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Grant Taylor
 
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Default In search of the perfect Home Audio Appliance (or something like it)

(Ronald F. Guilmette) writes:

I have been unable to find any suitable black 17-inch-wide
*enclosure* for this whole [ PC as stereo component ] mess.


There seem to be plenty out there. Google for "HTPC case".

Or, if you're creative, why not build your contraption into an
existing non-computer case? Perhaps use an old VCR or CD deck; broken
ones should be approximately free. Example:
http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/mediabox/

Or, if you know exactly what you want, you can have a case fabricated
to your design by an enclosure fabricator such as www.protocase.com;
the estimator thing on their website says one custom metal HTPC-style
case in black with a small smattering of cuts would run $250 or so.


a nice bright *LED* display, with big characters that you can see


I think you'll find that many or most of these are in fact "VFD"
displays.

You can find serial-controlled VFD display modules, and the occasional
newfangled OLED (also non-backlit and light-emitting) at places like
matrixorbital.com and crystalfontz.com. Software is available to bolt
these displays, and remote receivers, into popular mp3-playing
software.

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