Topic: DAC Inputs Selection - proposed interface improvements
Following last week’s suggestions regarding Channel Balance, please see below some ideas on how to potentially improve Input Selection interface. These are not particularly crucial to me (as I am mostly using the remote), but I believe implementing these might improve overall user experience at close to nil effort (if combined with other firmware changes you would surely implement at certain point):
PROBLEM:
ADI-2 DAC includes several pre-amp-like functionalities, but is missing [an easy] mechanism of switching DAC inputs on the unit (which you would normally expect from hi-fi gear). While outputs can easily be switched via long-press on Volume dial, the inputs (coax, opt, usb, etc) must be toggled at I/O sub-menu and under certain scenarios this may require quite many (e.g. 10?) „clicks" to get there. Thus it seems most practical to change inputs via remote, but - as per above - you would expect such functionality also on the unit itself.
PROPOSED SOLUTION:
This problem seems to be easily solved by the following:
a) Currently at the top-level screens the knobs 1 and 2 act as B/T dials and -if pressed - as various top screens toggle up / down. You should allocate LONG presses of those knobs to switching Inputs up (knob 1) and down (knob 2).
b) After such change the entire interface at top screens would work quite logically - (i) Volume Knob: turning = changing the volume | press = mute | long press = toggle OUTPUTS, (ii) B/T Knobs = turning = changing B/T levels | press = toggle screens | long press = toggle INPUTS up (1) or down (2). As those long presses are not used anyway, this would not be anyhow disruptive to the users not needing those.
I hope this is useful!