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DirtyDachshunds:
--- Quote from: bkenobi on September 16, 2010, 10:05:12 am ---I personally consider those overkill, but at least they don't cost that much. Just make sure you consider how you will install them. Those speakers look like they have a small speaker and a separate tweater in each satellite. If you were planning on decasing the speakers and mounting them in the marquee area like many people do, then this pair might be a poor choice.
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Why do you think these are overkill?
I'm planning on mounting the entire speaker, not separately. I also like the separated volume control which I am planning on dismantling and attaching to my cab.
shan1784:
I'm using Logitech X-540 70 watts 5.1 Speakers... They are great..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836121006&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Speakers-_-Logitech-_-36121006
trevski:
--- Quote from: matsadona on September 15, 2010, 11:29:35 am ---In my MAME cabinet I have a medium cheap 2.1 system as a base, but I replaced the satelites with a pair of high-end car speakers.
There are several reasons for this.
At first, I already had the car speakers from a previous car I used to have, so it didn't drive any additional cost.
Second, since the cabinet doubles as a jukebox, I wanted something better than an distored low budget speaker.
And when using the 2.1 subwoofer with internal amplifier it saves a lot of efforts. It is plug and play both regarding power, and the 3.5mm headphone plug directly to the PC soundcard.
I'm assuming you are talking about a MAME build, but that maybe isn't the case?
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Are the original 2.1 speakers 8 or 4 ohm? And if they were 8 ohm did you have any issues with using the 4 ohm car speakers?
DCsegaDH:
I'm using these Logitech speakers, they are cheap and the bass is nice. The subwoofer sounds really great when I'm playing Street Fighter IV!
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-980-000382-Z313-Speaker-System/dp/B002HWRZ2K/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1284660168&sr=8-16
bkenobi:
If you put the speaker inside the cabinet, you get little benefit from the fancy features and audio quality. If you mount the speaker itself to the cabinet (remove speaker from plastic case, install in marquee area for example), you lose any benefit from the enclosure the manufacturer designed. If you mount the speaker to the side of the cabinet, it generally looks ugly. If I were going to spend money on speakers, I'd get a pair of bare speakers and a cheap amp to drive them. I'd probably still use a PC subwoofer since they are fairly cheap.
Most arcade games have crap sound that a PC speaker (you know, the 1.5" one inside the case on your XT system) could reproduce acceptably. Having a set of cheap amplified PC speakers (~$20 range) gets you a huge benefit in more recent games (they didn't have a subwoofer and PC speakers are probably better quality). The most modern stuff can't be run anyway.
If you run music through it, be realistic about what kind of quality you will get out of your system depending on how you mount things. I get really nice sound with my driving cab with a cheap pair of PC speakers with 4" Atari arcade speakers hacked in. I doubt paying another $500 would get me significantly better sound.
If you like the sound, good for you. That's all that matters anyway.