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Speakers for 2 player full size mame cabinet
Terr1:
--- Quote from: CoryBee on July 12, 2013, 07:14:29 pm ---I just go to my local thrift store and grab the nearest PC amp\speakers I find for 4 - 5 bucks.
If I can't get those or am too lazy I search ebay for $10 or less pc amp\speakers, like so.
I make sure to always get a pair that has a potentiometer and not buttons for volume so I can extend the volume knob to the outside of the cabinet for easy access.
Good luck!
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Do you do this to get the little amplifier inside the speakers and hooking them up to car speakers, or do you just use the speakers as well?
CoryBee:
I de-case the thing and use all the parts. $10 or less gets me everything I need in the form of sound, no need to buy extra buttons or anything or configure Autohotkey or whatever you would use to change the OS sound volume.
So, use the speakers from the thing and use the amp. Mount the thing in your cabinet and use three wires to extend volume knob (pot) to the outside. Provides a classic fluid change in volume opposed to buttons.
I do it on every cabinet, on the bartops I use these, can get them cheaper from china, that are powered from USB and still have a volume knob. Not the best quality but it works and like paige mentioned and I tell to my customers that want a big sound system is that you are emulating games that mostly used mono. $70 sound system is overkill.
Terr1:
I can get thoes locally as well (Logitech S-120).. I will keep these in mind if I don't find anything else.. Thanks for the tip, nice to know that these can be disassembled and used without too much hassle.
I was thinking of using my shielded speakers from my Logitech Z-680, it seems like its these:
Rated as 8ohm, max 25W:
http://www.tb-speaker.com/detail/1208_03/w3-594sb.htm
Would these work with a cheap LP-2020A+ amplifier (seems to get better reviews than the kinter I previously linked):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0049P6OTI/ref=s9_psimh_gw_p23_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=00083DQMCRJXQW5X67CC&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1389517282&pf_rd_i=507846
A "downside" of using such instead of car speakers is no speaker grills, but I guess I could buy 4" grills and cover the speaker, even thou its smaller, you can see that :)
shponglefan:
I'm going to throw out a bit of disagreement into the thread. IMHO, audio quality matters and there is a noticable difference between low-end speakers and higher end, at least for 90's era onward. For older 80's era games and earlier, probably not so much.
Right now I have a cheap 2.1 Logitech setup on my test rig. The main satellite speakers are underpowered, so the sub picks up some of the mid-range, as well as bass duties. But the sub itself is muddy and doesn't sound so great. In contrast, my main PC uses Klipsch Promedia's (imho, the best computer speakers you can get). Bass is extremely tight, no mud, and the mid-range is where it belongs: coming from the satellite speakers. Even playing something like Street Fighter II, I notice a difference.
So just IMHO, but if you're mainly playing 90's era games and later, it's worth putting a little money into a half-decent audio setup. You don't have to go completely over-the-top, but the difference between the bottem of the barrel and something in the mid-price range is noticable.
Terr1:
It will be used for alot of 90's stuff, since this is my child period.. Like NES / SNES.. So I guess I see your point.. With my last setup re-using my speakers I would miss the sub..
Just hard to know if I should go for car speakers 6x9 no subs, or decent 2.1 pc systems that can be disassembled.
I want decent sound.. Budget isent limited.. Nothing too fancy panzy though ;)