Noise Engineering today introduced Case of Steel, a 64 HP Eurorack case that they say is “built like a tank and ready for whatever you bolt into it.”
The Case of Steel features integrated power, black powder-coat paint, passive mults to save space and fixed rails.
Features:
- Steel design: stays put while you patch
- Fixed rails
- Power busboard with connectors for up to 10 modules
- Big power: 1.7A of +12V, 750mA of -12V, and 1A of +5V
- Two-zone PSU design isolates left and right modules
- Deep design: houses modules up to 2 ?” / 53mm deep
- Two sets of passive mults for easy patching
- Integrated power switch built into the case
- Includes power brick: just add modules and you’re ready to go
Pricing and Availability:
The Noise Engineering Case of Steel is available now for $225 USD.
Behringer Eurorack Go is much better value.
Typical Behringer fanboy talk.
I’ve got a Behringer Eurorack Go, and while it’s a good value, it’s a big piece of plastic with sliding nuts that will drive you crazy.
It’s also not designed to scale up to large systems and isn’t a good mobile solution.
We need more and better case options, so this is a welcome addition.
I generally like Behringer, but sliding nuts are the work of Satan.
“sliding nuts are the work of Satan.”
That made me laugh out loud. But I agree!
I got into Euro through the Moog Eurorack synths. So I never understood the hate for sliding nuts…until I got the Behringer Eurorack Go.
Now I get it.
I’m not hating on the Go case, because I got mine for something like $230 and it does hold a lot of modules for the price.
Those sliding nuts, though! How much more would it have cost them to put threaded rails in there? Uli, charge us another $20 if you have to, but use rails, so it won’t be a cluster **** every time we want to swap modules!
Sliding nuts are practical and easy to fit, and I would prefer them over threaded rails because they give a fast and precise mount where modules allign no matter how “creatively” the holes were made. I always keep a bamboo kebab stick next to my case to slide the nuts into place. And I always use knurlies. Rearranging 84 hp of modules takes less than 10 minutes.
Don’t feed the troll. He rarely has anything relevant to add to the conversation, so it’s not worth it.
The Behringer Go isn’t deep enough for some modules.
Also, I’d argue that the Niftycase from Cre8audio is better value.
It has 84hp, as opposed to the 64 of this.
It also has a built in audio out and a Midi / CV converter so you don’t loose any rack space needed for those.
A guy I jam with has a pair of the Niftycases, and he loves them.
These companies need to provide ways for you to rack up the cases into larger systems, though. Everybody I know with a modular ends outgrew a single case.
GAS is real, but new modules are half the fun!
Thanks for this! Niftycases look perfect, just out of stock.