If you look closely, you can see the lines of heat radiating off the picture. (Okay, maybe you can't.) Rain Recording has pulled out all the stops and rolled out a very serious box for very serious audio work - meet the Element Pro Quad-Core Digital Audio Workstation.

A workhorse by any definition, this blue box is named the Element Pro PQ 1. It's 44 pounds of muscle built around a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad processor, 4GB of RAM, a 500GB 7200 RPM OS drive and a 500GB 7200 RPM audio drive.

An even heavier-lifting variant, called the Element Pro PQ2 sports a 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Quad, 8GB of DDR-2 RAM, a 500GB OS drive and a 1TB Audio drive.

At the risk of causing widespread drooling, we present Rain's tech specs for these monster boxes:

• CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz, 8MB L2, 1066MHz FSB or Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme QX6700 2.66GHz 8MB L2 1066MHz FSB
• MainBoard: Intel D975XBX2
• RAM: 4GB or 8GB DDR-2 RAM (800 MHz Dual Channel - Matched Pair)
• Operating System Drive: 500 GB 7200RPM Ultra 300 SATA II with 16 MB buffer
• Audio Streaming Drive: 500 GB or 1 TB 7200RPM Ultra 300 SATA II with 16 MB buffer
• Other Drives: 1.44 floppy, Dual Layer DVD+-RW/CD-RW Combo Optical Drive
• USB Ports: 8 USB 2.0 (6 Rear/2 Front/2 Internal)
• 1394IEEE: 5 FireWire Ports (3 x 2 independent IEEE 1394 chipsets)
• Video: Nvidia GeForce 7300GT PCI-E 256MB DDR2 Dual DVI HDTV
• Expansion: Three PCI Express x16 bus add-in card connectors, two PCI conventional bus connectors
• LAN: (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) Intel 82566DC Gigabit Ethernet Controller
• Legacy I/O: 1-serial, 1-parallel and 2-PS/2 ports
• Other: FDD, 7 in 1 Card Reader Compac Flash, Micro Drive, Smart Media, Memory Stick, Secure Digital Card, Multi Media Card
• Audio: 8-channel (7.1) audio subsystem using the SigmaTel STAC9227 audio codec
• PSU: Silent 460 watt silent power supply
• Quiet Cool: Intel Precision Cooling Technology, Zalman CNPS9500 All Copper CPU cooler
• Input: Aluminum Keyboard, Microsoft Optical Mouse
• Dimensions: 8 x 17.75 x 21 inches (W x H x D), Weight: 44 lbs.