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The R830 looks the same, though it has a strip on the edge of the lid that looks like it's made of magnesium alloy, but is actually plastic -- a material that's expected to improve the signals of the the various antennae housed underneath it.
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And yet, the Titanium interior is pretty artful, a sinuous composition in soft-touch materials, alloy-like painted trim, textured fabric, that piano-black plastic assuming your Steinway is made by Mattel and lots of electrons.
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The unit is packaged in a magnesium alloy top-and-bottom case that is 20 times stronger than ABS plastic.
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