Guillermo Iao sent us a link to this project where he recycled a hard drive case into a bottom and a top for an Arduino-based DAC (digital analog converter) used as a preamp.
Reusing Hard Disk Parts for the Case
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DAC = Digital to Analog Converter. I’m pretty sure the device in question is used to control an external DAC. That is one crescent fresh case, tho
See, that’s what happens when you rush to post. My bad. Fixed.