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Fursphere:

Cheap Logitech 2.1 or 5.1 PC speakers.  Anything more is a waste. 

I've been down the car audio amp / speakers route.  While it looks cool, it doesn't sound as good as those cheapy Logitechs. 

BadMouth:


--- Quote from: ABACABB on October 30, 2013, 09:52:05 am ---I had the luxury of seeing AND hearing BadMouth's latest project and it rocks!! Literally you can feel the bass pounding in your chest while standing at the cab. 

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You need to experience it again.  An updated video card driver was causing slowdown, so the games with the really impressive music were running slow and skipping, as was NFL Blitz.  I was a bit embarrassed.  All is fixed now and it's a much better experience.

shponglefan:

I'm going to partially disagree with some of the opinions here.  When it comes to speakers, quality does matter.  Yes, even for arcade gaming.

Now if we are talking 70's/80's era arcade games (i.e. 8 bit and earlier sound) with the typical bleeps and bloops of that era, speaker quality is less important.  Cheap speakers are going to sound the same as expensive ones.  But when you get into the 16-bit era, speaker quality can make a difference and this is where a 2.1 system comes in.

FWIW, I use Promedia's on my main PC and I've used various other cheaper 2.1's for arcades.  Currently I have a cheap pair of Logitech's on my arcade test unit.  And I will tell you there is a significant difference in sound between the two, even for arcade games.   The Promedia's have clean, punchy bass and the satellites properly reproduce the mid-high range sounds.  OTOH, the Logitech subwoofer sounds muddy and boomy,  and does double duty with the lower mid-range frequencies.  The resulting sound is pretty crap, imho.

Now if sound isn't that important (and I've found for most people it isn't), then a cheap 2.1 system will suffice.  But if you want better sound, then it's worth it to spend a little more and get a set that is half-decent.  And especially so if your arcade is used for modern PC/console games as well.

Fursphere:


--- Quote from: shponglefan on October 30, 2013, 11:14:32 am ---FWIW, I use Promedia's on my main PC and I've used various other cheaper 2.1's for arcades.  Currently I have a cheap pair of Logitech's on my arcade test unit.  And I will tell you there is a significant difference in sound between the two, even for arcade games.  The Promedia's have clean, punchy bass and the satellites properly reproduce the mid-high range sounds.  OTOH, the Logitech subwoofer sounds muddy and boomy,  and does double duty with some of the mid-range frequencies.  The resulting sound is pretty crap, imho.

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Where do you place the subwoofer to get the "clean, punchy" bass sound?   Outside the cabinet?   I would think if its inside the cabinet (like most cabinet designs call for)?

michelevit:

For these classic arcade video games sounds of beeps and blurps,
all you need is some cheap used computer speakers. My local electronic surplus store has some
for 5 bucks. They work great.

If your planning on running modern games or streaming hulu, pandora, yourtube
through your cab then maybe something nicer.

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