A nice PC upgrade

" I really did it because I had some money burning the usual hole and figured worse case, it gets the puter off the floor and less dust to blow out every other month Well, when I sat in front of the speakers, no kidding... I can hear deeper into the music."

Are you sure the difference isn't due to the lower seating position you now have from taking all the money out of your pocket to buy this collection of brass and butcher blocks for your PC?

"08-16-14: Cerrot
It's a custom gateway, intel quad core, 16 gigs ram. PCI sound card and three internal 10,000 rpm drives. 10 meter apogee spdif cable ifrom pc (in next room) and into esoteric G25u clock/upsampler and into esoteric k03sacdplayer for dac. Jrivrr19 and I'm pinching myself."

Does having a powerful computer like the one you list really offer better sound quality? I never thought playing music on a PC was very resource intensive. What about AMD processors? Do you think it would really sound different than an Intel?

Getting back to your original topic, have you ever considered upgrading your case? If the brass feet and wood blocks really make a noticeable difference, I don't see why a better case wouldn't be an upgrade as well. Have a look at Corsair's Obsidian series cases. Not only is it very well built, but its actually designed to be quiet. I have one myself, and if anything ever happened to it, I would definitely buy it again. Its not too expensive (150-175), and Tiger Direct usually has them in their stores. Everything's standardized, so whatever you have in your Gateway will fit in a new case.

Has anyone noticed any differences in sound quality using an external HD, as opposed to using internal SATA drives?

I always thought people were using external HD's to get them away from the other components in the computer. I guess the real reason lot of people are using them because they have computers like laptops and Mac Mini's where you have no choice. Its good for me because I have a full size case, so in they go.