What speaker system do you guys use on your driving cabs?

[GCS]

should I do 5.1 or just stick with 2.1 etc

I do have aura shakers on the cab (not hooked up just yet though)

LMK your thoughts

Thanks

[Howard_Casto]

Well it depends, are you just going to do mame and other emulated arcade games, or pc racers as well?   While there are some arcade games that had surround sound, I don't think any of the emulators implement it properly.   Normally for arcade games I don't like a subwoofer, but racing games are different.   If you stick one under the seat it feels like engine vibration and a lot of real cabinets actually did something similar. 

Hope that helps. 

[fablog]

If you play teknoparrot games, you should use a 5.1 system. It works very well.

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[GCS]

If you play teknoparrot games, you should use a 5.1 system. It works very well.

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Yes playing TP games for sure.  Still working on getting MAME games, Model 3/Supermodel games going though.

I have a Kilpsch 4.1 audio setup but basically I only get audio from the front speakers no matter how I set things in the sound control panel.  Been pretty frustrating

[Howard_Casto]

Yeah that's what I was eluding to.   Pc games are the only games that seem to take advantage of it.   (Teknoparrot games are all games that ran on pc-based arcade platforms.)

[BadMouth]

Personally, I never found a satisfactory way to implement rear surrounds.  They are an eyesore and in the way if mounted on sticks coming off the cab.  Putting them in the headrest requires the right seat or custom work, and some type of sound delay.  In the ceiling would work, but requires altering your house and doesn't allow for rearranging cabs.

The only way I would go for it is if the dimensions of the room would allow me to put the rear surrounds on a bookshelf on the opposite wall where they would appear unrelated to the cab.  Stealth surrounds.

[bobbyb13]

Yeah, unless it is something like a full Pole Position wrap-over cockpit the only way rear speakers work is if they are built into the seat ala Rush 2049 style.

Hadn't even thought about the time delay issue Badmouth.
Implementing that to sound right is another whole project I would think.