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chrisinauz:
I have a seperate Power Supply in there I paid $10 for at a computer shop, I also installed 2 120volt switches right above the deck so you can run the 2 fronts on mame while the rears are on deck, or if you flick em you can run all 4 on the deck to get some mad sound!

I could install 2 more so I could individually switch each speaker between MAME and the Deck, but the 2 fronts are fine for MAME...

I'm thinking it might be cool to put a black light behind the plexiglass because as you can see this was a super punch out machine meant for 2 19" monitors so the top slot has a big empty spot (I took the monitor out)

Anyone have any cool ideas for the top monitor?? Been thinking of SOMTHING I could put up there that would be cool, thinking somthing dual display type...
chrisinauz:
Only thing is PC power supplys don't really output enough wattage to run tons of appliances, it'll barley run my deck if you crank it you can see the LCD screen on the deck fade out on each bass pulse haha....
bwest:
CURB FEELERS....gotta have some chrome curb feelers if you want your cab to be fully pimped.

Seriously though, I bet you get some good use out of that deck now.  Very creative use for it.
CthulhuLuke:
oh man, vertical pushbuttons are crappy!!  I know cause I built my first joystick with them, no good.  Anyways, cool lookin cabinet, that cd player is pretty nice.  Hey would you mind taking some pictures of how you're getting from PC out to speakers?  Just out of curiousity, I could think of a few ways to do it but I'd like to see how you pulled it off.
chrisinauz:
I have 2 3 way switches (6 poles) the 2 center poles connect a speaker (+ and -) the 2 left poles connect to the + and - from the left sound card speaker and the right + and - poles connect to the decks left speaker + and -... and the same switch for the right speaker connections... sounds complicated it isnt, just strip a headphone jack comming out of your line out from your sound card and it'll have 4 wires... buy a couple switches there expensive $9.00 a piece here... i'll take some pics when I have my cam back...

I like the deck idea better beacuse a deck is amplified where as a PC sound card aint, so unless you have a 5.1 surround PC system running on a seperate power supply you won't get 4 speakers very loud off a sound card..
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