JJZolx wrote: > I asked before why it needs to be 3" wide. I don't see many advantages > to making this a micro-sized component. > > We _were_ talking about having two USB ports, weren't we? > > Don't forget, you also need a rear connector for an external antenna, > although it may not be on the board itself. Ideally, I think it would be > in the center of the case. > > Channel Islands Audio uses slide-in extruded aluminum cases for many of > their components. With most of them, they're so light that they need to > add a steel plate to the base, just to give the component some weight > for anchoring attached cables, particularly heavier interconnects. I > think this will also be necessary for this component. > > Stacked RCA jacks need to be attached to the backplate with an anchoring > screw, or they will flex too much when attaching cables. You'll see this > on most CI components. > > [image: http://www.ciaudio.com/images/products/vda2/vda2_rear_sm.jpg] > > They even anchored the unstacked RCA jacks on this VPC-1 passive > preamp: > > [image: > http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_9_1/images/channel-islands-vpc-1-volume-control-rear-panel.jpg]
I think maybe the board is very small anyway modern smd components tend to be that and the box cost some so it saves some $ to also have a small box , but you are rigth the backside must be big enough to fit the connectors , but it don't need to be bigger ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
