Beresford Bushmaster DAC

[Marco]

I like this:

Here’s my proposal:

But the words "Beresford" and "Bushmaster" simply MUST be in the same typeface, otherwise it looks very amateur. I would also reduce 'headphones' to simply 'phones', as I think it looks less 'fussy', and put 'Digital to Analog Converter' also in lower-case text.

Marco.

[webby]

I like this:



But the words "Beresford" and "Bushmaster" simply MUST be in the same typeface, otherwise it looks very amateur. I would also reduce 'headphones' to simply 'phones', as I think it looks less 'fussy', and put 'Digital to Analog Converter' also in lower-case text.

Marco.

I agree, and this harks back to what I said about consistency of typography. There shouldn't really be any more than perhaps 2 types of font and font size. I would also use the generally accepted icons for power and headphones.

[Marco]

That's cool, Lee. I kinda like written words, more than symbols, though. It gives it a more 'human' touch, IMO, but that's very much a minor consideration

Marco.

[webby]

That's cool, Lee. I kinda like written words, more than symbols, though. It gives it a more 'human' touch, IMO, but that's very much a minor consideration

Marco.

Oh I agree, but where space is a little limited I'd go with the symbols, especially as they are so well known.

[Marco]

I think you could get 'phones' in, though, without too much trouble...

Marco.

[The Grand Wazoo]

I think I've posted before about the name, that a Bushmaster is a pit viper which is renowned for it's ruthless attack. This is rather an apt name, I'd have thought, as it could refer to musical attack & also to the offensive that Stan seems intent on unleashing on his competitors.

[StanleyB]

I think I've posted before about the name, that a Bushmaster is a pit viper which is renowned for it's ruthless attack. This is rather an apt name, I'd have thought, as it could refer to musical attack & also to the offensive that Stan seems intent on unleashing on his competitors.

I see we are smoking from the same tree .

Having taken some hours off to go lake scouting with an angling friend, and then tucking away a 16 oz steak for lunch, I have now found time to catch up on proceedings.

A few things we have to row back on:
1. I changed the typeface in Bushmaster from that I used in the word Caiman. Judging from that move, nobody ever objected to the Caiman font and style. So maybe I should go back to that style and drop any additional text under Bushmaster. i.e. drop the Digital to Analog Converter bit.
2. I want to keep the logo font separate from anything else. Our type setter seemed to have accidentally switched font there, and I stupidly didn't notice that. The origin of the reason for using the type of font and style in the original and correct logo is based on reasons of the past. Heritage is important to me, so I don't want to amend that part.

As for the remainder:
3. The text layout at the bottom of the case that Werner has suggested looks quite good.
4. The words headphone and power can be replaced by symbols. I am flexible on that, so I shall keep monitoring the opinions for and against that part.
5. But "input" should be "select". I can see many of my customers wondering what "input" does. Yes, I do get email queries that have me wondering why the query poser doesn't get it. I prefer to try to reduce that extra level of possible confusion.
6. There should be channel numbers above the LEDs as Gary has added in his design change. Oherwise it will be hard to figure out which input is in operation.

The name Bushmaster was chosen to reflect the environment that I was born into.I posted some years ago a picture of me with a dispatched Bushmaster.
Why use Bushmaster though? The DAC has some options like music search, stealth LED mode, sleep, etc. The sort of things that a hunter would recognize.

But let's not overlook the fact that it is not everyday that you the consumer gets a chance to have an input in the design of an item. So let's make the best use of it, and show other forums why AoS is so much different and better .

[Werner Berghofer]

Simon,

While that might hold true for display on computer screens and projected images, in print there is never enough dynamic range for the eye to struggle to resolve.

well, if this effect would exist only on computer screens and projected images, the awareness about it hardly could be at least 200 years old as I stated in my first reply to you.

This has nothing to do with technology or the light reflecting properties of the material used for printing, but is deeply anchored in the way visual perception works in the human brain. Bright shapes and areas appear smaller if they are surrounded by dark areas (“negative”), while the same shapes and areas of identical sizes as in the negative example appear bigger if they are placed in dark colour on a bright background (“positive”). (In German this is called “simultaneous contrast”, I’m sorry but I don’t know the proper English equivalent.) Therefore in competent typography the horizontal space between the glyphs (“letterspacing”) as well as the vertical distance between the type baselines (“leading”) needs to be increased if bright text is placed on dark background.

the development of HDRI rendering solutions for 3D applications

Unfortunately a lot of software developers and engineers know very little about perception and design. Again: I don’t talk about software development, printing or projection technology here, but about the way visual perception works. Do yourself a favour and google for “optical illusions” and “white text on black background” or consult any serious website dealing with graphical design for more on this topic.



Werner.

[StanleyB]

Now if Stan could only do one in brushed aluminium/grey then we'd really be talking. (Stan - Fancy making a Ltd edition silver one?)

Show me the money .

[Reid Malenfant]

Show me the money .

That looks very nice Stan, except for the black power button

That just messes it right up imo...