[H-GEN] The State of X

[Michael Anthon]

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On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 10:25:58AM +1000, David Jericho wrote:

> I haven't yet started it because of time issues[4], but I'm going to
> borrow many ideas from speaker design and actually build a couple of
> cases out of wood for my machines. Given some effort and thought, and
> some sound absorbant material, it'd be quite easy to prevent
> transmission of system noise to the outside world.[5]
> 
> After all, a 3 quarter inch thick peice of heavy pollished wood won't
> quite vibrate in the same way as a 1/16th inch steel sheet :)
> 
> [5] Sound reduction is actually my major goal, without actually
>     reducing any speed of the machine due to underclocking or slower
>     drives.

I've been considering building mine into my desk (it's a really old ex bank
desk, with full length shelves, ideal for this sort of thing... however,
make sure you build in some shielding since wood doesn't absorb RF terribly
well (but I'm sure you know this anyway... right?)

Cheers
Michael

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