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Wall Mounted MP3 jukebox
Ted_Striker:
have you considered making your wall box a little on the "thicker" side. you could easily make box to hold a regular crt and then have a lower area for the pc components and audio components. A design like this could be made to hide your components easily. It could allow easy access as well. I was thinking of like a pull out keyboard tray on a MAME machine. But instead of a keyboard, pull out audio amp (or just a nice stealth flip down panel).
I just wondered if you were "married" to the wall box idea. Why not make a nice free standing cabinet. You would have all the room you require, would not be limited in audio or pc equipment and you could still use your inwall speakers. This would also give you the ability to upgrade all of the audio components without hurting the jukebox. Just a thought.
I have in wall speakers and I ran the wires in wall and finished them off with a nice single gang wall plate. Now I can hook anything I want up to those speakers. You could do the same for your wall box and or floor standing unit.
I do think you will get more bang for your buck going with home audio equipment instead of car audio. It just isn't worth the hassle IMO unless you already have the pieces. Consider the other pluses that home audio could give... like a remote control etc.
Would it be possible to mount your wall box in a closet. By this I mean the face of the wall box would be in your nice rec-room but open a closet door and you have access to the rear of it. This would eliminate all your space considerations and still have the slick look. I did something similar with my Bar TV/PC. There is a wall that seperates the rec-room and the laundry room. I mounted the screen in the wall. While you sit at the bar you see a nice flat screen (at first glance it looks like a plasma screen). When I want to hook something up to it (vcr, dvd whatever for parties and the like) I just walk into the laundry room and have complete access to the TV set. I hope you get my gist.
Just some random thoughts to assist you
visciouslymamed:
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What do you have in your attic?
I can understand not wanting to go up there much, but fire hazard?
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Don't do it!!! :o
My house burned to the foudation because of an electrical short/resistance that over time built up enough heat to get the fiberglass smoldering.
I don't know what the flash point of fiberglass is, but best not to tempt fate. ;)
CitznFish:
--- Quote from: Ted_Striker on August 22, 2003, 12:32:28 am ---have you considered making your wall box a little on the "thicker" side. you could easily make box to hold a regular crt and then have a lower area for the pc components and audio components. A design like this could be made to hide your components easily. It could allow easy access as well. I was thinking of like a pull out keyboard tray on a MAME machine. But instead of a keyboard, pull out audio amp (or just a nice stealth flip down panel).
I just wondered if you were "married" to the wall box idea. Why not make a nice free standing cabinet. You would have all the room you require, would not be limited in audio or pc equipment and you could still use your inwall speakers. This would also give you the ability to upgrade all of the audio components without hurting the jukebox. Just a thought.
I have in wall speakers and I ran the wires in wall and finished them off with a nice single gang wall plate. Now I can hook anything I want up to those speakers. You could do the same for your wall box and or floor standing unit.
I do think you will get more bang for your buck going with home audio equipment instead of car audio. It just isn't worth the hassle IMO unless you already have the pieces. Consider the other pluses that home audio could give... like a remote control etc.
Would it be possible to mount your wall box in a closet. By this I mean the face of the wall box would be in your nice rec-room but open a closet door and you have access to the rear of it. This would eliminate all your space considerations and still have the slick look. I did something similar with my Bar TV/PC. There is a wall that seperates the rec-room and the laundry room. I mounted the screen in the wall. While you sit at the bar you see a nice flat screen (at first glance it looks like a plasma screen). When I want to hook something up to it (vcr, dvd whatever for parties and the like) I just walk into the laundry room and have complete access to the TV set. I hope you get my gist.
Just some random thoughts to assist you
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part of the appeal was to wall mount it and keep it thin. I think that would make it alittle more impressive and up the "wow" factor. I was going to go cordless with the keyboard and mouse so a drawer isn't an issue. maybe a flip down amp tray would be cool though. I just want it to be thin because it's going to sit between 2 framed movie posters. My wires will run down inside of the wall and exit through a switch plate as well. :)
I like your closet idea, but unfortunately there is no access like that. I keep calling it a rec room, but "game parlour'" might be more appropriate. It's the living room of my house, and I just hate having a living room filled with furniture no one uses so I converted it into a "game parlour" with (eventually) a MAME machine, my Elec. darts, this Juke box and a regulation pool tabe as well as 2 bar tables and stools and a plasma TV above the fireplace.
VM, the amp will def. not go in the attic. :)
Thanks for the ideas all... keep 'em comin! :)
aj6500:
--- Quote from: visciouslymamed on August 22, 2003, 01:20:03 am ---
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What do you have in your attic?
I can understand not wanting to go up there much, but fire hazard?
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Don't do it!!! :o
My house burned to the foudation because of an electrical short/resistance that over time built up enough heat to get the fiberglass smoldering.
I don't know what the flash point of fiberglass is, but best not to tempt fate. ;)
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Vis. sorry to hear about your house, but something else must have caught, fiberglass fibre doesn't burn. At least not at any temperature you would see from electrical heat. Fiberglas panels (like a corvettte) will burn evenutally, but require a LOT of heat to pull the resin from the fiber. And then you're left with something that's shaped like a corvette, but made entirely of loose fibers.
tmasman:
--- Quote from: visciouslymamed on August 22, 2003, 01:20:03 am ---
--- Quote ---? ? ? ? What?
What do you have in your attic?
I can understand not wanting to go up there much, but fire hazard?
--- End quote ---
Don't do it!!! :o
My house burned to the foudation because of an electrical short/resistance that over time built up enough heat to get the fiberglass smoldering.
I don't know what the flash point of fiberglass is, but best not to tempt fate. ;)
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Wow... I wasn't saying just throw the thing up there!... :o
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I don't think so! There are safe ways to install things in any environment! Just use your head. Build a box around it, or mount it appropriately.
That being said. CitznFish said he's not interested in the idea, so I'll drop it.
I too am very sorry to hear about your house visciouslymamed. I wasn't saying you did what I stated above, only that I was NOT saying that in my original post.
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