I got my Remote today, I will try it out this evening.      

the sound difference between the AK380 and the AK380 copper: "Sound is little different and can be notice improvement especially bass and separation of instrument."

  the peli 1020 does what I wanted it for: rigid protect of the combo while traveling on planes I don't like the look of the meteor case, are there any other options?  I did ask Alex An and they are not planning to make cases for the 380 with amp :-( But here is the reply of Alex An...

Here my AK 380 with AMP case solution: Peli 1020 The disadvantage is: it gets quite hot after several hours of playing.      

Here my case solution for the AK 380 with Amp: To bad, I am not allowed to post pictures jet :-(