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replacing ghetto sound system?
Zebidee:
Whatever you do, get the 12v brick, for the audio, before you get the issues. Don't run it from PC PSU, that is recipe for sadness as lilshawn has outlined above.
slybunda:
If i was to spend more cash for a higher quality amp what would you guys recommend that also has a small footprint?
eds1275:
I can't imagine a good sound system doing much for an arcade machine, considering the sound generally wasn't all that good in the first place. For authenticity, cake the speakers in beer and cigarette smoke and flashback to the 80's!
Seriously though I hope you are satisfied with the new amplifier and it puts your heat fears to rest.
lilshawn:
--- Quote from: slybunda on March 25, 2022, 12:49:43 pm ---If i was to spend more cash for a higher quality amp what would you guys recommend that also has a small footprint?
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"quality" in these cases really doesn't matter, as about 99% of all small amps use the same amp IC chip. so "quality" is going to be the same across the board. Where things REALLY matter is the speakers, the cabinets, the crossovers... all of these things are going to determine if it sounds like trash or not. i can drive a 600 set of bose speakers with a 15 buck china amp and it sounds not bad at all. granted, at high volumes it distorts a bit and starts to get a little freaky, but for 20 watts, what are we expecting?
for all intents and purposes, speakers just randomly built into a cabinet aren't going to perform great. people have spent lifetimes writing dissertations on sound design, so i'm not going to go into it here... but TBH, installing an already built speaker system is going to be your best bet. grab yourself a set of decent logitech z series speakers, cut a big hole and throw some fabric over them and let 'er buck. all the design work has been done for you.
if you insist though, the Lepai LP1601S is a pretty good upgrade from the cheapie china amps and it sells for 99 bucks most places... It says it's a "200 watt Class D amplifier"... the manual itself states the amp is capable of 160x2 (at 10% THD)... so take anything you read these days with a tablespoon of salt.
slybunda:
Not bought anything yet. Was hoping to get something with decent build quality so it doesnt blow up or overheat