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cbmeeks:
My original plans for my cabinet where to simply put some good computer speakers in with a subwoofer.

However, I went to Best Buy and listened to some of the car stereos and fell in love....plus I want my MAME machine to also play MP3s and basically be the center of attention when company is over.

Some 5.25" speakers were like $79 that look really cool.

ANyway, my questions are:

1) What sound system do you guys use?

2) If I choose car speakers, I know I will need an amp.  I know those can get HOT.  My wife had the idea of bolting it on the TOP of the upright...has the advantage of being in open air, close to the speakers, and can be hidden behind a small frame.  
Is this advisable?

3) Should I get some type of SubWoofer if I go the car stereo route?  I like some bass and I like I said, I want to listen to music too.

4) Computer speakers (the ones I've tested) can get loud but not like the 300 watts a car stereo can do.  I don't want to shatter all the glass with these things.  Can you somehow set a maximum volume?

Thanks!

-cb

Apollo:
I originally thought I would use powered computer speakers but after looking at what was out there and the price to get some decent sound I have opted to go for 2 speakers out of an old arcade game I had ( and then sold for parts ) hooked up to a Happ amp. Haven't hooked it up yet but should be a decent sound.

Industen:
I use car speakers running off of a Creative Labs 2.1 sound system. All you do cut the original wire off of the speakers and solder them onto your 5 1/4 car speakers. The amp on the CL is 4 ohm PC so it works perfect. I wrote up how to do it here:


http://joelsgadgets.com/SPEAKERHACK.HTML

Also there are some pretty nice looking car speakers up there that are either prewired for LED's or translucent so you can attach them to the back of the speakers. The LED info is here if interested:


http://joelsgadgets.com/SpeakerLighting.html

MnMCaputo:
the only issue with using car speakers is some are not shielded which will screw up the colors on your monitor.  I have  a set of blaupunkt in my cab and had to move them another 6" from my monitor then my original speakers.  There is shielding you can get, which i'm looking into buying right now
http://www.lessemf.com/mag-shld.html
 ;D

Minwah:
I used some 4" shielded speakers from Happ, and power them directly from the (small) amplified output on my SoundBlaster 16PCI.

It actually goes pretty loud, and the volume is controlled straight from Volume Control.  Certainly not audiophile quality, but on par with old arcade games...

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