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krick:
I'm still in the parts gathering phase of my MAME cab conversion.

I was at Target last night and I picked up a set of crappy Labtec speakers for $15 with intentions of hacking them up and using the amplifier to drive the two speakers that are already in my cabinet.

However, I had intended to power the amp using the 5v or 12v that power supply in my computer.  It turns out that the speakers have a power "brick" that puts out 9.4V at 400mA.  Grrr...

I know that I could probably rig up something using a linear voltage regulator to knock the 12V  down to something close, but I'm far too lazy for that.


So after a little digging, I found some crappy internal speakers that are powered off of the PC's 12v  power supply.  I think these will hack up nicely.

What do ya guys think?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=495587&sku=C375-1001




krick:
JUst found the same thing cheaper at CompUSA.com...
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=50277791&pfp=SEARCH
krick:
and even more choices...

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php?page_id=77&form_keyword=bay&ut=442c23100905a4fd
Nailz:
http://www.oscarcontrols.com/speaker/index.shtml
crashwg:
Why not just hook up the power "brick"?
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