well here is my eventual chain of equipment....   music is on a WD Cloud drive, AIFF format. I would have gone FLAC, but the music needs to be used by three pepole, and two of them want to use Itunes.   WD HDD---> computer-->TOSLINK-->Matrix Mini --> Acurus RL-11 Preamp --> Acurus A250...

shows what a well done photo can do for sales....

Quote:   Quote: ha ha... i don't get too bent out of shape about much... tacky didn't even bother me because i get it. and i think there is a higher level of aesthetics here than some other forums. and i wish my case was a tad bit more silent, but a triple 360 rad is a...

haha... i completely understand. just trying to have a little fun.   i would love to have a furniture-grade computer case, and i have the skills to make one. i believe a wood case, done properly, might look classy. but for now... bling it is. i bought the HAF for its massive fans and cooling...

Quote: oh man... my rig looks tacky?    

Quote: i came from classic solid ATX cases. i never wanted a "full tower gaming case"... i hated plexi side windows and LED's. i always used cases like the Antec P180...then i got an Antec 900 for a friend's build. it kinda grew on me. plus, i work construction, so i get up at 4:30, and...

Quote: the 965 was under a Prolimatech Megahalems (air) out on my porch in the winter air. the vcore was nearly 1.6V, so i needed the cold air. liquid cooling has been a very recent thing for me as i had to be convinced that putting water in a box full of electronics was a good...

Quote: ha ha.... yeah. you know, sometimes things just have to be ghetto. i had just moved everything over to the HAF from an Antec1200 case, and i started out trying SOOOO hard with cabling, and looks, and once i fired it up and started clocking, it just had to get cheapened by...

Quote: Thanks!! this rig is much more of a practical set up than being entirely for looks. well, the tubes aren't colorful because they are full of a mix of distilled water and DEX anti-freeze so they could be in sub-zero air without freezing for benching. so far i have had this cpu over...

well, here's my set up for now. there is still some cabling and wire management to do, both with the computer and the audio set up. I finally got tired of standard computer audio, and had a bunch of old gear laying around in storage, so this is my "found" computer audio. the DAC i purchased here...