On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 1:19 AM, <tmr0195@comcast.net> wrote:
I'm not sure that I agree that equipment has to be built
bulky to work efficiently.

Keeping your equipment more compact would mean shorter power runs, reaction times, processing times, etc. Of course, it would also likely result in increased heat build-up . . . but then we are postponing dealing with that for as long as possible anyway. 

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