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The final silver version looks great.....APART from that bloody black on/off knob, which stands out like a sore thumb! ;)
The silver version should have a chrome or brushed silver on/off knob, the same as the big (volume control?) on the right. THEN it will be perfecto!
Marco.
My couple words. In old days inputs was CD, Tape, Tuner, so we know what is where connected. Caiman has three types of inputs - usb, optical and coaxial. I usually look for a name of input when selecting, I have different equipment conected to different type of input. If we have only two types and they are two of each, name of input type does not help much. I will need a number or I just remember where what is. We can keep a name of input type for aesthetic reasons if we need, but it will not help to identify particular input.
You don't have to remember where what is. You can put the Bushmaster in the auto mode and it will look for an input that has a valid audio signal available.
i still think you should keep the led's the same colour.
do you need to have '24/192 khz fully passive dac' on it? too much script i'd say......
The LEDs can all be blue. No problem with that.
The extra text is an input from Gaz. Others have made various alternative suggestions, and so have you with yours ;).
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Text moved to bottom left corner...
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Text top centre, silver button just for giggles
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I have to say the silver one looks far more expensive than the black!
As some others have said, what about silver lettering on the black one? I think it would enhance it's appearance.
I too believe that the design is now so much better.
I prefer the silver finish; agree that the Power button ought to be grey/silver too.
Why not : "24/192 Passive DAC" under the (too large?) volume knob?
A pedantic point but "Phones" is an abbreviation of 'Headphones', so should really be < 'phones >.
Looking forward to the reviews - and my own purchase.
BW
Richard
Phones is an abbreviation of Headphones but I've seen it used on masses of equipment without apostrophe's so to use one would verge on pedantism.
I also think it is very important to keep the 24bit/192khz on the fascia because to the best of my knowledge this is the first DAC that Stan has produced that is capable of this resolution.
Digital To Analogue Converter isn't really necessary either, it takes up too much fascia real estate and looks a bit messy. DAC is well understood these days ergo, 24bit/192khz Semi-Passive DAC gives the customer all the info that is necessary ;)
I prefer it on black, but with silver knobs. The gold is quite uglish.