Have you guy's ever seen this PC case ?

[Chip]

Click Here to view HTPC Case


This is really cool looking! Looks just like a piece of HT gear! I might buy it..
What do ya think?


Chip




Chip Engle


"Concrete ain't a spectator sport"


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[Bing Fung]

That is one nice case Chip! Looks to provide perfect integration for a HTPC

ps: I edited the link.




Bing

[Chip]

Thanks Bing. I can't figure out for the life of me how to copy & paste a link correctly on the Guide. This isn't a stab but, it works on every other forum i post on. Thanks again.




Chip Engle


"Concrete ain't a spectator sport"


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[JonMarsh]

I've seen this and the other one at this site; my preference is the aluminum front- but then eveyone know's amp designer's are suckers for aluminum!







Regards,

Jon




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[Chip]

Jon,

I saw that one too. How cool are these cases?! My computer sits right next to my gear rack as it is and, i do have an empty tier in my rack. I'm gonna build my own computer. (first one)




Chip Engle


"Concrete ain't a spectator sport"


<a href="http://www.htguide.com/bilder/index.cfm?fuseaction=arkivbilder&userid=0&selected userid=336" target="_blank">My HT

[Bing Fung]

Jon, I would love for you to build me a bunch of components (amplifier, Pre/pro, HTPC) using matching cases like these or simular

Consider me your product tester....




Bing

[SiliGoose]

Wow! That case is beautiful. Man...I've never felt the need to build a HTPC but that case has me thinking...




-Sili

[Lex]

was it a Krell, a Levinson, a Mac, what did that guy have in his case anyway? Suddenly, the PC takes 1 giant leap forward to becoming a truly integrated "component" without that pesky PC look.

In a word, awesome! Hmmm, it's got me thinking. Bookmarking now.

Lex

[Chip]

I almost hit the "checkout" button last night, lol.. thinking,thinking,thinking..

The front panel is the same thickness as my B&K 307 (1/4" solid aluminum block). Ba ba ba baaaaad, bad to the bone! All ya gotta do is make the CD drive a dvd /cd burner drive.. (since there's only one slot for a drive, right?)




Chip Engle


"Concrete ain't a spectator sport"


<a href="http://www.htguide.com/bilder/index.cfm?fuseaction=arkivbilder&userid=0&selected userid=336" target="_blank">My HT

[Andrew Pratt]

wow thats a very kewl case!

[JonMarsh]

Heck, Bing, I'd like to have the time to build *me* matching components using those cases.... but we could leave the amps looking like the Ayre.... and I've already got the cases for the DACs, which are black, but I can get silver versions....

And let's not forget a cute little guy for the microATX HTPC in the bedroom! Or smaller yet, a mini bare bones system with FireWire, external video (S-Video), and a PCI slot for video upgrade...
use one of the USB ports to hook up a Sound Blaster Extigy for external audio and surround decode, or go with a high end external USB 24/96 DAC...

all it takes is money and time....






-Jon




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[Bing Fung]

I forgot to mention those beautiful DAC's you made as well, yeah a set of those too :LOL:

Nice case Jon, I can see the headlines now Jon-Cube kicks Gamecube's butt!

I've been thinking of building a compact system like that for my daughter, that fits the bill nicely. The other case I had considered was the Lian-Li PC 25, also a small case in the same class.




Bing

[JonMarsh]

Whooaaa, Bing,

I hadn't even thought of it that way- not only do we cover the HTPC bases, but the Xbox/Gamecube thing as well!

Put a monster HD (capacity wise) in it, and it's also the Audio Juke box thingie you guys like, with the external audio. Add a DIVX MPEG 4 player, for all the trailer's you've ripped and liked to "preview" before the main show. And with the Firewire port, external storage, Video input, etc., is just a cable plug away. The once I saw at Central computer DID have an SPDIF output, so in theory we could interface our wiz-bang modified APN Hawk DAC's to it, too! :LOL:

Some things I'd end up wanting to build just for the sheer FUN! of it, even if I don't have time to use one much.... :B

-Jon




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