Hello,
Long time lurker and reader.
I wanted to create a thread about the Emperor 1510 and my experiences from the Purchase through general usage. Something I have found lacking on this product, which has made it a little bit interesting to buy sight unseen. I did see an un-packaging and a blog entry here on Andatech.com.au/blog with the Emperor 1510, but haven't seen much from a true consumer (that didn't feel like a paid advertisement). Hopefully this thread can provide that level of detail, while answering any questions first-hand from the product.
What is the Emporer 1510?
A cool looking computer workstation that is supposed to combine comfort with usability and environment emersion.
Why?
Many people that I have shared this with have the same progression of thoughts: "Cool! Awesome! I want that!" soon followed by noticing the price tag and then saying something like "Too expensive - but if I could afford it, I would totally have it" or the "stupid waste of money".
My thought is that I need new office furniture. The stuff I was looking for was more conservative that would end up costing about 6-7k for all of the fixings (chair, desk, hutch, shelves, etc.) For a comparable price point, I can have this instead. So I did.
Ordering Experience:
I have been primarily working with Gianni from MWELabs directly in Canada. Gianni has been helpful and knows about the product. I wouldn't say there has been any great sales "whiz-bang" show or experience; the experience has basically been a normal conversations about a product between two people. On questions that Gianni couldn't answer, he was transparent and told me he didn't know and would find out. Thus far, he has found answers to my questions in a timely manner.
There was one snag in the ordering process in which the Emperor 1510's current design couldn't accommodate that I thought was going to be a deal breaker; cabling. In my dialog, I expressed that I was going to be running three BenQ XL2420T monitors. It was extremely important that these monitors were run at 120Hz. Through another separate and horrible experience dealing with BenQ - it was confirmed that I needed to run DVI-D Dual Link cables to achieve this (only took 6 calls to Taiwan and a 15 email threads). Where this became an issue with the Emperor 1510 was that the tubes that the wires are tucked in are too small to support the three DVI-D's. Typically, the Emperor comes with Display Port or HDMI.
Gianni put me in touch with a guy named Martin, who is the president / designer of the system. We spoke about the cabling issue to which MWELabs also contacted BenQ for confirmation and conducted trials. After it was confirmed that I needed to run DVI - a custom engineered solution was added (without additional cost to me). It looks like this may be a new option going forward to future Emperor 1510 owners - allowing any cabling type to be ran.
Options:
For options with the Emperor 1510, I decided to mostly keep it as-is. I ordered the unit in Black, although I prefer the color White in the pictures (my wife quickly reminded me that it wouldn't look so cool with orange Doritos stains on the side of it...) I did get the Laptop tray option ($125.00) for my desk phone and bag of Doritos, along with upgrading the integrated sound system to the Bose Companion 5. Other options were available, but I always use headphones for most of my sound purposes. Therefore, the Bose Companion 5 was suitable.
Shipping:
Ouch. Quotes came in around $700-800.00 for the crate. Further, the crate is too large to fit in my interior doors - so I have to hire a moving company to uncrate it and carry the Emperor 1510 to my office (flight of stairs, around a few corners, etc.). Maybe in a true emperor style, I will sit in the unit after un-boxing while they carry me around. I am expecting delivery to be at the end of next week or soon thereafter (October 5th).
Computer not Included:
As indicated on the MWELabs website - the Emperor 1510 is just the workstation itself. The user is required to buy their own monitor and computer. Here is what I will be running with the setup:
- Intel Core i7-3930K Hexa-Core Processor @ 3.2 Ghz (12 MB Cache)
- ASRock Extreme11 Motherboard
- 16GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400MHz
- (2) EVGA GTX 680 with 4GB Video cards in SLI
- (3) BenQ XL2420T Monitors
- Coolmaster Case
- Corsair H100 CPU Cooler
- Corsair HX750W PSU
- Corsair M60 Mouse
- SteelSeries Zboard Stealth keyboard
- Beyerdynamic MMX 300 Headset with Astro MixAmp Pro
Pictures:
Here are some of the generic pictures:
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I will update the thread with more details after I get it in my hands with detailed pictures, review, etc.
