The device is called the Antec soundscience a/v cooler. It looks pretty much just like the coolers that Antec and others make for notebooks where you sit the notebook on top of the aluminum plate and the cooler helps dissipate heat. The top of the a/v cooler is made from aluminum. Inside there are a pair of 80mm fans to cool your hardware and shoot that heat out the back.

The blower fans are two speed and pull the heat from under the a/v cooler and then shoot the heat out of the back vents. The fans are designed to be quiet with 28.7dBA of sound. The cooler needs 5W of power on its fastest setting. The soundscience a/v cooler will sell for $139.95.

The system is a 2.1 offering with some 3D sound tech inside. The official name for the speaker system is the soundscience rockus 3D| 2.1 speaker system. The 3Dsst 3D sound tech uses DSP to create virtual surround sound from 2.1 speakers. The resulting sound promises to be more immersive.

The big subwoofer has deep bass of the sort to be heard and felt and has a passive radiator for more bass. The speakers have a total power output of 150W with each satellite getting 25W and the sub getting 100W. The speakers have 3D mode for gaming and movie and have an optical input for use with game consoles and other items. A remote for adjusting the sound is included and the frequency response is 10Hz to 20kHz. The speakers sell for $249.99.

The cooling solution has a low profile pump to take up less space and circulate the liquid within the system. Other features of the system include easy bend tubes to prevent kinks and fans that are controlled by the temperature of the liquids inside the circuit.

The solution also has a large copper cooing plate that sits on the CPU for maximum cooling performance. You might expect a liquid cooling solution to be expensive, but this system is not. The Kuhler H2O 620 will go on sale at the end of this month for $69.99 at major retailers.

Shown off over there in Europe today, at this year’s IFA show, this new speaker is of the 2.1-channel system variety. Antec says that, despite the limited channels, that the Soundscience speaker will deliver realistic 3D sounds, so you shouldn’t have to worry too much. The Soundscience features anodized aluminum satellite speakers, which can accept digital or analog input. And, if you want to use 3D only depending on what type of media your watching, there’s an external toggle that will let you choose between 2D and Antec’s very own 3D sound.

While Antec is confident that the speaker will be set to launch this year, they couldn’t give a precise date. They do say that it will be out some time this Fall. But the best part comes in the fact that it won’t cost an arm-and-a-leg to get your hands on the Soundscience. Only $250, and you can have all the simulated 3D sound you need.

[via Electronista]

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The all-in-one design – which looks a little Matrix-like to my novice eye – is perhaps the most successful, tipping the Skeleton onto its side and mounting an LCD onto what would usually be the base.  There’s also an integrated keyboard, and they could have bypassed the separate mouse by using a touchscreen.

The Antec Skeleton in its original form has a 250mm top-mounted fan, a slide-out motherboard tray and, underneath, space for a PSU and drives.  It’s available to buy now, priced at around $149.99.

[via Case Mod Blog]

There are four drive bays, two externally-accessible 5.25-inch slots and two internal 3.5-inch slots, with an optional side-tray that holds a further four 3.5-inch drives.  Meanwhile room for seven expansion slots accommodates even 11-inch video cards, and there are two USB 2.0 ports, one Firewire, one eSATA and audio in/out. 

As well as the 250mm color-customizable LED fan up top (make sure the cat doesn’t get too near if the fan-guard is left off) there’s a 92mm fan at the front to directly cool the hard-drive bays.  I always thought that a managed airflow was better than having a cooling free-for-all, so the theory behind the Skeleton confuses me; can anybody with a better grasp of case cooling educate me in the comments?

According to Antec the Skeleton is “coming soon”.

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The new Multimedia Station range, meanwhile, consists of 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch bays that offer the choice of IR control, sub-displays and other controls to existing PCs.  Four versions make up the range, from the Basic (an IR receiver and remote combo, for a 3.5-inch bay), through the Elite (a 5.25-inch VFD display, IR receiver and volume dial) and the Premier (a double 5.25-inch VFD display with multiple controls, IR receiver and deluxe remote), as well as the E-Z which is basically a USB IR receiver that plugs into a laptop.

All the Multimedia Station units, together with the new HTPC case, come with Antec’s iMEDIAN HD media station software, that can support 1080p high-definition and is compatible with XP and Vista Media Center functionality.  The Micro Fusion Remote 350 is priced at $239.95, while the Multimedia Station range is priced at $39.95, $99.95, $119.95 and $29.95 for the Basic, Elite, Premium and E-Z respectively.