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Do you put subwoofers in your arcade cabinets?

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TheShaner:

And as far as whether you should or not ... Is it acceptable to play killer instinct without one?  I think not!

AGarv:

I have a small sub sitting in the bottom of mine (not bracketed).  IMO it adds some richness to a lot of old arcade music (SF2 theme sounds great).  I've never had any issues with vibration.

eds1275:


--- Quote from: TheShaner on June 10, 2012, 12:55:36 am ---I built a box, padded the inside with felt and carpet padding, rubber feet on the box...
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If you find this isn't adequade, what you should do next is put screws through the box to act as your feet, and then rest the box on top of some rubber such as a hockey puck or something. Having the box stand on pin-point does wonders to isolate it from the structure and then having that rest on rubber really takes the cake as well as prevents you from scratching up your cabinet.

Unfortunately bass frequencies are huge and push a lot of air. While you can isolate the box, you can't really stop the sub from doing what it is meant to do so you may end up shaking your cab anyway, especially if the back is up against a wall and doubly if it is in a corner.

BadMouth:


--- Quote from: RamjetR on June 09, 2012, 06:43:06 am ---Subwoofer boxes are an artform on their own. Theres some online calculators for the right size of box to match speaker sizes with the resonance frequency of the sound you want.

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WinISD is good and free.
http://www.linearteam.dk/
I've been using it to pick out a sub for my current build.


--- Quote from: Gray_Area on June 09, 2012, 07:58:45 pm ---I wouldn't remotely consider building a sub box when 2.1 systems are cheap and work fine (as have been mentioned). Now if you have at least five inch drivers, as boardjunkie has mentioned, you'll be doing alright.

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....but it's fun.  ;D






Gray_Area:

Except for referred vibration, aren't the waves are too long to mess with stuff within a couple feet?

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