Thanks,
Mike
Long time lurker and reader.
I wanted to create a thread about the Emperor 1510 and my experiences from the Purchase through general usage. Something I have found lacking on this product, which has made it a little bit interesting to buy sight unseen. I did see an un-packaging and a blog entry here on Andatech.com.au/blog with the Emperor 1510, but haven't seen much from a true consumer (that didn't feel like a paid advertisement). Hopefully this thread can provide that level of detail, while answering any questions first-hand from the product.
What is the Emporer 1510?
A cool looking computer workstation that is supposed to combine comfort with usability and environment emersion.
Why?
Many people that I have shared this with have the same progression of thoughts: "Cool! Awesome! I want that!" soon followed by noticing the price tag and then saying something like "Too expensive - but if I could afford it, I would totally have it" or the "stupid waste of money".
My thought is that I need new office furniture. The stuff I was looking for was more conservative that would end up costing about 6-7k for all of the fixings (chair, desk, hutch, shelves, etc.) For a comparable price point, I can have this instead. So I did.
Ordering Experience:
I have been primarily working with Gianni from MWELabs directly in Canada. Gianni has been helpful and knows about the product. I wouldn't say there has been any great sales "whiz-bang" show or experience; the experience has basically been a normal conversations about a product between two people. On questions that Gianni couldn't answer, he was transparent and told me he didn't know and would find out. Thus far, he has found answers to my questions in a timely manner.
There was one snag in the ordering process in which the Emperor 1510's current design couldn't accommodate that I thought was going to be a deal breaker; cabling. In my dialog, I expressed that I was going to be running three BenQ XL2420T monitors. It was extremely important that these monitors were run at 120Hz. Through another separate and horrible experience dealing with BenQ - it was confirmed that I needed to run DVI-D Dual Link cables to achieve this (only took 6 calls to Taiwan and a 15 email threads). Where this became an issue with the Emperor 1510 was that the tubes that the wires are tucked in are too small to support the three DVI-D's. Typically, the Emperor comes with Display Port or HDMI.
Gianni put me in touch with a guy named Martin, who is the president / designer of the system. We spoke about the cabling issue to which MWELabs also contacted BenQ for confirmation and conducted trials. After it was confirmed that I needed to run DVI - a custom engineered solution was added (without additional cost to me). It looks like this may be a new option going forward to future Emperor 1510 owners - allowing any cabling type to be ran.
Options:
For options with the Emperor 1510, I decided to mostly keep it as-is. I ordered the unit in Black, although I prefer the color White in the pictures (my wife quickly reminded me that it wouldn't look so cool with orange Doritos stains on the side of it...) I did get the Laptop tray option ($125.00) for my desk phone and bag of Doritos, along with upgrading the integrated sound system to the Bose Companion 5. Other options were available, but I always use headphones for most of my sound purposes. Therefore, the Bose Companion 5 was suitable.
Shipping:
Ouch. Quotes came in around $700-800.00 for the crate. Further, the crate is too large to fit in my interior doors - so I have to hire a moving company to uncrate it and carry the Emperor 1510 to my office (flight of stairs, around a few corners, etc.). Maybe in a true emperor style, I will sit in the unit after un-boxing while they carry me around. I am expecting delivery to be at the end of next week or soon thereafter (October 5th).
Computer not Included:
As indicated on the MWELabs website - the Emperor 1510 is just the workstation itself. The user is required to buy their own monitor and computer. Here is what I will be running with the setup:
- Intel Core i7-3930K Hexa-Core Processor @ 3.2 Ghz (12 MB Cache)
- ASRock Extreme11 Motherboard
- 16GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400MHz
- (2) EVGA GTX 680 with 4GB Video cards in SLI
- (3) BenQ XL2420T Monitors
- Coolmaster Case
- Corsair H100 CPU Cooler
- Corsair HX750W PSU
- Corsair M60 Mouse
- SteelSeries Zboard Stealth keyboard
- Beyerdynamic MMX 300 Headset with Astro MixAmp Pro
Pictures:
Here are some of the generic pictures:
---
I will update the thread with more details after I get it in my hands with detailed pictures, review, etc.
Thanks,
Mike
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