Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
It's not just that though. For example I had an Audiolab CD transport where eject was next to play, same size button. I was always ejecting when I wanted to play. Piss-poor ergonomics just so the front of the unit looks 'tidy'. I mean, for who? Women IME are either not bothered by hifi in the living room or don't want it there at all, whatever it looks like.

It's replacement has the eject button set away from the other controls and I've never hit the wrong one once. Basic stuff.
Yes that is poor ergonomic design. That said, the buttons on my Levinson CD player are all of the same size and the 'stop/eject' button is to the left of the 'play' button, but the latter is spaced further away to the right, and I have never made a mistake. My only complaint is that the engraved symbols on the buttons are hard to see easily if they are not at near eye level, and the size of the legends is too small.