Dude, this is tricky. There is almost no space in those suckers for watercooling. I'm going to go out on a limb here, and if any of the more established guys want to tear at it, I'd be more than happy for the input.
First, in a stereo component rack, you're talking short/wide/deep. A 1U system would be ideal, but it would be next to impossible to fit any watercooling equipment in it. A 2U case might be the smallest you can go with. Even then, though, you will have absolutely no chance of going self contained. The problem, though, is there is no way you'll fit a 4U case in a stereo component rack. The solution is to build your box out of two 2U cases: one for components, one for the cooling gear. Set up your pump, res, radiator, and such in the top case, and run hoses out the back of the top case into the back of the bottom case and in to your waterblock. Ideally, you'll want to rig your setup so that the internal water components will go to hose barbs on the outside of the case that are each controlled by a butterfly (on/off) valve for ease of assembly and disassembly (shut off all four valves and disconnect the outside hoses: little water will be lost, and your components will NOT have any spill on them ... you will NOT have to disassemble your functional 2U computer w/waterblock to flush/clean the system ... that would be a b!tch). The upside is that you'd have a watercooled machine that is portable and modular in design. The downside is the two hoses snaking between them. I can't think of any other way to do it that it will fit in an audio rack.
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