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dphirschler:
I need advice on the speakers for my MAME cab.
SteveJ34:
On first cab, I used 4" shielded speakers from Happs wired to the infamous computer speaker amp board hack with speaker grills also acquired from Happs me thinks.

No seperate bass channel but its fine for arcade and simple juke.

Veinman:
I haven't really investigated speakers much. It's always been my intent to just hook up a spare set of Monsoon speakers with sub. I see no reason why they wouldn't work out just great, since they are PC speakers after all.
namedos:
I went with PC speakers from Creative Labs for the following reasons:

1) They are shielded so I don't need to worry about messing with the monitor.

2) They came with a subwoofer which makes all those explosions sound great.

3) The 2.1 system I bought came with a separate volume control which makes it very convenient to modify the volume.

4) It also has a seperate headphone jack on the volume control so I can play late at night and not bother the family.

5) I was able to pick it up at Circuit City with a rebate for $30.  Tough price to beat.
dema:
If you're going to go with speakers it makes sense to make sure they're shielded. You don't want to do all the work and then realize your picture is distorted.

I'm using the Klipsch Promedia 2.1 and that covers the base. You can definitely get by with a cheaper set of computer speakers that will do you fine.

I cut a hole in the speaker panel for the speakers, and I plan on using the detachable grill for the satellite speakers themselves. Since they are rectangular speakers, I was thinking they'd be a nice way to integrate them without using what looks like a ventilation grille (like the Midway grilles). If I don't like that I'll just get some circular grills and cover them up that way.
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