I've finally got my Squeezebox into a new housing, it's one I got from
an Italian Company - AudioKit
(http://www.audiokit.it/ENG/Frames/Introduction1.htm)
Here's a picture:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/40756540/
It's the central unit. The left hole is for a power LED and the right
exposes the remote control receiver. It still works really well even
with the more limited aperture.
The case is a tiny bit wider than I wanted, but looks OK. There's an
awful lot of blank metal, which I need to get used to, but now I have
lots of space for linear power supplies, clock modifications etc.
The inside isn't so pretty at the moment, I managed to get a new cable
to link the main board with the display, but it's a metre long! Also I
need to get new stand-offs to mount the display at the right distance
and also paint some of the front panel edges black to minimise
reflection. The opening is in fact a little too small, it doesn't
obscure anything, but you need to be directly in front of the unit to
see all the screen from a distance. I can live with that.
Ideally I think a case should be like the bottom unit in this picture,
the Musical Fidelity XDac3. I'll stick with this for the moment, it
wasn't too expensive to do (under £100, including machining the front)
and it matches the Copland gear well, but if I see a nice smaller unit
I may be tempted to shrink it down!
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CardinalFang
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