let explode that.

Hi Gerard - A two-folded answer :

First off, I reckoned that footers of the device on top of it have a certain thickness. This thought emerged with the idea around the cooler. This in the sense of "can be OK".

Next up was the determination of the "sticking out" height, and this appeared to be 9.5mm (0.368"). This is now a given fact.

The footers we plan ourselves are 8mm (0.32") of height. So those would be too "low" (short), when a device with them is to be placed "over" the cooler (on top of the PC).

While the thought of "could be possible" was only just that, I next reckoned that people should not stack devices like that in the first place and they merely should have separate shelves.
This is where my tinkering about this stopped and continued the design ...

Peter

Gerard, make that "too" and I 'll believe it.

It already is that when taken with the Input Selection. What I meant with the "level of" is adding more current. Actually those "steps" of more "level" I am talking about when mentioning those switches to do it.

And Gerard, maybe you were referring to "gain" with your preamp question ? But no, it remains unitiy gain (no gain).

Peter

If you followed this topic, then you have seen that there's also more "functionality" possible for the adding of "current amplification" (maybe it is better to call that current boost). Thus, add more "amp" by means of switches. Of course this too costs money but at least that is directly related to Sound Quality and setting the best setting for your situation.
Side note regarding this (but I think I already mentioned that a while ago) : I now have another level of amp in there, and I switched that On and never Off again. But suddenly this is related to the Linear Power Supply I now use for the PC. Maybe I could sneak in another level of amp ...