Fubar III USB DAC and Headphone Amplifer

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Head amp and DAC from Russ Andrews. Anybody use one and what are your impressions

Thanks

 

[chebby]

I used the Firestone Audio Fubar II USB DAC (with OPA2107AP opamp upgrade) and Firestone Audio 'Supplier'. (Dedicated PSU).

It was a pretty good DAC (I did not have the headphone version), when I only needed USB.

However, the Beresford TC-7520 DAC is a country mile better on USB and has a very good headphone amp built in and is far more flexible because it has an optical connection and coax digital connections too.

The Beresford TC-7520 only costs about £185 (including VAT) whereas the Fubar III is £216 so I think the decision is easy.

 

[Anonymous]

Whats your take on the limited edition Beresford Caiman, Chebby?

Excerpts:

What you get for your money

[*]WM8716 - 64x, 192KHz oversampling DAC chip.
The majority of high-end consumer DAC chips are only 8x oversampling
types. The Caiman DAC chip is only matched or surpassed by the DSP
based DAC chips. As far as we know, the Caiman is the first and only
DAC that makes sole use of the latest 64x oversampling technology in an
affordable consumer aimed product. [*]Filterless analogue circuit. There
has been much debate as to how much damage is done to the audio signal
by the various filtering networks that are found in a DAC. The new 64x
oversampling technology used in the Beresford Caiman does not require
the use of any anti alliasing filters. This makes the Caiman the first
off thye shelf DAC on the market that does not use analogue filters in
the audio signal path. [*]LM4562NA - Recording Studio specification audio operational amplifiers.
The 64x oversampling technology requires a far higher slew rate from
the audio chips in the signal path if the extra speed, detail, and
accuracy of the decoded signal is to be maintained at the RCA/PHONO and
headphone socket output of the Caiman. [*]Class-A headphone amplifier circuit.
The new generations of high-end headphones have up to now only been
able to operate properly on expensive stand-alone headphone amplifiers.
The Caiman inbuilt headphone amplifier is designed to drive even the
latest range of high-end headphones and reproduce musical detail that
these new headphones are capable of.[*]Microsoft Windows 7 ready USB input.
Wonder if this will be any match to the guys at Audiophile Upgrades.

 

[Anonymous]

Just got one of the 7520 DACs on Friday. this looks temping though, I got the LM4562NA upgrade done at the same time. Really liking the beresford. Slightly different sound to my iBasso D10, but that is only a sense and not from comparative listening. Plus the Beresford drives my speakers and my iBasso drives my headphones mainly.

Extremely friendly and helpful customer service from Stan.

 

[chebby]

unleash_me:
Whats your take on the limited edition Beresford Caiman, Chebby?



No idea without hearing it. Obviously a new product. The link works but immediately drops you into the usual homepage so I assume Stanley has not got the site update sorted yet.

No quite sure why a really old (and unrelated) Fubar III headphone amp thread has been resurrected instead of opening a new one.

 

[Anonymous]

You are right!

Well it was rather impromptu. I was searching for opinions on Fubar III and simultaneously reading about the Caiman. To be frank, i dint even check the original date of posting. Anyways, I see that a new thread had been open on this product. Will follow this there.