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In Reply to: RE: connections posted by Charles Hansen on February 07, 2009 at 22:56:48
One that turns the LED completely off (not like the ones that glow when they're supposedly turned off, either). I'd hate to resort to what I've done in the past: black electrical tape, clipping wires, unplugging ribbon cables, etc on some pretty expensive equipment. My involved listening is done in the dark. If I need a light source, I'll flip the switch on the wall. :-)
Why do some designers release equipment that lights up a room? Bob Carver: the analog meters came with headlights in his Carver years and his Sunfire products came with flashlights on the faceplates. Dan D'Agostino: red and blue LEDs abound, kind of like an airport runway to his products.
Please. Include a switch.
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Thanks for the request. I'll try and figure out if there is a way to include it that makes sense. (We don't want to add a remote control and IR receiver that would drive the retail price significantly. Besides, it would be odd to have a remote with only one button!).
Perhaps a simple toggle switch would do it. Flip the switch, cut the power to the LED. I'm sure there are people who love the design of the blue LEDs. I'm one of those people who would like there to be a switch on all of my electronics that cuts the power to any light source. What gets me is that some companies actually have a "Display Off" feature on their remotes, but in OFF mode the display still glows a dim red. I guess it shouldn't surprise me that they have a different definition of the word "off", since not everyone agrees on what the definition of "is" is.
Anyway, thanks for the consideration. With some of the discussions in the past about listening in the dark vs dim lights vs fully lit room, I'm a bit surprised that this wasn't brought up sooner.
> > I'm a bit surprised that this wasn't brought up sooner. < <
Me, too! With all of the *new* technology in this beast, we completely overlooked a feature that we've had in all of our equipment for the last ten years...
For what it's worth, for us "Display Off" always leaves one blue LED lit so that you know that the unit is still powered and that nobody tripped over the power cord.
However, from the pics, it doesn't look like the QB-9 has an extra (non-display) LED to keep lit. I'm sure that'll be changed by production time. And nothing a 1/3" diameter or so piece of circular doubleply black electrical tape can't fix. :-)
By the way, I've been meaning to ask you this: who designed the "look" of the newest Ayre gear (KX-R preamp and MX-R mono amp)? They look more like art pieces than audio gear. The smooth lines and shape/form factor definitely says not a little time was spent on that part of the design. Very nice.
The unit is half-width -- 8-1/2" so that you can either use it with a desktop system or put two similar components side-by-side with your regular full-width kit.
But since the show we have lowered the height significantly and made the display window wider. It looks a lot better now. The only image currently available is on our "What's New" page -- just the link to the USB DAC white paper.
As far as the MX-R and KX-R, they were an amalgam of many different ideas from many different sources. One of the key features was the finish. If you have ever seen one in person, you will see that there are grooves (almost like record grooves!) that catch the light from almost any angle and direct some of it to you regardless of your position in the room. That finish was developed by the chassis supplier at our request.
Long time since we conversed. Congratulations on your new DAC, you have been getting plenty of good press on it. It looks like a work of art. I understand the clocking mechanism you are using for USB (at least in theory), but have you ever considered Firewire 800? FW has less latency resulting in less jitter to start with. Best of luck.
gjg
CES 2009 notes from Computer Audiophile has both a picture of the QB-9 (high resolution, but kinda overkill) and QuickTime video of Ayre gear (you may have to wait a bit for the video to come up):
Edits: 02/09/09
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