Speakers for Bartop Arcade

[gunit]

Hi Guys, currently researching items for my build and struggling to find some good quality speakers. I would like the speakers to be hidden in the marquee like examples I have seen on the internet with a circular small holes for a vent.

I am also going to use a small app in the build like others I have seen with the volume etc at the front of the bartop.

- What is the max size I can use ? 14" seems to be the most common
- Car speakers seem to be the favourite to use ?

Any good Speakers that others have tested ? recommendations ? price ? where to buy ?

Thanks in advance for your help

[thomas_surles]

This would be a cheap solution thst falls in the category of "good enough"

The speakers

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001RNNX8K?cache=380d30db3fb10b0ef4ada344761a6c80&pi=SY200_QL40&qid=1404272426&sr=8-2#ref=mp_s_a_1_2

The Amp
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007TUSXEY?cache=380d30db3fb10b0ef4ada344761a6c80&pi=SY200_QL40&qid=1404272598&sr=8-1#

[gunit]

Thats the same amp I have sourced - speakers look nice but never heard of the make "Boss" shame they are not Bose. Reviews sound very bad

[thomas_surles]

I actually bought some boss car door speakers for real cheap. Sounded way better than my stock speakers

[deadmoney5]

I finally settled on these for my bartop...no modification needed and they are nice and flat....and cheap

http://www.insigniaproducts.com/products/computer-speakers-accessories/NS-PLTPSP13.html

[lamprey]

I've not messed with them myself, but, I hear (no pun intended) that some surface transducers can work pretty well:
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10975

Also, I'm not sure where you are in your build, but you might find that just having speakers inside the cabinet are enough. My mini build with a net-book, I just left the speakers connected to the netbook inside the case and called it good. Honestly, you'd never know that the speakers are not exposed.

Cheers!

[pbj]

[ChanceKJ]

I'm forgoing conventional speakers and speaker grills in my Bartop project and using one of these connected right into the Little LCD TV I'm using:

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10975

It's pretty cool. I mean, all the games I'm using on my project are classic Namco 8-bit sounds, so no real quality is needed. There's more info and some videos in my build thread (link below)

Mileage may vary, you could always go with Jim's can/string idea too.

[thomas_surles]

I still like this idea best

[jleichtman]

I actually just ordered the Speakers & Amp to try out. I'm kind of hoping they sound like the Tin can & String as that is mostly how they sounded at the arcade back in the day.

p.s. It was a Tuesday.

[ChanceKJ]

---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---, back in the day was always a wednsday.

[yotsuya]

---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---, back in the day was always a wednsday.

It's the whole Metric to Standard thing that's throwing you off.