@Paul,
It depends on the Dude. The current Dude’s case is made from half inch aluminum and the front panel is a full inch. Paul Weitzal like a meaty product. I will attach some pictures. I can tell you that once you hear one you won’t care about the looks. Elegant audiophile looks, no. My Dude has a custom faceplate so it looks different than all others. I like it, but I really like the new Dude look better, with custom colors. I favor blue.
@ Elk,
I was a little taken back by the name as well. I did not understand until I saw the film, The Big Lebowski. Good is not a word I’d use to describe The Dude.
Some watch the movie with an almost religious zeal. I don’t know that I’d agree but after one watches the movie and sees and hears The Dudei in all its glory, one does get the point.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118715/?ref_=nv_sr_2
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The Dude: "Let me explain something to you. Um, I am not “Mr. Lebowski”. You’re Mr. Lebowski. I’m the Dude. So that’s what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you’re not into the whole brevity thing."
It is a rather different movie, but is a Cohen brothers masterpiece.
