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What are you going to use for a volume control?

You made me think about using an external drive. In the past I had seen some that would work on their side as well. Hmmm. I am also curious as to your multi-room streaming. What can you do?

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article781-page1.html I like the Antec and of course being able to use the Nexus 120mm fans. I have two in my current case and they are nice and quiet. I am sure that case will cost a penny or two and need to be acoustically treated, but I am willing to do that myself if I have to. The pc will be networked, so I don't need a lot of drive storage as it can be on the "server" which will be in the basement. A small laptop drive will be fine.

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what case do you have?"

http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/artic...es-to-Live-2008 Plymouth #1, pretty much where my bro, sis, and parents live. I used to be barely out of it and am now 10 miles away in a much nicer spot.

Drives depend on the cost. I am not one to jump into something that is $400 for a drive when in a year or two they will be $35. Eventually of course I'd go that route....I'd rather spend the money on the case to get something that isn't obtrusive in the living room.

If you want an "all-inclusive" I'd have no idea, not my sort of thing. On our honeymoon we were gone 15 nights and stayed in 13 different places.

I saw a banana truck in uptown yesterday.

How many rooms will you serve music to, do you want it to be that each room can play different tunes, or just one song the whole house? If you want different tunes in different rooms, what is the maximum amount of rooms that will have tunes piped at the same time? Do you need a temprary monitor? My 28" was only 550. So sickly cheep it was amazing and makes for a great controll pannell to operate it from. I'm not sure about TIVO, I never was interested but I am thinking about it now, but would you like to use the unit to serve video as well as music? As for quiet, well, mine is frigging graveyard silent. I can get an SPL meter sometime I suppose and measure it in the basement, but it's quieter than my living room, I haven't pushed mine to full tilt, but silent is no problem, you will just need to come to tems with a tower style rather than the cute small HTPC styles. Finaly, do you have any requirement for external stuff, either ports in the front or otherwise? Will it sit in a closet and run the show, or do you want it on display? Pretty LEDs or stealth package? Single room is fine, the distribution will be handled by a whole house pre-amplifier. I have an extra monitor already, but 28 for 550 is pretty sweet. Does that happen to have a TV tuner? My dad needs a new TV/monitor. Video, yes as I won't have any other sort of media player next to the TV. Hadn't thought about the ports. I'd prefer a laydown style case, but it doesn't have to be HTPC specific. It will be on display under the TV, but subtle is always better in my book.

<-- currently reading Dracula For fun? Not a bad book...must read for those of us who love vampires. Holy name change.

Love the Ice Cube shot

That is what happens when you go to the lake. Spent all day drinking and anchored in a buddies boat. I love the summers here!

Before backing off the gain, I'd see where it is set WITHOUT going over it's rating. A DMM will be fine for that. My guess is you are clipping the hell out of it.

Much better Now you need more tire.

xbl doesn't pwn all.

Don't blame the sub, just the install. Perhaps some background on it will help us solve your issue.

I wouldn't hesitate to pick one up. I love mine and am sure you will too. Size and porting will depend a lot on what you want out of it.

Brought two half bottles of vodka to the lake at 3pm, poured one drink for my frineds wife and finished the rest. Then made dinner and drank a good portion of a bottle o f wine. wheeeeeee

NP: Bobby Bland Lord I am shit faced.

new use for the drawers full of lego's I have, I love it.

Speakers really, really depend on your budget.

Not so much candy on the lake today, really effin' windy. Perhaps it will lay down tonight.

I can pretty much guarantee my next "car" will be a Charger. did you look at that one in the bay area? I won't have enough money to play for a while, unless things kick off real fast with the new company.