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My new project - 'Transformer' Standup/Sit down driver cab
BadMouth:
--- Quote from: Cretster on January 07, 2015, 11:17:52 am ---This is something I'll have to address since even if I just buy something like a fairly cheap PC based 5.1 system it'll be great from the space & practicality angle, and would simplify controls etc, but I'd want to arrange it somehow so that at the very least the volume is in easy reach in either playing mode. Not sure how that would work or where/how I would need to position controls in order that they would be accessible for both scenarios but it needs some thought.
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The 2.1 setup I had on my old driving cab had the volume and headphone jacks on a wired remote separate from any of the speakers.
I had it velcro'd just under the steering wheel. You could do something similar and have Velcro patches in different places for upright vs driving.
Not a slick solution, but would be functional.
Another idea would be to have buttons that post as volume controls on a keyboard.
You could just have buttons in multiple places wired together.
I know in your other thread you mentioned wanting to run an xbox360, so it wouldn't work for that though.
Cretster:
Thanks for the suggestion buddy.
I had the 360 armed & fully operational in my cab before I dismantled it although the sound was a little crude to be honest.
The previous setup was a cambridge audio 2 channel hifi separate amp running a set of 15cm (ish) bass/mid drivers and separate ear level tweeters through crossovers, plus for bottom end a Kicker 8" bass tube running from an Alpine MRD-M300 mono amp. Bit of a mish mash, and not the last world in fidelity but was good enough. The problem I had with that setup was the alpine bass amp (being a car one) is designed to have a permanent live 12v+ feed to it, which of course the ATX PSU does not give. And as that particular amp has all its settings entered by button presses, and not by position of a -db knob etc, it 'forgot' each time the machine was off, and defaulted to stupid amounts of bass each time. Tedious!!!
The 360 had simple stereo phono outputs to the cambridge amp, and the same from the sound card on the PC motherboard, so it all worked fine really, but plenty of room for improvement. If I used the spare AV amp I've got then it'd mean I could have optical output from both the 360 and the PC into the amp to give surround. It's just it's a big heavy bugger for locating it. Plus, while I can use the remote for it, I'd rather have hard installed controlled, without too much complexity.
The velcro idea would work ok, but I'd prefer if i can have EITHER, certain controls duplicated (electronically could be a nuisance to do), or have the main controls in easy reach somehow for either configuration.
Cretster:
Something like this is what I was thinking might greatly simplify things:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Logitech-X540-Surround-Sound-5-1-System-/161544441681?pt=UK_Computing_Speakers&hash=item259ccc8f51
Fursphere:
I have almost that exact same Logitech speaker system in my driving cab. Works great. I tried numerous other speak systems / setups. The 5.1 Logitech's proved to be the simplest, cheapest, and best sounding option (by a long shot).
Cretster:
Ace, thanks - that's good to know. Does it have much 'oomph' to it? I realise that's subjective and it's only a very small system compared to separates etc, but still enough to give a good robust sound?
One thing I would love to do is to add a touchscreen overlay to the monitor but I don't think I can get one for a 32" screen (for jukebox purposes and game selection etc). Not actually looked for that specifically but I think I've only commonly seen up to about 19" ones before. Will check though.
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