Just keep reminding yourself that the Maya is a small price increment over a good stepped attenuator and still one of the least expensive remote solutions out there. That and if the BPBP is as good as claimed, it will likely be in your system for a long time, so its an investment.
Or you can just attribute the cost to mission creep. It started out as an inexpensive preamp and you just added this little thing and that one until it got out of control.
The term "an investment" always grates with me - always a very bad investment unless it increases in value!
It's just about value for the enjoyment you get out of it, or convenience. For me the Maya is worth it for such a display, remote volume control AND input control.
It may be of lesser value if you are not going to add extra inputs to the BPPBP by using some kind of I2C controlled multiple input switch.. If it's just a volume control, perhaps a motorised 10k pot would be more suitable. Without multiple inputs, you only need a display to show the position of the pot. The Maya would be overkill because it can SO much more....
Yeah, investment was just a lazy way of saying a piece of equipment with a low annual cost of ownership.
A motorized pot would likely be log taper or at best linear with a bit on nonlinearity and the resultant odd control law issues the manual pot raises. While not taking advantage of the Maya's full capability it still seems a good choice relative to a random pot.
At one point there was discussion of a Maya input selector board for BPBP. Did that come to fruition?
A motorized pot would likely be log taper or at best linear with a bit on nonlinearity and the resultant odd control law issues the manual pot raises. While not taking advantage of the Maya's full capability it still seems a good choice relative to a random pot.
At one point there was discussion of a Maya input selector board for BPBP. Did that come to fruition?
Yes from the beginning , Hans BPBP pcb with Maya control have from 2 input to 6 input selection depending on what you put on the PCB. See the docs Hans prepared for builders.
Here are the prices for 31 march sale.
Complete MAYA ( to be used as stand alone preamplifier not BPBP)
Stereo 179 euro extra Stereo channel 50 euro
Balanced 229 euro extra Balanced channel 100euro
MAYA for BPBP (VoICB board included)
With OLED+bluetooth+power relay board 130 euro
With LCD, no BT, no relay board 100 euro
Without display, no BT, no relay board, no thermal sensors 90 euro (you have to mention which display you will use. There is different firmware for LCD and OLED)
Shipping prices
Europe Non EU €32.00 EUR
North America €38.00 EUR
Latin America €38.00 EUR
Africa €40.00 EUR
Oceania €44.00 EUR
For EU add VAT 19%
Paypal fee 4%
We have in stock 20 complete MAYA and 25 MAYA4BPBP. Out of stock orders will be shipped in 2-3 weeks.
Regards,
Tibi
Complete MAYA ( to be used as stand alone preamplifier not BPBP)
Stereo 179 euro extra Stereo channel 50 euro
Balanced 229 euro extra Balanced channel 100euro
MAYA for BPBP (VoICB board included)
With OLED+bluetooth+power relay board 130 euro
With LCD, no BT, no relay board 100 euro
Without display, no BT, no relay board, no thermal sensors 90 euro (you have to mention which display you will use. There is different firmware for LCD and OLED)
Shipping prices
Europe Non EU €32.00 EUR
North America €38.00 EUR
Latin America €38.00 EUR
Africa €40.00 EUR
Oceania €44.00 EUR
For EU add VAT 19%
Paypal fee 4%
We have in stock 20 complete MAYA and 25 MAYA4BPBP. Out of stock orders will be shipped in 2-3 weeks.
Regards,
Tibi
1. Maya Rout is 10K and if amplifier Rin is also 10K should I use some kind of buffer at the
output of Maya?
2. Complete Maya come with oled and bt?
3. Can bluetooth and infrared remote both be used or just another?
4. Latest firmware is installed?
5. It would be nice to see display ”in action”, like can source, volume and/or temp be seen
at the same time or not?
output of Maya?
2. Complete Maya come with oled and bt?
3. Can bluetooth and infrared remote both be used or just another?
4. Latest firmware is installed?
5. It would be nice to see display ”in action”, like can source, volume and/or temp be seen
at the same time or not?
1. No
2. Yes
3. Yes, BT and IR cand be used at the same time.
4. Yes
5. Source and volume are displayed at the same time. Temperature is alternate at few seconds.
Regards,
Tibi
I can not duplicate your issue.
Are you using latest firmware ?
After you enter last key, you get a "Saving RC5... Done !!!" message.
Regards,
Tibi
Attachments
Yes I get that message! But I still have the problem. The firmware is:
Maya-1-2-r-ol-bp
A short film with MAYA basic functions. No description.
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=qCLYv-gAme0
Regards.
Tibi
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=qCLYv-gAme0
Regards.
Tibi
From the messages I got, it seems that people still do not understand how MAYA can be used along BPBP and which are the benefits.
Hans Polak did a great job by writing an extensive description in below thread. I invite all interested to read and digest.
Remote Control for the BPBP
Regards,
Tibi
Hans Polak did a great job by writing an extensive description in below thread. I invite all interested to read and digest.
Remote Control for the BPBP
Regards,
Tibi