk/S2/tc-7534.htm



- Capella Headphone amp http://www.homehifi.co.uk/S2/tc-7110.htm




So : Here's my Story with Beresford Products :

First, I saw some trustable Head-fiers who lived with Beresford dacs for a  long time. That's always a good sign for  me when people keep their gear instead of selling and buying new toys every month.  So those affordable british DAC tried to interest me. 

in last september, I had a good opportunity to buy a used Bushmaster. So I bought it in order I could make my own opinion.  I plugged the dac in my current rig and listened to it.  Holy cow! The result was stunning with especially an impressive holographic soundstage. After a few days , my opinion changed a bit . Indeed Bushmaste's sound was a bit too lean overally and there was some little treble etch whitch is bothersome with the HD800. Very very good dac , expecially for the price but not well suited to my headphone. So, I ordered the bigger brother : the Caïman. I've read this one sounded more analogic.

Caïman received in early october. This dac is still in my rig and I did extensive comparison with my Metrum Octave. Many people know well the Metrum products here so. To my ears, The Caïman mkII sounds incredibly good. its sound has the same analog sound than the metrum but with a bit less thickness , better soundstage (airy, holographic) and moreover better detail and dynamics.  I did extensive A/B , including some self organized "blind" comparison and those two dacs sounds close to my ears. I've ever thought about selling m beloved Octave.

Considering the price of the Caïman , i'm currently thinking it's a pure bargain.

I always doubt about my own impressions. so I organized a loan tour here in France  for my Caïman. Fortunately I have some trustable ears with Hi end headphone and speaker Rigs and I'm looking forward their impressions. Maybe I fool myself maybe not. we'll see. the loan tour begins next saturday.

Why opening a thread here ?   We're not authorized to talk about Beresford Products on Head-fi. I know Beresford had some strange behaviors on the Web and it's possibly why he and his products are banned from Head-fi . That's why I PMed Marvey and asked him If we could talk about Beresford products here.  There's a lot of talk on British forum but I'd prefer to avoid crowds of fanboys. You know what I mean.

Last Point : Beresford released a dedicated heaphone amp theses last days. This headphone amp proposes some settings I've never met before. Dunno how it works but it sounds interesting and and I'll order it ASAP in order to test it seriously.  more impressions to come ( compared to the Sonett and a good old Lake People G103). I've my doubt about the amp section of Beresford DACS. tried the HO of both Bushmaster and Caïman and it didn't sound so good to my ears. I asked Stanley to optimize My Caïman's HO for high efficiency/LowZ heaphones though . But the Standard Bushmaster HO didn't sound good either. I hope its headphone amp will bring something better to the table.  That been said , a friend of mine currently uses a  bushmaster with his headphones and he's happy.

Stanley Beresford is very reluctant to share its technical choices and it's quite hard for me to understand how its products work. Its sounds darn good to my ears . That's all I know. So. If people here have experience or some thoughs about this product, it should be useful.  I'd really like to send my Caïman to some other pyrates as I'm currently doing in France but I wil miss it too much after two or three month of travel in France.

Hope someone here has or will have one in order you can measure it and give it a serious listen. That's affordable products after all

Trust me , I'm not affiliated to Beresford by any means and I've paid my DACs at the full price