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Silverwind:
Yes that's very true.... car audio speakers typically are not shielded....

some home speakers are.. and i haven't seen many PC speakers that aren't.

I do have two sets of cambridge soundworks speakers on my current PC, both with the volume knob.  I may just transfer both of those to my cab and use those.  Two sets gets plenty loud even on low levels.. hhehe.

OR I could have one set inside the cab.. and one set outside (maybe mounted on the wall behind the cab) for some 4.2 surround sound.. (like I use for PC games)

rampy:

--- Quote from: Silverwind on January 13, 2003, 11:16:31 am ---How about mixing the two?

Could you power a set of car speakers using a home reciever? I don't see why not.. as long as the impedence is correct for the specified receiver.. (don't want to overload it)

most car speakers are are 4ohm.... i'm not sure but are home speakers usually rigged for 8ohm?

--- End quote ---

Most are 8ohm (from what I remember) you could run two 4ohm car speakers in series (or use a load resistor) but I can't remember clearly the effect on volume/wattage/output.  It's been a while since I mucked around with audio electronics...

*shrug* YMMV

rampy

Brax:
I think I'm considering to go with a high end 3 pc computer sound system now. It will be a whole lot easier to implement. I also don't have the room to keep unshielded speakers away from my monitor. I have a cocktail table. It sounds like I can get plenty of power out of a good set of computer speakers. I may have to put an input on the outside of the cabinet for the subwoofer if it causes interferance. (I have room to fit a sub in there now and it may or may not cause problems) Its an option anyways. Thanks for all the advice. I think I'll keep this info handy though. When I do a stand up cabinet, I'd love to have a ground shaking sound system.

MinerAl:
I'm using my cocktail cabinet as a juke box as well, so I have a little A/B/C audio switch (1 input pair of RCAs, 3 possible outputs) that switches the audio-out from the sound card between the nice PC speakers inside the cabinet, and a 1/8" stereo headphone plug on the outside of the cabinet (some people sleep at 3 AM instead of playing Galaga... weird).  

When I get my arcade room all set up I'll be able to hook up my receiver/amplifier to the "C" channel, but for now The "C" button makes a great mute button.

Brax:
I have one more question....

If I wanted to shield an unshielded speaker how would I do it? Just a piece of metal over it, or is there more to it?

I'm thinking about the sub now...... even in computer speaker systems they're generally not shielded. The Cambridge isn't shielded right?

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